8b Kr. A. R. Wallace on 



Genus Peothoe, Hiibner. 



1. Prothoe Franckii. 



Ni/m}:)lialis Franckii, Godt. Enc. Math. ix. p. 825. 



Prothoe FrancJcii, Hiibn. Samml. exot. Schmett. ii. pi. . 



Westwood, Gen. Diarn. Lap. p. 256, pi. 51. f. 3. 

 Pajyhia Franckii, Horsfield, Lap. of Java, pi. 5, f. 4, 4a.. 



Hah. — Java (Horsfiald), Malacca, Sumatra (Wallace). 



This beautiful insect is not uncommon in Sumatra. It 

 has the habit of settling" with closed wings on sticks or 

 the trunks of trees, with which the peculiarly shaded 

 markings of its underside harmonise so as to render it 

 difficult to detect. 



2. Prothoe Leucis. 



Mynes Leucis, Boisd.Voy. del' Astrolabe, Ent.pt. I,p.l29j 

 Hewitson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 87, 

 var. A. d . (? ? ); var. b. pi. ix. f. 1, ? . 



Nym2:)Jia.lis australis, Guer. Voy. de la Coquille, Ins. 

 pi. 14 bis, f. 4. 



Hah. — T^ew Guinea (Dorey), Mysol, Salwatty, Waigiou 

 (Wallace) . 



The specimens described by Boisduval and Guerin were 

 from Waigiou (Offack) . The females, as in some allied 

 forms, have the markings either white or yellow, the 

 males I believe alwaj's yellow. A considerable number of 

 specimens collected by myself shew that this species is 

 pretty constant in its external characters. This and the 

 allied species frequent shady places in the forest ; they 

 fly slowly, and the females often settle on the ground 

 while the males rest on low foliage. 



3. Prothoe Muldeei. 



Myncs Mulderi, Vollenh. Tidj . v. Ent. vi. 1 29, pi. 8. f. 1 , 2, c? . 

 Mynes Leucis, var. d., Hewits. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1862, p. 88. 

 var. E., Hewits. I. c. pi. ix.". 2, 3. 



Hah. — Batchian, Gilolo, Morty Is. (Wallace). 



This species, like the last, has the females marked either 

 with white or ochreish yellow, the males with yellow of 

 a paler and clearer tint. This is a strikingly distinct 

 species, and is confined to the geographical sub-district 

 of the northern Moluccas. 



