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NEW FORMS OF BUTTERFLIES FROM DUTCH 



NEW GUINEA. 



By J. J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 



The forms herein described were collected by Messrs. C, F., and 

 J. Pratt, and details of the localities are given in the paper on Delias. 



NYMPHALIDAE. 

 1. Mynes halli sp. nov. 



Dedicated to Mr. A. Hall, a student of Nymphalidae, who, in his 

 travels, has discovered several novelties. 



Allied to websteri Smith, and distinguished by its smaller size, much 

 reduced pale area on the fore w T ing and very narrow stripes on both 

 w T ings below. Found together with typical websteri. 



3 . Upper side of fore wing with basal area more greenish than in 

 websteri, not reaching end of cell nor beyond vein 3, outer edge slightly 

 incurved to submedian. Hind wing with two metallic coppery gold 

 apical spots in 5 and 6. Dark costal area as in websteri, but extended 

 distad in cellule 5. The edge of the greyish-green area more clearly 

 defined than in websteri and produced on the veins, and with a narrower 

 bluish-green edging. The narrow black distal margin is traversed along 

 its middle by a thin bluish-green line which thickens posteriorly. Tail 

 longer than in websteri. 



Underside of fore wing with yellow patch at tornus as in websteri. 

 Six white lines from the costa : the more proximal one ending at base 

 of vein 2 ; the second slightly broken at base of vein 3 and irregular to 

 inner margin ; third narrower, beyond the cell, and joined below 2 to 

 the fourth, which is slightly curved ; fifth commencing at vein 8, above 

 which are two short streaks, and ending in the yellow patch in cellule 2 ; 

 the sixth submarginal, thickening posteriorly, and joining the yellow 

 patch on vein 2. Inner margin white to the proximal edge of the yellow 

 patch. Hind wing with the stripes thinner than on the fore wing. A 

 costal line distally curved to vein 7 ; a short line in cell at base ; a stripe 

 from inner margin to base of 2, continued as a thin line along vein 4 



