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than the 3., also the 5. submarginal spot is smaller than in aignanus, sometimes even smaller than the 4.; the 4. 
discal spot usually reaches the base of the 2. median. From the higher elevations of British New Guinea; in 
lower parts of the same district occurs a black-headed form ( naissus Fruhst.). —- In the following forms the head 
and thorax are entirely black, very rarely with some red hairs behind the eyes. - —- leodamas Wall. The black basal leodamas. 
part of the forewing is not sharply divided from the striped discal part, and the light stripes are also beneath 
very indistinct; the cell-spot of the hindwing and the 1. white discal spot likewise very small, narrow, the latter 
above sometimes absent, the other 4 spots long, the last two not quite reaching the base of the 2. median, the 
diameter of the 6. red submarginal spot on the underside longer than the distance of the spot from the white area. 
Misol. — godartianus Luc. (= papuana Oberth.). The grey stripes on the under surface of the forewing indistinct, godartianus. 
also the posterior black vein-stripes and interneural stripes extending nearly to the cell, the black basal half of 
the wing is however sharply separated from the distal half. Hindwing similar to that of leodamus, above some¬ 
times only 4 white spots present, as the cell-spot and the 1. discal spot are not always developed. Arfak and 
Onin Peninsulas; Salawatti and Etna Bay. — asinius Fruhst. Forewing in the $ with large white patch before asinius. 
and behind the 2. median, in the $ the spots as well as the light stripes above rather strongly darkened, beneath 
on the contrary white; the .white area of the hindwing large, distally rounded, the cell-spot mostly smaller and 
the other spots longer than in the form plagiatus, from German New Guinea, which also bears a white patch, 
the 1. discal spot longer than broad, the 4. the largest. The red of the abdomen in the $ somewhat more extended 
than in plagiatus. AVaigeu.— meforanus Bothsch. Forewing above in the $ with narrow dark grey stripes, in meforanus. 
the $ with thin white ones, before and behind the 2. median, beneath on the contrary in both sexes these stripes 
are widened into white spots, also the other stripes are more distinct than above. The white area of the hind¬ 
wing is much smaller than in asinius, the cell-spot being about three tirpes as large as the 1. discal spot, which 
is small, the 4. spot anteriorly (at the 1. median) less than twice as long as it is broad distally. Mefor in Geel- 
vink Bay. — We have a single $ from Jobi in Geelvink Bay, which has much white on the forewing above and 
beneath, and in which also the white area of the hindwing, especially the 1. discal spot, is large. But according 
to Iyirsch’s description of 3 specimens from Jobi (evidently <$ $) these characters do not hold for all specimens.—- 
humboldti Bothsch., from Humbold Bay at the boundary of Dutch and German New Guinea, forms the tran- humboldti. 
sition to the following subspecies. The grey stripes on the under surface of the forewing are narrow and dark, 
the black vein-stripes are broad and extend to the cell and the fold-stripes almost touch them; beneath on the 
other hand the pale stripes are very light, the posterior ones white and before and behind the 2. median united 
into patches/yet the black stripe of the 2. median and the fold-stripe placed before it remain long. The cell- 
spot of the hindwing often very small, smaller than the 1. discal spot, the latter on the upper surface anteriorly 
mostly incised, beneath always rhomboidal, which is often also the case above. — plagiatus Bothsch. Forewing plagiatus. 
in both sexes beneath always, above often bearing much white; the 2. median inside the white area only very 
narrowly black, the fold-stripes placed before and behind this vein short. Cell-spot of the hindwing larger than 
the 1. discal spot, the 4. and 5. discal spots reach to the base of the 2. median, the 5. often extends still further 
basad and is also somewhat prolonged distally; the white area distally less rounded than in asinius. German 
New Guinea: Astrolabe Bay and Huon Gulf.— naissus Fruhst. (= albosignatus Fruhst., phalces Bothsch. 
Forewing as in plagiatus; the white area of the hindwing mostly more rounded, the cell-spot smaller, the 1. 
discal spot usually oblong, the 4. and 5. spots not quite reaching the base of the 2. median, all the spots mostly 
rounded off distally. Trobriand and Fergusson, d’Entrecasteaux Islands; British New Guinea. Some of the 
specimens from the latter district cannot be distinguished from 'plagiatus. — dampierensis Hag., from Dampier 
Island on the north coast of German New Guinea. Forewing above dark, beneath with white. The Avhite area 
of the hindwing above narrowed to a band, the small cell-spot and the 1. discal spot strongly and the 2. and 3. 
discal spots slightly shaded with black; the white area beneath only a little narrower than in plagiatus, the 4. 
and 5. discal spots not quite reaching the base of the 2. median, the submarginal spots large, also the one united 
with the last discal spot.— novobritannicus Bothsch. Forewing lighter than in plagiatus; the cell-spot of the tannicus. 
hindwing large, the discal spots on the contrary small, especially the 2. and 3., which are often wanting in the 
<J. Abdomen laterally more extended red, also the 2. and 3. segments laterally edged with red, on the other 
hand the 7. segment above with a black spot. New Pomerania (= New Britain). — utuanensis Bibbe. Forewing utuanensis. 
much darker than in the preceding subspecies; the white area of the hindwing more rounded, the cell-spot smaller 
and the discal spots longer. New Lauenburg and New Mecklenburg (= Duke of York and New Ireland). Not 
constantly different from the next form. — polydaemon Math. (16 a). In the specimens from the northern poly daemon. 
Solomon Islands Bougainville, Alu and Treasury the grey stripes of the forewing above are dark and beneath 
rarely united into grey-white patches before and behind the 2. median, also the cell-spot of the hindwing is mostly 
small (ab. polypemon Math.). The specimens taken on the islands more to the south on the contrary are mostly polypemon. 
lighter, especially in the $ and particularly on the under surface, also the white spots of the hindwing are larger 
in many specimens. The anterior submarginal sports of the hindwing beneath are often very pale in polydaemon, 
and the 1. is commonly partly edged with white, which occurs especially often in northern specimens; in some 
specimens in the Tring Museum (also in one utuanensis) the 2. and 3. submarginal spots are united either on 
both wings or only on one. So far no specimens are known from the most southerly Solomon Islands (San Christ- 
oval and Rennel). 
naissus. 
dam¬ 
pierensis. 
novobri- 
