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 2. Helcyra chionippe marginata Rothsch., sabsp. nov. 



Helcyra chionippe, Smith (iion Felder, 1860), Nov. ZooL. I. p. 356. n, 122 (1894) (HumboMt Bay); 

 Hagen, Jahrb. Nass. Ver. Nat. L. p. 89. n. 135 (1897) (Simbang, Germ. N. Guinea). 



Smaller than chionippe from Amboina. Upperside: black apical area of 

 forewing relatively wider, 16 — 18 mm. broad behind costal margin, with a minnte 

 dot before R- and the trace of another before R', or with three dots as in the 

 type of chionippe, but the dots smaller ; hindwing with a black outer-marginal 

 band, measuring about 5 mm. between veins, the black post-discal dots M' — SM' 

 included into the band, admarginal whitish lunnles very thin, vestigial, shaded 

 with black. 



On the underside the brown border of the hindwing is a little narrower than 

 the black border of the upperside. 



Length of forewing : 31 — 32 mm. 



Hab. Humboldt Bay, Dutch N. Guinea, September, October 1S92 (W. Doherty), 



1 S {ti/pe~) ; Simbang, German N. Guinea, January 20th, 1895 (Dr. Hagen), 1 cj. 



The Simbang example has' three white spots in the black area of the forewing ; 

 that area is also a little wider than in the t>j})e from Humboldt Bay ; the brown 

 line at the edge of the apical area of the underside is rather heavier, as is also 

 the brown discal line of the hindwing which borders the yellow band proximally. 



3. Mynes websteri histrionalis Rothsch., subsp. nov. 



Mr. A. S. Meek found at Milne Bay, Brit. N. Guinea, two pairs of this pretty 

 species, which on examination prove to be slightly different from the examples 

 of tvebsteri from Simbang, German N. Guinea. 



On the upperside of the hindwing the black marginal line and admarginal 

 spots are reduced, especially between G and R', the bluish white admarginal 

 line continued to C, the black admarginal spots separated from each other ; the 

 black sobmarginal dots R- — M- or R'— M- marked, placed at the proximal edge of 

 the pale glaucous bine border of the bluish white basi-discal area. On the underside 

 the golden sjj(it at the anal angle of the forewing larger than in M. w. websteri ; 

 the brownish black band crossing wing at apex of cell narrower upon cross-veins 

 than in websteri, but suddenly dilated at costal margin, the band crossing middle 

 of cell, stopping at C in t>/pe, but in the second specimen with a minnte, separate 

 spot before C. 



The ? is similar to the S, larger, the outer margin of the forewing more 

 convex, the black and the white postdiscal bands of the forewing below more 

 carved between R' and M- ; the pale glaucous blue scaling of the hindwing above 

 is more restricted than in the c?, there are no black sulimarginal dots, the 

 admarginal ones as in cj. 



Length of forewing : c?, 30 mm. ; ? , 33—35 mm. 



Bab. MUne Bay, Brit. N. Guinea, January and February 1899 (A. S. Meek), 



2 (?<J,2 ¥?. 



SATURNIIDAE. 



4. Antheraea compta Rothsch., sp. nov. 



cj. Allied to A. assamensis. Body and wings above orange ochraceons, wings 



shaded with pink. Forewing : basal two-thirds of costal margin fuscous, with 



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