566 New Forms of Indo- Australian Butterflies 



$ . Besembles the Waigeu form. Hind wing above with outer edge 

 of discal spots less sharply defined than in the allied form, being 

 bordered by a pale shade. Below with some white scaling on the red 

 spots in 6 and 7. Discal spot in 5 larger than in the Mefor race and not 

 so long as in the Waigeu form. 



Habitat. — Schouten Islands, N.E. New Guinea : Biak, June, 1914, 

 A., C, and F. Pratt, eight $ 3 , nine ? 2 . 



Papilio polydorus wangaarensis subsp. nov. 



? . This form is allied to the Mefor race. The two red anal spots 

 on the hind wing are more distinct, the anal spot being larger than in 

 mefor anus Roths. Distal spots purer white. 



Underside of fore wing with the white stripes in cellule 2 not filling" 

 up the base of the cellule in most specimens, and mostly these stripes 

 are less distinct than in the allied form. Hind wing with the discal 

 spot in 2 not filling the base of the cellule except in one specimen. 



Habitat. — Wangaar Biver, S. Geelvink Bay, Dutch New Guinea, 

 about 15 miles inland, January, two ? ? ; Wangaar, February, 

 six ? ? ; Djalan Biver about 25 miles inland, May-June, four $ £ '> 

 Wei Sai Biver, Weyland Mountains, 1,000 feet, early June-July, one ? . 

 Collected by C, F., and J. Pratt. 



PIEBIDAE. 



Delias aglaia L. goda Frith. $ f. flavifascia f. nov. 



This form only differs from the typical female by the band of the 

 fore wing being yellow instead of white. 



A single specimen in coll. Paris Museum, labelled "Pajakombo, 

 Sumatra (1911, Doncaster)." 



Gandaca harina cuneata subsp. nov. 



$ . Allied to the New Guinea race aiguina Friih. 



The black border of the fore wing narrower than in aiguina and 

 apical area smaller. One specimen from Teloeti Bay has only a dark 

 dusting along the margin. 



¥ . Fore wing with narrower black border than in aiguina and its 

 edge more irregular ; a wedge-shaped indentation on vein 4, a sharp 

 tooth between veins 5 and 6, and one between 6 and 7. Occurs in both 

 a yellow and white form. 



Habitat. — Central Ceram, Manusela, 6,000 feet, October and 

 November, eight $ $ , four ? $ (one white form) ; 4,600 feet, January, 



