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margin of the forewing proves its relationship to tritaeu, from which it only differs essentially in the darker 
smoke-brown under Surface, particularly of the hindwing. ■— Two island races may be mentioned: phocaea 
Fldr. (66 e), known from the whole of Mindanao, and ariamena subsp. nov., usually a third smaller, with 
still more reduced greenish blue strigae on both wings, of darker blue colour and with somewhat lighter 
brown under surface. Bazilan. 
P. argolis combines the character of two species, the colouring of the upper surface appears to he 
borrowed from phocaea from the Philippines, that of the under surface from the Papuan jobaea. The 9? 
in their general appearance more recall jobaea, but their upper surface shows also points in common with 
Valeria Cr. —• Two local forms: argolis Fldr., from Batjan and Halmaheira. <$: hindwing beneath black 
Avith inconspicuous thin green stripes in the cell and obsolete dots of the same colour before the distal 
margin. The $ appears in the form figured (67 a), which was already known to Snellen Van Vqllen- 
lioven and which is a close mimic of the yellow Danais cleona. But a grey form is commoner, recalling 
Badena sobrina from the Northern Moluccas (f. radenoides form. nov.). — I have before me from Burn an 
apparently very rare subspecies, argolina Fruhst. On the underside of the hindwing there are 2 costal, 
greenish longitudinal bands, which in argolis are entirely absent. The whole cell is whitish green and there 
are 5 large circumcellular spots, which in argolis from Batjan are likwise absent and in argolis from 
Halmaheira are scarcely indicated. Instead of very small dots argolina has a row of 6 distinct sub¬ 
marginal spots. 
P. jobaea Bvd. differs from phocaea, tritaea and argolis in the absence of black stripes on the upper- 
side of the wings, but especially in the still shorter, though very broad scent-area of the hindwing, which 
does not extend beyond the radials. The costal margin and apex of the forewing as well as the surface 
of the hindwing beneath are deep velvety black throughout. — A series of insular races deserves mention: 
elsa Fruhst., from Ceram, differs from jobaea from New Guinea in its small size and in the somewhat 
narrower black distal border of the wings. The uppermost whitish green spot of the forewing beyond the 
cell is longer and broader than in jobaea. On the underside of the hindwing is placed a row of 6 pure 
white, rather large, prominent submarginal dots. Vollenhoven figures a form of the $ with pale 
ochre-yellow upper surface, which bears on the forewing a light lemon-yellow stripe above the submedian 
and in which also the submarginal dots of the hindwing appear light yellow beside some white circuni- 
cellular patches. — aeboja Fruhst., rare on Buru, is even smaller than elsa-$ from Ceram, with the fore¬ 
wing only 32 mm long, and the black distal border of the wings is considerably narrower. On the upper 
surface of the forewing there are distinct, elongate, green subapical streaks, which break up the green- 
black distal border, and on the underside of the hindwing we find instead of the dots likewise 5 thin 
greenish submarginal interneural streaks. — obiana Fruhst. (67 b) is known by the rounded shape of the 
wings in both sexes. GB not rare on Obi, of the $ as yet only the yellow form similar to Danais cleona 
is known. -— luceria Fruhst. (67 c) approaches true jobaea in its size; together with the yellow $ figured 
occurs also a form with grey-green bands above, which, however, on account of its relatively narrow 
transverse bands is not closely approximated to the Danaid model from Waigeu ( Badena purpurata Btlr.). 
— jobaea Bdv. (67 b) is apparently rare in New Guinea, only known from North-West Dutch New Guinea, 
and does not extend beyond Humboldt Bay, since there is no record of its occurrence in Kaiser Wilhelm’s 
Land. — aviena subsp. nov., without exact locality, possibly from the Key or Aru Islands, differs from the 
preceding in a row of strikingly large white submarginal spots on the hindwing beneath. The subapical 
streaks of the forewing beneath very pronounced. The black distal border of the forewing above is some¬ 
what narrower, so that the blue band beyond the cell is broader. — The early stages of the collective 
species are unfortunately not yet known and of the imagines we only know that they occur everywhere on 
the Southern Moluccas and that their flight is so lhipid that they are difficult to catch. 
phocaea. 
ariamena. 
argolis. 
radenoides. 
argolina. 
elsa. 
aeboja. 
obiana. 
luceria. 
jobaea. 
aviena. 
27. Genus: Saletara Dist. 1 ) 
This genus, which is defined by its facies, only differs essentially from Appias in the neuration in 
that subcostals 3 and 4 arise quite near the apex of the forewing and that subcostal 4 is always absent 
in the $$ of the Malayan species and in all the species of the Papuan region and is mostly wanting in 
the Philippine races. The are also characterised by a long tuft of hairs on the last abdominal tergite 
above the anal claspers and by the two ventral hair-pencils being also composed of longer hairs than in 
Appias. The genus is however not yet very stable, and the tendency of the Pierids to drop some of the 
veins is here so much in evidence that sometimes ,examples are met with in which the right wing has the 
normal number of veins and the left wing one more or one less. The species exclusively inhabit the 
plains and are found without exception at wet places on the banks of rivers or at puddles in the woods. 
The flight is swift and steady. The early stages are not known. 
') This and the following genus should have been placed after Appias, but have been inserted here by mistake. 
