NYMPHALID.E — MORPHINE. — TEKARIS. 



Hab. Rossel Island, Louisiacle Archipelago (Basil Thomson). 



In the Collection of the British Museum. " Possibly the male of T. Jamesi, Butler, 

 described from a single female without further localitj than New Guinea ; but in this specimen 

 the yellow is widely extended at the base of both pairs of wings above, and less so below ; 

 and the outer half of the inner margin of the anterior wings is blackish, instead of that 

 of the posterior wings. It is much to be regretted that insects of the genus Tenaris are 

 often received singly, for it is impossible without large series from the same locality to be certain 

 whether the numerous closely-allied forms are really distinct or not, and we have therefore no 

 alternative but to describe them provisionally as species." (Kirby, loc. cit.) 



This species and the nest were both captured on October 18, 1888, a single specimen 

 of each. 



II.— TENAEIS AFFINIS. ^ . Figs. 3, 4. 



Tenaris Ajjinis, Kirby, "Annals and Magazine of Natural Historj-," ser. 6, 

 vol. 4, p. 1G2 (1889). 



Male. Upperside very similar to T. Barhata, but the base of the anterior 

 wings is slaty-grey, extending from the base nearly to the end of the cell, 

 conterminous with the dark costa, and then crossing the median nervure, and 

 coverimj the whole of the wing between its lowest branch and the submedian, 

 and likewise the hinder angle, leaving only the inner margin white, beneath the 

 submedian nervure, which runs white through the dusky portion of the wing to 

 its extremity. Posterior wings with the costa and hind margin moderately 

 broadly blackish to below the upper median uervule ; the lower ocellus is larger 

 than in T. Barhata. 



Underside with the yellow hair at the base of the posterior wings only 

 visible between the median nervure and the inner margin ; for the white base of 

 the anterior wings and of the costa of the posterior wings (for the costal edging 

 is narrower between the base and the ocellus) is black. The outer rings of the 

 ocelli are wider and darker than in T. Barhata. 



Hab. Rossel Island, Louisiade Arcliipelago (Basil Thomson). 



In the Collection of the British Museum. Allied to T. Barhata, Kirby, T. Onesimus, Butler, 

 and T. Stauduigeri, Hourath. 



III.— TENARIS OCCULTA, i . Figs. 5, 0. 



Tenaris Occulta, Grose Smith, "Annals and Magazine of Natural History," 

 ser. 6, vol. 3, p. 316 (1889). 



