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Below : forewing, apical third dark brownish grey ; hindwing, inner half white 

 snffnsed with buff, outer half and costal area broadly dark sooty brownish grey. 



Length of forewing : 3 44 nam. ; ? 52 mm. Expanse : S 94 mm. ; $ 112 mm. 



Hab. Triton Bay, S.W. New Guinea, S (Webster), August 1896 ; ? (H. Kühn), 

 July 23, 1896. 



Taenaris rothschildi parallelus subsp. uov. 



S ¥ . This is a parallel form to artemis ziada Frühst., and, apart from the 

 patch of black scent-scales on abdominal area, only differs at first sight by the lack 

 of the orange base of hindwing and the pale pure grey, not reddish brown-grey, of 

 its colour. Pnre grey above, apical half of forewing, except apex, pure white, 

 abdominal area of hindwing in 6 with patch of dark buff hairs, ocellus generally 

 absent or ill defined. Below much darker than in r. rothschildi, but not so dark as 

 in r. merana. 



Hab. Misol, 13 <?<?, 2 ? ? (Dr. Tauern) ; 5 S <$ , 3 ? ?, January 1899 (H. 

 Kühn). 



Taenaris myops miscus Frühst. 



Fruhstorfer states that only 1 $, the type from Normanby Island in the 

 British Museum, is known. There are in the Tring Museum 6 Si, 4 ? ¥ , obtained 

 by A. S. Meek on Goodenough Island, March— May 1913. 



Taenaris myops misolensis subsp. nov. 



c?. Above similar to m. myops, but the hindwing below is, except the base and 

 the outer edge beyond apical ocellus from costa to vein 4, pure dull white. 

 ?. Has underside of hindwing also whiter, with no buff suffusion. 

 Hab. Misol, 2 S$ (Dr. Tauern); 1 ?, January 21, 1899 (H. Kühn). 



Taenaris kirschi Staud. and Taenaris mailua Gr. Smith 



Fruhstorfer in Seitz includes these and a number of similar forms as sub- 

 species under myops Feld. I do not agree with this treatment, and as I have 

 several new forms which demonstrate a much wider distribution for kirschi I am 

 convinced that there are three species, of which the following table gives the 

 synopsis : 



Taenaris myops myops Feld., Aru Islands. 



Taenaris myops praxedes Frühst., Salawatti. 



Taenaris myops fergussonia Frühst., Fergusson Island. 



Taenaris myops miscus Frühst., Normanby and Goodenough Islands. 



Taenaris myops misolensis Kothsch., Misol. 



Taenaris myops verbeeki Frühst., S.E. New Guinea. 



Taenaris kirschi kirschi Staud., S.E. New Guinea. 



Taenaris kirschi occidentalis Rothsch., Kapanr. 



Taenaris kirschi interfaunus Rothsch., Humboldt Bay. 



Taenaris kirschi convergens Rothsch., Fergusson Island. 



Taenaris mailua mailua Gr. Smith, Mountains of S.E. New Guinea. 



Taenaris mailua littoralis Rothsch., Coastal Region of S.E. New Guinea. 



Taenaris mailua rosseli Frühst., Rössel Island. 



