NoVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXItl. 1916. 305 



Taenaris artemis tineutus Frohst. 



Herr Frnhstorfer in Seitz asserts, without having made any inquiries at Tring, 

 that only three specimens of this very striking form are known, the type being 

 in the British Museum from the Crowley collection. As a matter of fact there, are 

 in the Tring Museum 4 S 3 and 9 ? ? , collected by A. S. Meek, March and April 

 1897, and the larger number of these have the costal area of fore wing grey, not 

 white, and the abdominal margin of hindwings also strongly suffused with black 

 scales. 



Taenaris meeki spec. nov. 

 (Pl.III.ff. 3 <?, 7 ?) 



c?. Closely allied to T. a. artemis in the absence of the black scent-patch on 

 abdominal area of hindwing ; but differs at a glance by the much narrower and 

 more produced forewings, the much more deeply concave hindmargin of the fore- 

 wings, and in the much more defined ocellus, which is bright blue in the centre 

 and broadly ringed with orange golden. 



Forewing above basal half obliquely blnish mouse-grey, with white nervures, 

 outer half white, apex broadly bluish mouse-grey. Hindwing above basal three- 

 fifths white, golden buff between veins 1 and 2, outer two-fifths bluish mouse-grey 

 between costa and vein 2, beyond vein 2 to abdominal margin whitish grey ; on 

 this whitish grey area are bunches of cinnamon hairs. Terminal and abdominal 

 margins blackish grey. Ocellus of hindwing above very blue in black centre, 

 widely ringed with orange golden. Below the forewing is similar to above, but 

 the grey is darker ; the hindwing is all white suffused with grey in outer third and 

 with buff between abdominal margin and vein 2. 



$ . Larger. Forewing above with grey much darker, but otherwise coloured as 



in (5. Hindwing with the outer dark area blackish sooty brown-grey, and the 



abdominal area almost all sooty brown-grey, and the buff area paler ; ocellus very 

 large. Below in forewing the white area more diffused and not reaching termen, 

 in hindwing the dark outer area reduced. 



Length of forewing : S 48 mm., ? 58 mm. Expanse : 3 102-5, ? 123 mm. 



Hab. Snow Mountains, S.W. Dutch New Guinea ; c?, Upper Setekwa River, 

 2000-3000 ft., June— July 1910; $, Near Oetakwa River, 3500 ft., October- 

 November 1910 (A. S. Meek). 



Taenaris perplexus spec. nov. 



This is a very puzzling species ; it is nearest in appearance to t. anella Stich., 

 and like that form and its typical form tainia tainia Frühst, has the black scent- 

 scale patch on abdominal area. 



<?. Forewing above white, apex and area between vein 3 and inner margin, 



except middle third of inner margin, pale grey. Hindwing above white, 



onter two-fifths above vein 2 deep grey, except between the reflected ocelli, where 

 it is suffused with white ; the ocelli show through from below, but are entirely 

 absent above. Below on the forewing the white is much restricted, and on hind- 

 wing the whole central three-quarters is white ; the grey on both wings is darker, 

 and the ocelli as in t. anella. 



¥ . Above entirely white ; forewing with apex and costal area brownish grey ; 

 hindwing, basal third washed with golden buff, outer margin broadly brownish grey. 



