88 ■ NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXII. 1915. 



a moderate-sized rather pale brown ]iatch on f'orcwing; none ou himlwing, except 

 a trace in one specimen. Bongainville Island, 12 cf J', 5 ? ¥ , in Tring collectioa. 



menestratus Fruhst., Strtl. Ent. Zeit. 1908, p. 50. 



This seems to be the form in Dntch New Guinea. It has very broad black 

 borders of fairly nniforiu width (except, of conrse, at apex), the pattern almost 

 snggesting Col/as etfusa <?, and there is considerable dark shading basally. The 

 $ is very mnch like typical thetis, the appendages showing the branches of the 

 harpe nearly fnsed (as in ribbei). 



In British New Gninea the females are mnch the same, bnt in the males the 

 borders are narrower, and in the appendages the branches of the harpe are separate, 

 nearly as in typical thetis. The undersides are well marked in both forms, and 

 are sometimes white, sometimes creamy — the former more frequent in the Dutch 

 section, the yellowish in the British. 



ribbei Ebber, Iris i. p. 70. pi. v, figs. 2 and 3 (1886). 



Well figured, though without colour. This form has perhaps diverged 

 sufficiently from typical t/tet/s to be a " good " species. It is small, very pale, 

 and with a very narrow margin. The ? is exceedingly like that of thetis; it is 

 larger than the c?. Both sexes have the pure white underside of thetis; the chief 

 difference from thetis in the cj appendages is in a tendency to approximation 

 and fusion of the two branches of the harpe, in which it is very close to the 

 New Gninea forms, though the superficial appearance is so different ; the harpes 

 are rather long and straight as compared with typical thetis ; the aedeagus is 

 almost typical thetis. Aru Islands. 



liicifaga Fruhst., Soc. Ent. 1909, p. 121. 



" lucifuga is probably the thetis form of the island." Formosa. 

 No figure. 



I have not seen this. 



2. Curetis phaedrus Fabr. 



Fig. 7. Underside. 



Appendages. Figs. 62, 63, 64, 78. 



phaedrus Fabr., Spec. Ins. ii. p. 125. n. 566 (1781) ; Hubn., Ex. Schin. pi. 237. fig. 263, 264, under- 

 side (poor) ; Cramer, iii. pi. ccxxxviii. fig. c. 



The aedeagus in phaedrus is very characteristic, and is distinguishable from 

 that of any other species at first glance. The extremity is a conspicuous black 

 mass, a little pear-shaped, and with a projecting jjoint carrying a small siiine 

 or two. 



The harpe is soft, clothed with hairs much like the valve, from which it is 

 separate for only a short way. 



msopus Fabr., Spec. Ins. p. 12.5. n. 565 (1781) ; Distant, Rlmp. .V,il. Tab. xx'iv. fig. 12 ^. xliv. 

 fig. 14 ?. 



The type specimen is a ? , and Mr. Distant's comparison of his specimens with 

 this may or may not be accepted. 



My own examination of the type sjiecimen leads me strongly to believe that 

 they (there are two of them) are ? ? of phaedrus ; so far as their collocation in the 



