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very much from the typical form ; they are larger, more yellowish coloured and the black 

 colour near the apex and outer margin of the anterior wings is reduced. On the underside is 

 not found the small anal ocellus of the anterior wings, so that we observe one big subanal 

 ocellus and three small subapical ones. 



Till now this species had not yet been observed in the Southern part of New Guinea. 

 Being différent from the two races from the Northern part, I will name this new local race 

 „nigrita" (PL III, fig. 2 and 2a). 



50. M. duponchêli Guér. — 13 cfcf and S 99 Beaufort River 12 Nov. 1912; Kloofbivak 

 March 19 13. 2 cf d 1 and 2 99 Coll. Baggelaar. The spécimens from N.W. New Guinea belong 

 to the typical form duponchêli. The spécimens collected at Beaufort River and Kloofbivak are 

 distinctly smaller (Exp. alar. 45 mm.; 99 5° mm >) ; tne C?cT possess nearly totally black 

 anterior wings; the triangular orange yellow anal part has disappeared or is very faintly 

 visible. On the upperside of the posterior wings we observe a réduction of the two or three 

 ocelli and widening of the yellow band to the base of the wing. The curve of the partition 

 line between yellow and brown in the posterior wings towards the base is especially visible 

 in the female spécimens. On the underside of the wings are characteristic the curve of the 

 brown striga towards the base and the réduction of the ocelli. This race, which I will call 

 ^obscurata" (PI. II, fig. 3 and 3a) is very near to umbonia Fruhst. 



51. M. mucia Hew. — 2 çfc? and 6 99 Bivakeiland 18 Febr.; Kloofbivak 28 Jan., 

 26 Febr. and 10, 12 and 13 March 191 3, 1 çf Coll. Baggelaar. The spécimens, collected by 

 the expédition belong to the race praxedis Fruhst. 



52. M. basoclii Guér. — 6 rf ç? Coll. Baggelaar. 



53. M. cocodaemon Kirsch. - - 2 rfrf Beaufort River 17 Dec. 1912. This rare species 

 seems to be distributed over the whole of New Guinea, but has been found till now only on 

 the island of Japen and at Andai. 



54. M. evara Fruhst. (PI. II, fig. 4 and 4a). — 2 ç?c? and 5 99 Kloofbivak 27 Febr.; 

 5, 7, 8 and 11 March 1913. This locality, in which the rare species has been captured was 

 until now not known to produce it. Mr. FRUHSTORFER knows only rfcf from Milne Bay and 

 C? and 9 from Kaiser Wilhelms-Land {evarida Fruhst.). The cfcf show a basai redbrown part 

 and a black large band from the cell to the outer margin. The posterior wings are darker 

 coloured like in M. mucia Hew. and bear one subanal ocellus. The sex-mark on the upper- 

 side of the posterior wing is to be divided into three parts : a patch of specialised scales 

 along the costa; then a pencil of long hairs and at last a patch of black specialised scales. 

 On the underside the colour is violet-gray with two transverse red-brown strigae and two 

 small lines near the margin. The sex-mark on the underside of the anterior wing is polished 

 and we observe also three parts in it : a small patch of brown specialised scales in a pale 

 yellow area and upon it a semiorbicular dark brown striga. The number of the ocelli is 

 generally two but in some cases the subapical one possesses a very small united ocellus. On 

 the posterior wings the number of the ocelli difiers from five to seven, but five is the commonest. 

 Two, or in one spécimen three, ocelli near the costa are united ; the other ones are well 

 separated. The maie spécimen in which the three ocelli are united, is that which possesses 

 also seven ocelli. The 99 bear more rounded wings and they are yellower coloured on the 

 upperside; on the underside the colour is also more gray and we observe two ocelli on the 



