5 o J. N. ELIOT 



N. praslini messogis Fruhstorfer 



Neptis praslini messogis Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 363, pi. 2, fig. 10 <J. <?$ Waigiu. Types Paris. 

 Neptis praslini messogis Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614, pi. i2^i £. 



Barely separable from ssp. papua, but the postdiscal band on the under surface 

 of the hind wing is a little closer to the termen. 

 Waigiu. 



N. praslini ronensis Grose Smith 



Neptis ronensis Grose Smith, 1899 : 10, pi. Neptis 3, figs. 5 $, 6, 7 $. Ron Is. <J§ types 



BMNH. 

 Neptis praslini ronensis Grose Smith ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614. 



The subspecies has narrow markings and appears not to vary much in Ron Is. 

 (southern end of Geelvink Bay). Four males and one female from Dorey (Western 

 Peninsula of New Guinea) and one female from Mioswar are similar, but other 

 examples from the same areas have much broader white markings and hardly differ 

 from examples from Northern New Guinea. 



Western New Guinea (Ron Is. and Dorey). 



N. praslini maionia Fruhstorfer 



Neptis praslini maionia Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 361. $ German New Guinea. Type Paris. 

 Neptis praslini maionia Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 614. 



Neptis praslini syxosina Talbot, 1932 : 164. $ Humboldt Bay. Type BMNH. Var. or ab. 

 with narrow markings and hind wing vein 8 short. 



Western and Northern New Guinea, including Mioswar and Jobi Is. 

 Examples from south of the Snow Mts. usually have the hind wing discal band a 

 little wider. 



N. praslini meridionalis Talbot 



Neptis praslini meridionalis Talbot, 1932 : 164. <£$ British New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts. 

 Types BMNH. 



Eastern New Guinea (Mandated Territory : Astrolabe Range ; British New 

 Guinea : Aroa R., Kumusi R., Dinawa, Port Moresby, Hydrographer Mts.). 



N. praslini woodlarkiana (Montrouzier) comb. & stat. n. 



Limenitis woodlarkiana Montrouzier, 1856 : 406. Woodlark Is. 



The name has been overlooked by most authors, including Fruhstorfer (in Seitz). 



None in BMNH from type locality. Examples from the d'Entrecasteaux Is., 

 which have the lower postdiscal band of the fore wing wider than in ssp. meridionalis 

 are provisionally placed here. 



