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TAENARIS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
the wing. Hindwing chiefly white, with dull grey indistinct distal border and distinctly ochre-yellow tinted 
basal area. Ocelli rarely showing through beneath, with very broad yellow ring and very distinct outer black 
electra. ring. Ocellar variations appear to be scarce, and I have only the form lacrimans. — electra Fruhst. differs from 
sticheli in the generally darker colouring, especially noticeable in the hindwings, which are blackish-brown 
bordered. The basal portion of the hindwing is of a richer yellow colour; the ocelli on the hindwings show 
through distinctly. Their pupil is very large and black, with rich blue scales, sticheli and electra have a great 
resemblance to icirschi Stgr., only that the latter has a black, grey haired scent patch in the anal angle of the 
hindwing, whereas sticheli and electra have reddish scent scales, which are furnished with long reddish or yell- 
affinis. owish hairs. Habitat, the Fergusson Islands. -— aff inis Ky. is another eastern insular race, but in contrast to 
the preceeding, it is extremely variable and comes close to staudingeri and jamesi. ciffinis itself bears 
a broad black, outwardly ill-defined anal border on the forewings, and very large, bright blue centred ocelli 
bar bat a. on the hindwing, which lias only a very slight basal yellowish tinge. -— barbata Ky. is the albinotic extreme, 
analogous to simonetta , with pure white forewings, the hindwings only just perceptibly black bordered, with smal- 
melanops. ler and paler blue centred ocellus. —- Rossel Island in the Louisiad Archipelago. — melanops Sm. on the other 
hand, shows some progress in the direction of melanism. Forewings again darker, somewhat like electra but 
with reduced black border. Hindwing with an unusually large violet centred ocellus, showing through above, and 
surrounded by an extra large black area. Smith names South-east Island as the habitat.-—-Only three speci- 
tineutus. mens of tineutus Fruhst. are yet known. Forewing with the costal margin almost white, only basally and 
apically greyish. Oblique band below the submedian narrower. Hindwing with the anal border pure white, 
not with black scales as in affinis, but with much larger and more broadly yellow ringed ocelli. The pupils 
only slightly bluish dusted. Underside: The terminal margin of all wings grey instead of black. All ocelli 
considerably larger, more richly yellow bordered. The $ has a brown oblique bar in place of the grey; the 
apex of the forewing and the distal margin of the hindwings are also brown, and the basal yellow tint more 
extended. Woodlark Island, type in Crowley’s collection, British Museum. 
hyperbolus. T. hyperbolus Kirsch is the second species of the artemis group, but appears to be very rare, since I 
have only received one specimen. Forewing of $ very similar to the figured amitaba (101 b), grey with yellow¬ 
ish costal border. Hindwings whitish with broad, but proximally indistinct distal margin, which gradually 
passes into the yellowish-white basal area. Eye-spots on the underside distinctly showing through, but speci- 
automolus. mens without these will certainly occur. -Jobi Island. — autoniolus Kirsch. (101 d) is a very slightly differen¬ 
tiated local race from northern Dutch New Guinea taken at Rubi and Mum by Dr. A. B. Never, formerly ' ' 
Director of the Dresden Museum. Kirsch separated it in consequence of the anal ocellus scarcely showing 
through. The under surface is very like that of ritsemae of the onolaus (honrathi) group, but the anterior ocel¬ 
lus on the hindwing is more prominently ochre-yellow ringed. The figured specimen is said to come from Sala- 
wati, and was presented to me by H. Kuhn. 
B. Anal sexual mark on the hindwings with an accumulation of black androconia. 
a) The scent cavity on the costal area of the hindwings bears scales, which vary from grey and brown 
to black according to the colour of the costal border. 
All wings roundish as in the Hyades group, 
a. Abdomen yellow. 
T. selene is the most stately Taenaris, after urania L., and the $$ possibly as a rule surpass the urania 
$$ in the extent of their wings. Their habitat was long in doubt, because Westwood erroneously placed it 
in New Guinea. A comparisn of types has now enabled ns to ascertain the South Moluccas as their habitat, 
and Stichel thought himself justified in proclaming Boru Island as their actual home. Two specialized local 
selene. forms must be mentioned. — - selene Westw. (= buruensis, Forbes) (101 a). ^ Fore wings grey above, hindwings 
basally white, outer margin light grey-brown. Anal ocellus very large with broad yellow pupil and external 
grey-brown ring. Iris black with white centre. $ also white on the forewing with strongly contracted brown- 
grey apical border. Ocelli of hindwing apparently smaller than in $. The differences of the $ are shown in the 
figure, the J differs in a more extended and darker brown distal bordering and the ocellar periphery being 
gigas. widened, especially towards the anal angle. Burn Island, not common. — gigas Stgr. has a considerably broadened 
bordering on the upper and under surfaces of the hindwings, especially prominent on the underside, where there 
is only a small white disc remaining. Pupil of ocellus darker ochre-yellow than in selene. Ceram Island. -—-A$ 
tctrica. form with prominent grey-brown powdering on the basal part of the hindwing has been named tetrica Stich. 
T. niacrops replaces selene in the northern Moluccas, and one might be tempted to look upon it as the natural 
