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Underside much darker. Hind wing with submarginal line much 

 less waved and nearer the posfcdiscal band. 



Sula Islands, June, July and September, W. J. C. Frost, one 8 . 



9. Cynthia erota Fbr. bagrada Fruh. ? . 



Seitz, Macrolep. ix, p. 479 (1912) (Wetter and Timor). 



Very similar to the female of cycnia Nicev. from Key. Smaller and 

 paler. Fore wing with lines more narrowly black-edged and with 

 smaller postdiscal spots. Hind wing with more narrowly black-edged 

 postdiscal line. 



Underside of hind wing with smaller pale costal patch and narrower 

 pale border to the discal line. Fore wing as in cycnia. 



Tenimber Is. : South Yamdena, 20 miles north of Saumlakki, 

 November to March, W. J. C. Frost, a series of males and five ? ? . 



The male of this form is darker than in cycnia. The pale costal 

 patch is not always present on the hind wing below, where also the 

 distal violet scaling is more extended than in cycnia. 



10. Hypolimnas deois Hew. obianus Fruh. ? . 



Both wings with much more extended white areas than in tydea 

 Feld. from Batjan. Fore wing with white area reaching nearly to base 

 of cell, and leaving a small submedian and apical area of ground-colour. 

 Ocelli in 2 and lb larger, black with violet-blue scaling. Hind wing 

 with white area reaching nearly to base, ocelli larger, and distal yellow- 

 brown reduced. 



Underside of fore wing with less apical ground-colour than above. 

 Hind wing with base black-brown between costa and cell, inner margin 

 yellow-brown. 



Obi, July to September, W. J. C. Frost, one ? , also two $ $ . 



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