(354) 



that of /leliconia f. loc. heticonia and heliconia f. lanceolatn; it is nsimlly produced 

 along vein 3 as in f. loc. heliconia, f. jjhilippina, etc., but sometimes tlie point which 

 is farthest from the base lies between veins 2 and 3 (as in f. dictd), while in no speci- 

 men does this point lie upon vein 2 (as it does in f. lanceolata). In the 7nale the 

 abdoniinul margin of the liindwiug is sometimes as broadly black as in <lor>ica; the 

 outer liluck border is dentate at vein 2, but not rounded convex near this vein as in 

 most other subspecies. 



The mesothorax is mostly black in tlie middle. The black spots on the patagia 

 occupy in one individual nearly half the lobes. The dorsal plates of the abdominal 

 segments are ringed black; the black rings are often liroader than the yellow ones. 

 In one of our Batjan specimens (?) there is a white scaling behind the subcostal 

 vein of the forewing above, which is condensed to a patch behind the areole. 



Ilab. Morotai (Bernstein, ex coll. Felder), 2 ? ; Halmahera (W. Doherty, A^ugnst 

 1892), Ic?; Ternate (W. Doherty, May 1892), 2 cJ, 3 ? ; Batjan (W. Doherty, March 

 1892), 2 c?, 3 ?. K.J. 



r. A. heliconia bandana snbsj). nov. 



Thorax and abdomen much jialer yellow than in tlie allied subspecies. The 

 veins of the forewing streaked white as in gliiira: the white lines are, however, 

 somewhat shorter externally; the white median streak is shaped as in don/cit; the 

 white j>atch on the underside of the forewing is also as in doryca. The hiudwing 

 again is as in ghara and doryca, but the black spot at the end of the cell below is 

 more heavily marked than it usually is in the other two subspecies. Thorax and 

 abdomen are sjmtted black as in i/hara and doryca; tlie dorsal s]x)ts of the abdomen 

 are transverse, but do not reach down to the spiracles. 



Ilab. Banda Islands (W. Doherty, August 1892), 3 ?. W. R. 



s. A. heliconia ghara. 



Aganais vitessoidcn, Pagenstecher {ncc Snellen, 1879;, Jahrb. Xass. Ver. Nat. p. 12.S. n. 36 (188G) 



(Kei). 

 nypm vilessoldes, Rober, Tijchchr. v. Eiit. XXXIV. p. 327 (1891) (Kei). 

 Hyjmt glum, Swinhoe, Cat. Ltp. Het. Ox/. I. p. 89. n. 395. t. 3. f. 1 (1892) (Kei). 

 Agtinuis viksmkltii var., Snellen, Tijdschr. r. Ent. XXXVIU. p. 183(1890) (Kei). 



The white nervular lines of the forewing are always well marked, bnt some- 

 times they are obliterated near the enter margin; in many specimens the disco- 

 cellular veinlcts have, as in Swinhoe's figure, more white than the other veins; the 

 white increases at the lower angle of the cell gradually in onr series, and forms often 

 a rather large rounded patch 4 mm. in width; in one of on^ female. $ this patch 

 extends along the median nervure to near the base as in doryca from New Guinea 

 and Arn. The forewing is on the underside often uniform in colour in the cJ, but 

 has sometimes a white mark at the lower angle of tlie cell; in iha female the white 

 patch is always present (diameter at least 4 mm.). The sjiot at the apex of the 

 cell of the hindwing is seldom marked, and then only slightly so, on the undersi<le. 



Ilah. Kei Islands: Little Kei ClI. (". Webster, Jannarv to March 1890), J, 

 9 ? . K. J. 



/. A. heliconia doryca, 



Aganriis doryca BoLsduval, Voyage Axirolohe, Le/>. p. '2fA. D. 4 (1832) (N. Guinea). 

 ffypm doryca. Walker, Oit. Lcp. Net. H. M. II. p. 459. n. 24 (1854) (N.Guinea). 

 (?) Hypm daiiM, Montrouzier, Eaaai Faune de Woodlark p. 132 (1857) (Woodlark). 



