348 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



A. moh(ccana meyeri, subsp. 



Kirscb, Mitt. Mus. Dresden, p. 123, ])1. 6, f. 2 (1877) ; Frulistoifer, 



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

 New Guinea. 

 A. molnccana dohertyi, subsp. 



Holland, Proc. Boston See, xxv, p. 61, pi. 5, f. 7 (1891) ; 

 Rothschild, Iris, v, p. 435 (1892); Fruhstorfer, Stettin Ent. 

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

 Celebes. 

 A. moluccana parce, subsp. 



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



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

 XuLLA Is. (Mangola). 



A. mohwcana buruensis, subsp. 



Rothschild, 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. pella and pollonia, but these do not remain 

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

 more entitled to subspecific rank, though I have not yet 

 examined a large number of examples. Parce and 

 b'tiruensis may easily be distinguished by the very black 

 h.-w. Meyej'i 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. mohiccana exhibit a 

 beautiful greenish blue iridescence on the underside of 

 the f.-\v. 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 moluccana meyeri than in the other forms. 

 The male armatures of these forms are similar and are of 

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

 that of ^. neolulc, and the opening of the hursa copulatrix 

 is eccentric. 



ACRAEA VIOLAE. 



Acraea violae, Fabricius {Pap.\ Syst. Ent., p. 460 (1775) ; Sulzer» 

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

 Beytr., 3, 1, p. 97 (cepheus) (1779) ; Horsfield, (metam.). Cat. 



