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EUPLOEA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
a elk i ops. 
tain is. 
latreilli. 
melinda. 
lygdania. 
pheres. 
coffea. 
occulta. 
monaeses. 
obscura. 
cerberus. 
subpunctata 
turbonia. 
supplementary white median dots and a fine streak along the submedian of the forewing. All the submarginal 
dots smaller, but purer white, those of the under surface more delicate and lighter violet than in ebenina. 
Key Islands, only one ? in coll. Fruhstorfer. 
E. aethiops, a typical Papuan species, which does not extend beyond New Guinea and the neighbouring 
islands, affords a conspicuous example of the variability of a species on the main island itself, since it pro¬ 
duces as many as 5 easily distinguished local races, aethiops Btlr. (86d), the name-type, was described from 
Waigeu and like all the representative races is characterized by a scent-spot with dull silky gloss which 
extends beyond the cell of the hindwing and surpasses even that of alecto in its long, shaggy androconia- 
Under surface of the forewing with a long white stripe over the submedian and 3 whitish violet discal dots. 
Hindwing with a row of 7 small circumcellular and 10—11 subterminal spots. Hindmargin of the cdcd light 
yellow-brown, that of the ?? grey-brown. — tamis subsp. nov. inhabits Sorong in Dutch North-West New 
Guinea. Hindwing of the c? with darker marginal area, that of the ? gradually fading into the light brown 
ground-colour, subterminal dots present on the underside of both wings. — latreilli Kirsch. ( = reaumuri 
Oberth.) was recorded by both authors as coming from Dorey; it is the darkest of the known forms and probably 
also the largest. ? above deep black-brown with bright dark violet gloss, the marginal area scarcely lighter. 
Also found by Doherty at the foot of the Arfak Mountains. — melinda Gr.-Sm ., erected on a single ?, seems 
to me to be a form with a row of white spots on each wing, such as I have before me from Waigeu, but 
considering the similarity of the Euploeid-?? from New Guinea, even of those which belong to quite different 
groups, it is imposible to say anything with certainty without having seen the type. Without exact locality, 
perhaps Humboldt Bay. — lygdania subsp. nov., somewhat smaller than latreilli. Both sexes beneath even darker, 
with more delicate violet discal spot on both wings. Mefor. — pheres subsp. nov. inhabits the island of Jobi 
in Geelvink Bay; it is always reduced in size, hindwing only inappreciably lighter even in the anal angle, 
beneath in the basal area also with bright blue gloss. All the violet markings, and also the streak along the 
submedian vein, much abbreviated and reduced. — coffea Fruhst. (86e) is the most brightly coloured local 
race of the main island, c? with distinctly defined, light coffee-brown anal margin to the hindwing. Upper 
surface, ? mostly with brilliant violet costal margin and sometimes even with the marginal area of the hindwing 
variegated with white. Occasionally the apical and distal area of the forewing is grey-brown, and beneath 
with violet mealy powdering. German New Guinea, very common near Friedrich-Wilhehnshafen. — occulta 
Btlr., in contrast to coffea with dark brown distal margining to the wings, which also beneath is confined to 
a narrow area, occulta again approaches latreilli, from which, however, it is easy to distinguish by the shorter 
and more rounded wings, especially in the ??. British New Guinea, Gollingwood Bay, type from Pt. Moresby. 
monaeses subsp. nov. was likewise discovered on the expedition of Nouhuis and Lorentz already mentioned. 
The d 71 differs from all the allied forms from New Guinea in the pale yellow-brown anal area of the hindwing 
above and the yellow-brown instead of reddish marginal area of both wings. The ? approaches that of melinda 
and bears three white subapical patches on the forewing and a row of distinct yellowish submarginal spots 
on the hindwing, and the anal part of the hindwing is almost pure white. Under surface lighter brown than 
in other cethiops, distal margin of the hindwing yellowish white. South-West Dutch New Guinea. 
E. obscura Pagenst., judging from a figure in Iris (1898, pi. 4, f. 2), is either a local race of cethiops 
or a nearly allied species which represents aethiops in the Bismarck Archipelago. Shape apparently agreeing 
with pheres from Jobi, but the scent-spot on the hindwing only extends to the middle of the cell; forewing 
beneath with a submarginal row of small white dots and three similar dots grouped round the cell. Cell 
of the forewing itself without white patch before the apex, which, however, is frequently absent also in aethiops. 
New Lauenburg, New Pomerania. 
E. cerberus Btlr. (81c), of reddish brown ground-colour with slight bronzy reflection on the forewing, 
which sometimes bears a row of 5 submarginal dots. Beneath exactly as in obscura, but with distinct violet 
dot before the end of the cell of the forewing, on the other hand the white patch along the subcostal of the 
hinclwing is absent. New Pomerania, New Lauenburg, common, varying slightly. — subpunctata subsp. nov. 
is a smaller darkened form with more distinct bronzy reflection on the forewing and much reduced whitish 
violet dots on the underside of both wings. Especially striking is the reduction of the white spot between 
the middle and lower median vein on the forewing. New Mecklenburg. 
E. resarta (82 b) is one of the most interesting of the known species, exclusively confined to the east 
of New Guinea, and apparently not yet observed in the Dutch part of the island. There are two local races 
to be mentioned. turbonia subsp. nov. is the form figured and occurs in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, but only 
at Finschhafen and Simbang and is very rare. Under surface as above. Forewing with a blue dot before 
the diseocellular, a white wedge-spot between the median veins and 3—4 small circumcellular streaks between 
the radials. Hindwing with a blue-violet cell-dot and 5 postdiscal dots. Hagen mentions examples which 
