EURASIAN & AUSTRALIAN NEPTINI 53 



N. nausicaa symbiosa Fruhstorfer 



Neptis nausicaa symbiosa Fruhstorfer, 1908a : 359. <J Milne Bay. Type Paris. 

 Neptis nausicaa symbiosa Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 614. 



The eastern subspecies is distinguished by the much more rounded hind wing 

 discal band, which in some examples does not reach the dorsum and is almost as 

 circular as in N. praslini praslini. The few examples from the d'Entrecasteaux Is., 

 which might be expected to show this feature in a more pronounced degree, in fact 

 show a slight reversion towards the narrower and more regular band of ssp. nausicaa. 



Eastern New Guinea (British New Guinea), D'Entrecasteaux Is. 



Neptis brebissonii (Boisduval) 



N. brebissonii metioche Fruhstorfer 



Neptis brebissonii metioche Fruhstorfer, [908a : 356. o" Waigiu. Type Paris. 

 Neptis brebissonii metioche Fruhstorfer ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 613. 



The hind wing discal band is wider than in the next subspecies. 

 Waigiu and Gebi Is. 



N. brebissonii brebissonii (Boisduval) 

 (Text-fig. 6) 



Limenitis brebissonii Boisduval, 1832 : 132. Nouvelle-Guinee. $ type BMNH. 

 Neptis brebissonii brebissonii (Boisduval) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 613. 



Acca venilia mysolensis Rothschild, 1915a : 133. ' q" ' recte $. Mysol Is. syn. & comb. n. 

 Type BMNH. 



The type label has the locality ' Rawack ' (an islet off Waigiu) written on it, 

 bu the type does not agree with ssp. metioche. It is almost identical with a female 

 from Manokwari and it is virtually certain that it was taken in Western New Guinea. 

 Typical examples from the Vogelkop Peninsula have comparatively narrow markings 

 and a single female from Mioswar Is. is similar. Two pairs from the McCluer Gulf 

 area and a female from Southern New Guinea (Oetakwa R.) have slightly wider 

 markings, whilst examples from the north coast between Geelvink Bay and Hum- 

 boldt Bay have wider markings still and merge into the next subspecies. The 

 species exhibits a much more regular west — east cline than the other Neptini. 



Western and Southern New Guinea, Mysol Is. 



N. brebissonii simbanga Hagen 



Neptis simbanga Hagen, 1897 : 90. o* Kaiser-Wilhelmsland. 

 Neptis brebissonii simbanga Hagen ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 613. 



The fore wing upper postdiscal band is slightly reduced whilst the hind wing 

 discal band is wider than in ssp. brebissonii, reaching its maximum in the Hydro- 

 grapher Mts. 



East Central and Eastern New Guinea. 



