( 3G2 ) 



$. Similar to tlie S, but tbe black basal dots in the cell not merged together, 

 the black thoracical sj-ots still smaller, and the hiudwing only with one very small 

 black spot at the end of the cell, no postmedian spots : black patch between veins 

 7 and 8 as long as in cj, and therefore mnch more extended than in plana plana. 



Ilab. Dutch N. Guinea : Humboldt Bay (W. Doherty, Augnst and September 

 1891), 1 cJ, 1 ? ; Etna Bay (H. C. Webster, August 1890), 1 c?. W. R. 



k. A. plana fergussonis subsp. nov. 



Differs from all other forms of plana in the hindwing being devoid of a black 

 spot at the apex of the cell, though there are postmedian spots marked in three out 

 of four specimens. 



S. Resembles the preceding race very much, but the submedian fold of the 

 forewing is only faintly shaded with brown scales (('//>«), or is wholly white : the 

 basal black spots are not merged together ; hindwing above and below with two 

 indistinct postmedian spots, one beyond vein 6, the other beyond vein 2. On the 

 underside there is a very small black median spot between veins 7 and 8 in t]fpe- 

 specimen ; in the other niale this spot is not marked ; in both individuals there is, 

 below, also a spot near anal angle. Black spots of tliorax scarcely larger than in 

 plana alhij'era, but the median streak of the mesothorax heavy. 



?. Similar to S. In one specimen the hindwing has no spots in the white 

 area, while in the other one there are four spots as in the type-specimen. Abdomen 

 with rather small dorsal black dots. 



Hah. Fergnsson I., D'Entrecasteaux Is. (A. S. Meek, found in September, 

 October, and December 1894), 2 c?, 2 ? . W. 1{. 



32. Asota albiformis. 



The white patch near the apex of the cell of the forewing above is in ^1. albiformis 

 merged together with the white area of the wing, and is much smaller than in all 

 those examples of A. plana in which it is also joined to the area. The white area is 

 not or slightly notched twice at anterior edge; there is no distinct notch at the lower 

 outer angle of the area, while there is a deep sinus m plana. The hindwing is always 

 devoid of black spots within the white area ; it is particularly worthy of note that 

 there is no spot at the end of the cell. The black sj)ots of the abdomen are smaller 

 than in the forms of plana, inhabiting the same countries where albiformis occurs. 

 The harpe of tbe male is simple as in A. heliconia, long and slender, not divided as 

 in plana ; the sexual organs of the ? have not been examined by us for want of 

 sufficient material. Antennae as in plana. 



A. albiformis inhabits Borneo, the Philippine Ishuids, Sangir, and Tern5ite; its 

 range comprises most i>robably all the Moluccan islands. 



We have two subspecies of albiformis before us, which are as follows : — 



". A. albiformis albiformis. 



Uijpaa albiformis Swinhoc, Cut. Li'p. II d. Miis. 0.rf. I. p. 20. n. 400 (1892) (Borneo, type; 

 Philippines). 



Our i'^o females from Borneo and a male from Balabac have the abdomen much 

 more white than it is in the Philippine males, and the white spot at the ajjcx of the 

 cell of the forewing larger. Philippine females are unknown to us. The anterior 

 edge of the white area is in all our specimens but one slightly notched twice. 



