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below this an indistinct line on inner margin and reaching base; 

 a submargina] row of 7 spots, the last three in lc, 2 and 3, being 



twice the size of the first four; marginal dots in pairs between 

 the veins chiefly present in 2 and 3. Hind-wing— A wedge-shaped 

 stripe in lower part of cell, not quite reaching the base; 4 post- 

 cellular spots close to cell and to one another, their outer edges 

 slightly concave; a patch in lc extending to the base and slightly 

 invaded by ground-colour near the submedian; a narrow stripe 

 in 16 shorter than the preceding and a short basal line in la; an 

 indistinct and narrow spot in cellule 6; a stripe in 7 nearly rilling 

 the cellule, acuminate near the margin, and indistinctly reaching 

 the base; a sub-basal triangular spot in 8, a submargina] row of 

 6 spots in lc-6, and a marginal series of dots in pairs between the 

 veins. 



Underside similar to above. Fore-wing with marginal dots 

 better developed; a spot or dot distally of the larger one in 3; 

 stripe on inner margin well ma iked. 



In the j the wings are less rounded and spots are a little smaller. 

 On the hind-wing the spots in the distal area are faintly marked and 

 the post-cellular spots are much smaller. Length of fore-wing : 

 <J 34 mm., $ 39 mm. 



It may be noted that this species bears some resemblance 

 to NejJtis gregalis, J. and N., and to the $ of Pareronia 

 chinki, J. and N. 



1 (3\ 3 $ $ receivei I. 



The $ of this species bears the strongest resemblance 

 to the $ of Euploea pyres mangolinelki, Strand, from 

 Ysabel and New Georgia. Although it is not improbable 

 that a similar form of Euploea may exist on Biak, yet such 

 a resemblance as here noted could conceivably arise in 

 the absence of the Euploea. 



The factors operating to bring about the same con- 

 vergence of pattern in a Euploea and in a Danaid in different 

 habitats are probably of the same kind. The resulting 

 pattern in each of these sub-families would conform more 

 to one type than would the pattern of a Danaid and a 

 Pierid belonging to distinct families. 



Euploeinak. 



5. Euploea confusa biaka, subsp. no v. 



Nearest to jaunia, Fruh., from Dutch New Guinea. It is darker 

 than other forms of the species. The median patch is proxinially 

 yellow-brown and outwardly much paler; it does not enter the 



