348 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monogra'pJi' of the 



A. moliiccana meyeri, subsp. 



Kirsch, Mitt. Mus. Dresden, p. 123, pi. (i, f. 2 (1877) ; Frulistorfer, 



Stettin Ent. Zeit, 68, 1, p. 20 (1907). 

 New Guinea. 

 A. ■nwlnccicna dohrrhji, subsp. 



Holland, Pvoc. Bo.ston Soc, xxv, p. 61, pi. 5, f. 7 (1891); 

 Rotliscliild, Iris, v, p. 435 (1892); Frulistorfer, Stettin Ent. 

 Zeit., 68, 1, p. 19 (1907). 

 Celebes. 

 A. moliiccana pairf, subsp. 



Staudinger, Iris, 9, p. 193, pi. 1, f. 8 (1896) ; Frulistorfer, Stettin 



Ent. Zeit., 68, 1, p. 19 (1907). 

 XuLLA Is. (Mangola). 

 A. mobtrcana Ininiensis, subsp. 

 Roth-soliild, Novit. Zool., vi, p. 68 (1899). 



BURU. 



I cannot find any satisfactory means of distinguishing 

 between the forms which I have here made synonymous. 

 Fruhstorfer (/. c.) gives several points of difference between 

 his subsp. ^)c//rr and 'pollonia, but these do not remain 

 constant in a series. Holland's dohcrtyi is perhaps rather 

 more entitled to subspecific rank, though I have not yet 

 examined a large number of examples. Parce and 

 buruensis may easily be distinguished by the very black 

 h.-vv. Meyeri with its velvety black wings and rich 

 orange band is very distinct in appearance though I 

 cannot regard it as a separate species. All the forms 

 which I have included under A. molncecma exhibit a 

 beautiful greenish blue iridescence on the underside of 

 the f.-AV. This is produced in a peculiar manner. The 

 iridescence is really on the underside of the scales which 

 are on the upper surface of the wing, and is seen through 

 the transparent wing membrane. The effect is more 

 brilliant in vwlnccana mrycri than in the other forms. 

 The male armatures of these forms are similar and are of 

 the same type as that of A. adinatha. The $ plate is like 

 that of .^. neohule, and the opening of the hursa coindatrix 

 is eccentric. 



ACRAEA VIOLAE. 



Acmea violae, Fabricius {Pap.), Sj'st. Ent., p. 460 (1775) ; Sulzer» 

 Gesch. Iris (cephcvs), pi. 15, f. 2, p. 143 (1776); Goetze, Entom.. 

 Beytr., 3, 1, p. 97 {cepheus) (1779) ; Horjfield, (metajn.), Cat.. 



