192 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 



4. Celerena cana Warr. 



This species occurs in three well-defined races. The only example before me 

 from Goodenongh Island is a ¥ in rather poor condition, apparently intermediate 

 between the Fergnsson Island and the Biagi form ; further material is needed 

 before anything definite can be said of it. 



C. cana cana Warr. In amplification of Warren's description {Nov. Zool. 

 iii. 281), it is necessary to notice that the black spot proximally to midcosta is 

 very small and narrow and ends in a point midway between SC and cell-fold, that 

 the yellow fascia beyond the curved grey one is 2 to 3 mm. in width, sometimes 

 broader anteriorly, that the ground-colour is more whitish in the posterior part of 

 both wings from base to beyond middle, and that the marginal fascia of hindwing 

 is narrow. The wing-expanse given by Warren must have been estimated, not 

 measured ; it is 56-58 mm., not 60 mm. 



Fergusson Island. 



C. cana nigrilinea subsp. nov., 58-62 mm. Costal spot of forewing larger, 

 almost or quite reaching cell-fold, a black line on the curved grey fascia from costa 

 to R 3 or M 1 ; the yellow fascia beyond reduced to about 1 mm. width, or wanting ; 

 posterior part of both wings coloured as in cana cana ; marginal fascia of hindwing 

 less narrow. 



Biagi, Mambare River, 5000 ft., January 1906 (A. S. Meek); Upper Aroa 

 River, March and April 1903 (A. S. Meek) ; Aroa River, 4000-5000 ft., May 1905 

 (A. S. Meek). Type, Biagi, in coll. Tring Mus. 



C. cana fulvastra subsp. nov. Smaller than the other races (48-53 mm.), 

 rather deeper yellow, uniform, not becoming whitish at hindmargins ; basal costal 

 streak narrowed ; black costal spot about as in cana nigrilinea, occasionally rather 

 swollen ; curved grey fascia slightly darkened but without defined black costal spot 

 or line ; yellow fascia beyond about as in c. nigrilinea ; marginal fascia of hindwing 

 as in c. cana. 



Humboldt Bay, September— October 1892 (W. Doherty). 3 <?c?, 4 ? ?, in 

 coll. Tring Mus. 



Subfamily HEMITHEINAE 

 5. Archaeobalbis urapteraria eudicheres subsp. nov. 



c?, 50 mm. Smaller than urapteraria urapteraria Walk., from Borneo, and 

 with the $ hindwing in general not quite so long and narrow. Upperside showing 

 little difference, though with rather more black scales in the red shades distally to 

 the postmedian. Both wings beneath with the proximal part clear bright orange as 

 in u. urapteraria, a black band of 3 or 4 mm. width (narrowing anteriorly on fore- 

 wing and posteriorly on hindwing) separating this from the reddish- distal area and 

 throwing out some irregular black vein-streaks into the latter. 



Mount Gede, W. Java, 4000 m., 1896 (H. Fruhstorfer). Type in coll. Tring Mus. 



The ? has the black shades suffusing almost the entire distal area beneath. 



The new form, or something extremely similar (perhaps further subdivisible 

 when more and better material is available), occurs also on Nias, Penang and 

 Bunguran, Natuna Islands, so that it would appear to be the phylogenetic " type," 

 from which a specialised race (u. lorapteraria} has arisen in the mountains of 



