346 Mr. A. R. Wallace's Notes 



Genus Junonia, Hiibner. 



The Eastern species of tliis genus are often variable. 

 The common /. Orithyia appears to vary on the islands 

 from the continental form^ the females differing much 

 more markedly from the males. An extreme form of the 

 female from the Moluccas is that figured by Vollenhoven 

 as Junonia Royeri. The following species from the island 

 of Timor is very distinct, 



Junonia timorensis, n. s. 



Outline of /. Aonis, but the anterior wings a little more 

 sinuate and more prominently dentate. 



Male. Above : rich fuscous-brown^ the base and outer 

 margins rufous^ a narrow band of three ochre-yellow spots 

 across the apex of the anterior wings^ the markings in 

 the cell and the submarginal ocelli as in /. Aonis, but much 

 less distinct; hind-wings with a triple ocellus towards 

 the outer angle, the middle one large, next to this a small 

 one, and another of medium size next the anal angle. 



Beneath : dark bronzy-brown, the band of four spots 

 and one nearer the apex white, the ocelli nearly as above, 

 but more distinct; on the hind- wing these are placed on 

 a band of a more bronzy colour, beyond which is a pale 

 ash coloured margin with two narrow dusky lines. 



Female. Like the male, but paler, and the white band 

 across the apex wanting beneath. 



Expanse 2*3 to 2*5 inches. 



Hah. — Timor (Wallace) . 



Genus Cyrestis, Boisduval. 



This is one of the most elegant genera of butterflies, 

 and the species are remarkable for their habit of settling 

 frequently on the bare earth and rocks, with the wings 

 spread out flat, so as fully to display their beautifully 

 pencilled markings. I obtained seven new species in the 

 Malay Archipelago, five of which have been already de- 

 scribed by Felder and Butler. I now ofl"er descriptions 

 of the other two, one closely allied to G. nivea, and the 

 other to G. Faulinus, but sufliciently distinct. This brings 

 the number of described species to twenty, ranging from 

 India to New Guinea. 



