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Show 1874.] OF THE SOUTH-SEA ISLANDS. 289 2 • Papilio euphorion, G. R. Gray, Cat. Lep. Ins. Brit. Mus. i. p. 4. n. 6, pi. 2. fig. 3 (1852). Darnley Island, N.E.Australia. B.M. There can be no question that the above are sexes of one species ; it should perhaps, strictly speaking, hardly find a place in this list. 88. ORNITHOPTERA VICTORIA. 2 . Ornithoptera victoria, G. R. Gray, P. Z. S. p. 7, pi. 39 (1856). " S. Pacific Ocean " (G. R. Gray). Type, B.M. Mr. Gray remarks respecting the locality, that, from the insects sent in the same box with this species, it " is supposed (as no memorandum was sent with it) to be either Solomon Islands, Aneiteum, New Hebrides, or the Fiji group." Some lepidopterists have supposed that O. victoria might be the female of O. tithonus of De Haan from Papua. Genus PAPILIO, Linnaeus. 89. PAPILIO HYPSICLES. Papilio hypsicles, Hewitson, Ex. Butt. iv. Pap. pi. 9. fig. 29 (1868). Aneiteum (Cuming). B.M. Closely allied to P. canopus of Westwood. 90. PAPILIO GODEFROYI. 3 2 • Papilio godefroyi, Semper, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 3. vol. ii. p. 469, pi. 24 (1866). Upolu (Semper) ; Ovalau (Herrich-Schaffer) ; 2 > Upolu ( W. W. Perry). B.M. This handsome and rare Butterfly comes near P. capaneus, which is probably the " ? P. severus " of Montrouzier. 91. PAPILIO DUNALI. 3- Papilio dunali, Montrouzier, Ann. Sc. Phys. Nat. Lyon, p. 396 (1856). Woodlark Island (Montrouzier). Montrouzier also mentions P. ormenus, Boisd., as common at Woodlark Island; but this is very unlikely; he may refer to P. erectheus. 92. PAPILIO SCHMELTZI. Papilio schmeltzi, Herrich-Schaffer, Stett. ent. Zeit, p. 78. n. 57, pi. l.fig. 1 (1869). Ovalau (Herrich-Schaffer). Nearly allied to P. godefroyi. 93. PAPILIO AMYNTHOR. Papilio amynthor, Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. civ. n. 3 (1859). New Caledonia (Boisduval). According to Dr. Boisduval, allied to P. ilioneus (figured by |