328 New Forms of Butterflies from Dutch New Guinea 



Length of fore wing : 8 , 44 mm. ; ? , 46 mm. Inner margin : 

 (base to end of vein 2) <? , 33 mm. ; ? , 37 mm. 



Menoo Eiver, 3,500 to 5,000 feet, December to January, three $ $ 

 one ? ; November to December, one ? ; 5,000 feet, June, two ?. ? ; 

 Mount Kunupi, 3,500 to 5,000 feet, November to December, one S . 



3. Morphotaenaris schonbergi Honr. weylandensis subsp. nov. 



This forms a transition from S. schonbergi to S. henricki Beth.-Bkr. 



cT ? . Upperside of fore wing with the band more, oblique on the 

 upper edge in the 3 than in henricki, and reaching below the base 

 of cell. The upper edge of cell, sometimes the basal angle, and costa 

 black, rest of cell chestnut, and the band outside the cell kaiser-brown 

 (xiv). Hind wing with black marginal border as in S. schonbergi. 



Underside of fore wing with the band kaiser-brown and black 

 reduced in the cell. No ocelli. Hind wing with apical and anal 

 ocellus, rarely a minute one in 4, one ? with three additional ocelli 

 in 3, 4 and 5. No yellowish scaling except at extreme base. Marginal 

 black border as above. 



Mount Kunupi, 4,000 to 6,000 feet, November to January ; Menoo 

 River, 3,500 to 5,000 feet, November to January, a series of both 

 sexes. The $ $ were less common than the 2 ? . 



SATYEIDAE. 



4. Hypocysta osyris Bdv. pellucida subsp. nov. 



Distinguished by the cream-coloured bands below, and^the similarly 

 coloured band of the hind wing above. 



$ . Upperside with fuscous-black ground colour. Fore wing with 

 a transverse band of a dirty yellow colour, formed by the cream-coloured 

 band below showing through an area sparsely covered with fuscous 

 scales. This band fades out above vein 5, outer edge clearly denned 

 and parallel to margin, inner edge slightly entering cell, and lower 

 edge reaching submedian. Hind wing with cream-coloured area shaped 

 much as in aroa, with sharply defined edge and occupying an area as 

 in aroa serapis Fruh., lower part more deeply incurved. Ocellus larger 

 than in osyris, and its ring dusted with black. 



Underside of fore wing with the band cream-coloured, broader 

 than in osyris, and with a border of whitish hair more pronounced 

 anteriorly and reaching vein 6. Hind wing with cream-coloured area 

 as above but anteriorly broader. Apical ocellus as in osyris. Anal 

 ocellus larger than in osyris and with a broader silvery ring. The 



