Hah. .Samhawa (I UIK ; W. Dolierty /ey. ; 5 J, 4 ?); Pulu Laut (8.E. Honieo ; 

 W. Doherty, May 1891 ; c?, 2 ?) ; Piira (W. Doherty, October 1891 ; a ?). 



Some of my Pulu Laut specimens, and an example from .Sambawa in Dr. 

 Stauflinger's collection, have the hindwings as dark as tlu-y are in the Philippine 

 form keliconides HnelL, and are distinguishable from that finiii only liy the slightly 

 thinner white sjjots o7i the fringe of the forewing, and by the basal half of the 

 median ner\ ulcs of the hindwing being much less white. 



Another Sambawa sjiccimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection is like the Java form, 

 but has the marginal border to the hindwing a little broader between the median 

 nervules. 



Borneo and Sumatra individuals of eu{/eniii are unknown to me. W. li, 



47. Neochera eugenia proxima liothsch. sid.sp. nov. 



c? ¥ . P'orewing paler tlian in liefpa Snell. ; submedian fold narrower white and 

 subapical wliite patch of underside marked above. Marginal band to hindwing as 

 in herpd ; white colour of fringe more restricted. 



Differs from basilissa (Meyr.) in the darker forewings, in the costal border to 

 the hindwings being bluish green and well marked, not obliterated in the basal half 

 of the wing, in the submedian fold of forewing above being narrower white, and 

 in the bluish black colour of the marginal band to the hindwing being at anal angle 

 more extended and more pronounced. 



Hab. Timor (W. Doherty: Dili, May 1892. type; Oinainisa, November and 

 December 1891, 7 J") ; Alor (W. Doherty, October 1891 ; 1 c?) ; Adonara (W. Doherty, 

 November 1891; 4 <i) ; Kalao (A. Everett, December 1895; 1 (J, 1 ?); Port 

 Darwin, N.W. Australia (2 J). 



Two nudes from Adonara have the hindwing somewhat shaded with fuscous, 

 and one of them is not distinguishable from fiunosa m. The two Kalao individuals 

 lead over to herpd, by the submedian fold being broader white than in typical 

 p^'oxwia. 



Specimens from Port Darwin, N.W. Australia, come much closer to proxima 

 than to the Queenslandian basilissa (Meyr.). W. P. 



48. Neochera eugenia basilissa (.Meyrick). 



Ilyjmi b'isilixsii Meyrick, I'iiu\ Linn. Sue .V. N. W'ule.^ {2). 1. p. 7G7. n. lo.S (IKSG) (Cooktown and 

 Cairn.s). 



The large series of .specimens from Queensland in (be Tririg .Museum does not 

 exhibit much variation in the essential characters of this subspecies. The pale 

 forewings have the subapical white patch of the underside also marked above ; the 

 posterior region of the wing between the median nervure and abdominal margin is 

 much suffused with white; the nervules are rather thinly white on the disc, and 

 become a little broader white near the outer margin; tin' iVingi' is while at I he 

 extremities of the nervules. 



On the hindwings the white area is not shaded with fuscous scales, the stridu- 

 latory mark often assumes a tawny tint at the edges; the bluish black border of the 

 wing is not quite continuous, .since the lower median and submedian veins remain 

 thinly white when traversing the band; in (his respect basilissa agrees best with 

 /(«7xr Snell. ; (he spo(. between veins P' and 1'' is mostly very feebly marked; (he 

 abdominal margin is seldom sliaded with fuscous. 



