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 A. helicouia helicouia t'. lauceolata. 



lhjlK.li hincfiihiln Walker, Cut. Lq,. llf-l. li. M. VII. p. 1675 (1856) (Celebes or Miadanao) ; Butl., 

 Ti: Ent. H<„: Lund. p. :il6. n. U (1875) (Celebes) ; id., Aim. Mag. N. H. (."i). XIII. p. 2llO. u. CI 

 (1884) (Amboiua) ; Kirby, Cal. Ltp. Url. I. p. 33;i. n. 15 (1802) (Celebes ; " Aru " Uk. err.) ; 

 Swinh., Cat. Lcj). Ilet. 0.r/. I. p. 87. n. 38i5 (1892) (Celebes or Mindanao, iif/ic ; Celebes ; 

 Ceram; Sula). 



//i/jKu (lortjca, Walker, I.e. XXXI. p. 212 (1HG4). 



Aganais moiiycliu, Snellen, Tijdschr. c. Enl. XXII. p. 7'J. u. 39 (1879) (Celebes). 



.^li/««n« ?o«cco/«i((, Pagenstecher, /»/(?-6. Nass. Vcr. Nat.\>. 115. n. 257 (1888) (Amboina); Suell., 

 I.e. XXXI. p. 141. n. 32. t. 2. f. 5 (1888) (Celebes). 



Differs coustautly from f. loc. helicoidu in the base of the forewing Ijeiug 

 mai-ked beliiiul the median uorvure with a wliite spot and a white angle ontside the 

 spot. The wings above are generally deej)er black than in i.loc. /ic/ico/iia: the large 

 white median streak is triaugnlar, its outer edge somewhat indented at vein 3; its 

 lower outer angle stands upon vein 2 or a little before it; at the base the external white 

 (angle-shajied) spot is often merged together with the streak. In one Amboina t? 

 the streak is club-shajied, being narrower and shorter than in ordinary specimens of 

 f. la/weokita, and externally rounded; it is not prolonged along vein 3 as in f. loc. 

 heliconia. The black border to the hind wing varies as iu f. loc. heUconia; in the 

 ? the abdominal margin is usually much less extended black than in the S . The 

 black markings of the thorax and abdomen have much increased in size: the thorax 

 is often all black excejJt the narrower yellow border of the prothoracic and meso- 

 thoracic lobes and the mctathorax. In most individuals the black abdominal rings 

 join the lateral spots of the dorsal plates of the segments, but in a good many 

 individuals tlie rings do not reach so far down, and in one example, iu which the 

 thoracic black si)ots are also rather smaller, there is a series of dorsal black dots 

 instead of rings. 



Ilab. of f. loc. helicouid, : Amboina (W. Doherty, February Wd'Z), U c?, ¥ ; 

 Ceram, 2 cJ, 2 ? ; Burn. Off. lanceolata : Amboina (W. Doherty, February 1892), 

 e (?, 3 ? ; Ceram, 1 ? : Mangiola, 1 ? ; S. Celebes: Maros district (W. Doherty, 

 August and September 1S91); Bonthain, 20U0 feet (A. Everett, October 18115); 

 Macassar (A. Everett, September 1895); Samanga (H. Fruhstorfer, November 1895); 

 N. Celebes: Toli-Toli (H. Fruhstorfer, November and December 1895); Dongala, 

 Palos Bay (W. Doherty, Angust and September 1896), 18 cJ, 12 ?. 



There is a c? from Burn iu Dr. Stiiudinger's collection which has the thorax 

 and abdomen as extended black as the average specimen of f. lanceolata, while the 

 median streak of the forewing is shaped as in f. heUconia. The specimen differs 

 from both forms in the base of the forewing being black with some yellow scales 

 close to the thorax and a white angle-shaped spot behind the median vein, and 

 represents perhaps a separate subspecies. K. J. 



'/. A. helicouia malisa. 



Ayauais lancculata var., Snellen, Tijdschr. v. Ent. XXXI. p. 143. sub n. 32 (1888) (Morotai, 



Halmahera). 

 Uypsa malim Swinhoe, Cat. Lip. lid. Oxf. I. p. 87. u. 388 (1892) (N. Halmahera, Ternate). 



The light spots at the base of the forewing are often almost entirely absent. 

 The submedian vein is broadly streaked white iu all our specimens, while Snellen 

 says that such a line is present only in two of his four specimens {l.c.) ; the other 

 veins are not white. The median white streak stands intermediate in shape between 



