( 300 ) 



?. Much more different from latona latona than i. 



Winqii, Ujiiier.-'iilf, basal area darker than in subspecies latona (as is also the 



liody). Forewing : the median bars SC"— M' very heavy, bar M' — M= also 



heavy, all black ; discal Inniform bars brownish black, all shari)ly marked, bnt not 

 heavy, the upper ones not heavier than the others ; postdisco-submarginal patches 

 sharply defined, well separated from the brownish black outer border of the wing, 

 patches S(;' — SC^ fused together, larger than in latona, vein SO* not tawny within 

 this patch ; the discal postdiscal and admarginal interspaces buff or whitish buff, 



more yellow at the proximal side of the discal lunules. Hindwing : median bars 



(; — H' present, the upper three heavy, discal interspace between these bars and the 

 black postdisco-submarginal patches buff ; discal lunules of the underside faintly 

 marked ; jiostdisco-submarginal patch larger than in the other Moluccan subspecies ; 

 admarginal interspace buff, hence black marginal line very conspicnons. 



Underside : bars very heavy ; submedian (]iartly), discal, i)0stdiscal and 

 admarginal interspaces bnff ; basal, subbasal, and median intersi)aces much deeper 

 brown than in latona latona ; postdisco-submarginal si>ots of forewmg indistinct 

 and small ; jiostdiscal Inuules of hindwing dark chestnut, the contiguous patches 

 outside them, which include the white submarginal dots and extend distally to the 

 black submarginal dots, hair brown, darker than in latona. 



Length of forewing : c?, 4oi mm. 

 „ „ ? , 54 — 56 mm. 



Halj. Laiwui, Obi, "^ cJcJ, 2? ¥ (W. Doherty, Sept. 1897). 



The differences from the other forms of latona are very consi)icuous in 

 the ?. The ? of latona ombirauus resembles more the ? of latona diana 

 from New Hanover than the ? ? of those subspecies which are geograjihically 

 nearer. 



'/. Ch. latona papuensis. 



Chnmrrs pnpinmis Butler, /,,/>. Exi,l. p. 10. t. 0. f. 1, ^ (1809) (Dory = Dorey, ^, not ?, 

 from Aru) ; id., Joiiru. Linn. Soc. Land. XXV. p. 395. n. 131 (I89C) (N.W. Guin, ; cimonides 

 " Rothschild " rr err.). 



Xi/mpli'ilh ((/i'h/.s- var. b. C. j«q>unisis, Kirby, Cul. Dhirii. Lcp. p. 272. sub. u. 50 (I.STI) (Papua). 



CtinraxfR cimnnkhs Grose-Smith, XiiV. Zocil.. II. p. 3o6. n. 124 (ISOfi) (Humboldt Bay). 



i. Winqs, iqjperside. Forewing: the black outer border not so wide in 



front as in latona latona, hence less narrowing behind ; black median bars SC" — R- 

 standing separate from the black border, often absent, the same in position as the 

 respective bars of the underside ; discocellular bar mostly obsolete behind, very 

 seldom the posterior portion of the bar black ; median bars R- — SM- absent, or 

 slightly showing through from below, only in one individual from Humboldt Bay 



are median bars R-— M- marked. Hindwing : no constant difference from the 



exam]iles oi latona latona, except that the tails are shorter ; the white submarginal 

 dots are minute, the u))i)er ones mostly absent ; of the admarginal tawny spots only 

 the last one before SM- is always indicated, the one in front of M'- is also often 

 traceable, while the preceding ones are very seldom vestigial. 



Underside : paler brown than in latona latona, not appearing so much variegated 

 in colour ; the bars much thinner, the bars on the abdominal fold thin or absent ; 

 postdiscal interspaces of hindwing much less bright in colour, the postdisco-sub- 

 marginal grey interspaces less glossy, the admarginal line of the hindwing much 

 paler brown, wider, less sharply defined, the yellow admarginal interspaces of the 



