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TELLERVO. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
that of lowei , bat hindwing more broadly striped with white and always with two rows of white submarginal 
dots. Common everywhere from the coast up to about 600 m. at the edges of woods and coffee-gardens 
schreiberi. and flying all the year round, but never occurring in large numbers. — schreiberi Btlr. (= maasseni Weym., 
niasica Snell., niasana Swinh.) (81 c) is one of the most extremely developed melanotic island forms, giving 
the impression of a distinct species. Both sexes without basal streaks on both sides of the hindwing. $ dark 
brown with very narrow white bands, composed of isolated spots, at the apex of the cell and four small 
subapical and one anal patch on the forewing. Hindwing only with three small subapical spots. Nias, very 
schildi. rare, especially the ?. — schildi subsp. nov., very common on the Batoe Islands, again more approaches the 
Sumatran diocletanius. The cfcd show basal white streaks on the forewing like those of lowei. 
eupator. E. eupator Hew. (80 a), a very distinct species, probably replaces diocletianus on Celebes. In the 
omens south of the island occurs a local race, orneus subsp. non., distinguished by even more widened white bands 
on both wings, especially in the ?, in which also the white patch before the discocellular of the hindwing is 
twice as large as in eupator from the Minahassa. On the underside of both wings the white submarginal 
dots are more prominent. Flies in November: neighbourhood of the waterfall of Maros in the hinter¬ 
land of Macassar. 
Subfamily Palaeotropinae (-- Tellervince Fruhst.) 
Haase gave to this well defined subfamily, which only embraces one genus, the very significant name ‘ Palceotropidce" 
in contrast to the Ithomiidee of South America — Neotropidce Schatz. 
According to the neuration it indeed most nearly approaches the South American Neotropids, but also differs 
considerably from these in the free costal vein of the hindwing, curving strongly upwards near the base of the wing and 
running just as in the Acrseids, which never occurs in the Neotropids. Yet Tellervo has the broad cell and recurrent veins 
in common with Ceratinia. 
But on the other hand the two subcostal veins arising before the end of the cell (in the Neotropids there is only 
one) form the most distinct point of agreement with the Danaids and, what is of greater importance, at the same time 
with the Satyrids. 
The genitalia, however, do not reveal the least relationship with the Danaids, but rather point to a very close 
connection with the Satyrids. Hence the Palseotropids form an intergrade leading over from the Danaids to the Satyrids. 
Only the knowledge of the still undiscovered earlier stages can decide as to the proper place in classification. Probably 
the larva will be found to be cylindrical as in the Ithomiids and ornamented with short tubercles, and the pupa short, ventri- 
cose, but as in the Danaids with metallic gloss. Perhaps the larva lives on Solanum like the Ithomiid larvae. 
The genitalia reveal most connection with the Satyrids in the tripartite uncus and the simple, broad valve. The 
secondary sexual characters are little developed, thus especially the hair-pencils of the hindwing, so characteristic of the 
Neotropids, are absent, but the Hd bear an elongate and broad area on the upperside of the forewing, which is adorned 
with modified scales and by which they can easily be separated from the $?, which otherwise differ but little. Moreover, 
the costal margin of the hindwing is dorsally incurved. 
In contradistinction to the Tellervince all the other Old World (and some New World) Danaids are classified as 
“Danainge”. which name should be inserted on p. 192 over the genus ‘■Danaidci'’. 
1. Genus: Tellervo Kirby (== Hamadryas Bdv.) 
Tibia and tarsus always present in the ci\ Forelegs, however, filiform, not clubbed as in the Danaids, 
from which Tellervo also differs in the longer basal joint of the palpi and the absence of the anal hair-pencil. 
Butterflies small, Ithomiid-like, with semitransparent, black- and white-spotted wings and long, delicate 
antennae gradually thickened into a club. Palpi projecting beyond the frons, densely haired, with a tuft of 
hairs on the middle joint and short, pointed terminal joint. — Concerning the habits it is only known that 
they are fond of the woods and fly irregularly and sluggishly. The genus is predominantly Papuan, with 
offshoots to the Solomons and westwards to the Moluccas. The commonly known generic name is preoc¬ 
cupied and hence Kirby’s new name must be recognized. The poetical name Tellervo is from the Finnish 
language and signifies daughter of the forest god. The genus probably contains only one species. 
zoilus. T. zoilus F., the name-type, nearly approaches the figured hiempsal (78 e), but in cfcf of the rainy 
season the basal white cell-streak of the forewing is absent and the more rounded discal area of the hind¬ 
wing is anally broadly scaled with blackish. A dry-season form copiously decorated with white has been 
moorei. described as moorei Mod.] it has the disc, of the hindwing almost circular and the hyaline patches always 
more extended and purer white. Occurs only in northern Queensland, from Cardwell to Cape York. — 
antipatrus. antipatrus subsp. nov. inhabits the southern part of British New Guinea and approaches the figured zephoris 
(78 e), from which, however, it differs in having the apical patches of the forewing almost twice as large 
