Notes on a Collect, of Lepid. froin Cclehes. 435 



Siibfam. Acrsi^iiiic. 



Acra'a Dohertyi Hollaiul. Taf. VT, Fi^'-. 1. Two tciiiales. 



Frmdlc (lescripfiun. Upper wiiigs simihir to feiuale of 

 A. ]\Ioliiccana Hewitson, bat iiiore tliickly powdered vvitli black 

 scales, also darker at the end of tlie discoidal cell. The dark 

 marginal border is also mucli wider and less sliarply defined. 

 Underwings black. \\\Ü\ a snbniarg-inal row of seven large olive 

 grey Spots. Centre of the wings crossed by a bi-oad zig--zag 

 bai-, which has an exterior border of olive grey. Colonr of 

 the scales on whole of the upper surface mach blacker than 

 in A. ]\[olnccana. Underside forewings withont any niarkings, but 

 with the black scales of npper snrface sliowing throngh. Hind- 

 wing-s siniilar in pattern to the upper surface, but subniarginal 

 and central bands clean white, and the black giound colour 

 very intense. Head black, upper surface of thorax black, with 

 two buff and six white spots, abdomen black, with two rows 

 of white spots down the dorsal surface. Ventral surface of 

 liody black. with white dots at base of legs, palpi yelloAv, legs 

 black, antennit^ l)lack. Expanse of wings. B'7,;in. 



Doherty says: — " This was one of my disajjpointnients; 

 we hunted high and low, but got no males — only two specimens 

 of the undescribed female. Holland has one male, Nennungen 

 another. and these are all that are knoAvn of this species." 



Subfam. Nyinphaliiiae. 



Ergolis. — In this genus we did very badly, catching- 

 only a Single male of each of the two Oelebesian species. 



Ergolis M.eriouoi(les Holland. 1 male. 



Ergolis ('elebeiisis Holland. 1 male. 



Doherty remarks: — " Holland has fi.ve or six and Xeu- 

 moegen two of each of these s[)ecies: otherwise they ai-e not 

 represented in collections."' 



Cethosia Picta Feld. 17 specimens. niostly worn. 14 males 

 and 3 females. 



Cethosia Myrina Feld. 32 specimens, males and females 

 mostly worn. Both sexes are fragrant. 



Cynthia Celebeiisis Butl. 31 specimens, males and females. 



Cuplia MflPiioides. Gt5 specimens, males and females. 



Atella Celebeiisis Wall. 39 specimens, males and females. 



Doherty remarks: — " I got all I could of the beautiful 

 female." 



Terinos Abisares Feld. 



A fine series. (>1 specimens. males and females. 



