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The fore wing above shows a more distinct and better- 

 defined pale discal band than in osyris from Arii^ and the 

 veins are not scaled with brownish black. The hind wing' 

 has a more extended basal area. 



On the underside the white area of the hind wing is onlv 

 separated from the silvery edging of the ocelli by a thin 

 brown line. 



? with broader white band on fore wing, extending to 

 vein 4. Hind wing with extended white, filling the basal 

 part of cellido 2. 



Hab. Waigeu, 3 (^ c? , 2 ? ? , March-May. 



Mycalesis arahella^ Fruh., ? . 



Upperside of fore loing with brown area extended to the 

 submarginal line in the area below vein 3 and also extending 

 above this vein. The two ocelli below are reproduced above, 

 as also is the heavy submarginal line. Hind wing \)^\&x than 

 in the <^ . 



Underside paler than in the ^ ; abdomen grey-brown 

 above, pale ochreous below. 



Length of fore wing 23 mm. 



Hah. Waigeu, 1 (J, 1 ? , April-May. 



Subfamily Nemeobiinje. 

 Prcetaxila wallacei arfakensis, subsp. n. 



Near the form tkeodosia, Fruh., from Dorey, but differs 

 from this chiefly in the shorter white patch on the hind wing. 



c? . Upperside of fore wing with three small white sub 

 apical spots. Hind wing with the white patch reaching 

 vein 4 as in loallacei, but reaching below vein 2 nearly to 

 the submedian, inner edge indented in 2 and 3, distal edge 

 toothed. 



Underside of fore wing as in loallacei. Hind wing with a 

 faint discal curved line, not broken up as in wallacei; sub- 

 terminal orange band narrower and bordering the row of tive 

 rounded black spots. 



Hah. And Lakes, Arfak Mtns., 6000 feet, March 1914 

 {A., C, & F. Pratt), I S. 



LycaenidaB. 

 Arhopala fulla hahsi, subsp. n. 



cJ . Upperside as in fulla. Hew., from Araboina. 

 Underside with darker ground-colour and a purplish sheen 



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