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der Vorderflügel iind auch eine aussere zackige gelbe Quer- 

 binde über beide Flügel. Diese Farbung kommt der Argema 

 (Actias) ignescens^ Moore von den Andamanen sehr nahe, 

 welche Sonthonnax loc. cit. Taf. 4 Fig. 1 nach einem 

 Exemplar des britischen Museums abbildet und pag. 14 

 ebenfalls beschreibt". The specimen in the collection of 

 Messrs. Piepers and Snellen, corresponds with this descrip- 

 tion. For clearness' sake I will repeat, that the prime-colour 

 is r e d - b r o w n ; that there are yellow spots above and 

 beneath the lunule, which is half black and half red; that 

 there is beyond the middle a distinct yellow flexuous 

 streak, also on the anterior wing, which has a red ocellus 

 with a dark outline. Below, the colour is greenish yellow 

 with grayish brown undulated clouds near the outermargin. 

 The lunule is replaced by a dark ocellus. The stigmata 

 are not bordered with gray ! The rest is like in the 

 other males. 



The female of this variety will probably be like that 

 of the following : 



The female is very rare; it is not represented in our 

 Museum. Latona and isis seem to be localized on the island 

 of Celebes. The male in our collection corresponds with 

 the description given by Sonthonnax of a specimen in 

 the collection of Staudinger. 



9- The prime-colour is r e d - b r o w n ; in the cell of the 

 forewing a small yellow spot at the basal angle and a 

 ditto larger one near to the top; above the hmule, which 

 is like in latona^ a larger yellow spot is present. Except 

 a trace of a flexuous yellow streak, there are some little 

 yellow spots on the anterior- and posterior-wings. The 

 underside is citrine with] grayish red-brown near the outer- 

 margin. On the stigmata is a gray zigzag streak. 



As to the female, I translate the description of G. 

 Weymer, who possesses one specimen from Celebes. 



9. It is as large as A. maenas, has the same greenish 

 yellow prime-colour and similar pattern, but the outer- 

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