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TAENARIS. By H. Fruhstoreer. 
The underside differs little from selenides, yet the ocelli are perceptibly larger. On the underside of the wing 
the costal and marginal border is almost as broad as in fulvida ; the ocelli are more distinctly black ringed, yet 
catcmca in most specimens the yellow basal area is scarcely one third as broad as in fulvida. ■—- catanea Fruhst. from 
Kapaur, the southern part of dutch New Guinea, joins on closely to the Sorong race laretta. But in it the ba¬ 
sal darkening of the costal border has begin to decrease, the yellowish basal suffusion of the hindwings is still 
kajuna. present, but also diminishing. Ocelli on the underside, especially in the $ very small. -—- kajursa Fruhst. 
from Kajumera Bay has still in both sexes an indistinct trace of the yellowish suffusion; forewings white 
beyond the cell also; $ with the costal border still narrower than in the J. Ocelli on the underside of the 
hindwing smaller than in $ and standing on a free field, because, strangely enough, the distal border is nar- 
pamphagus. rower beneath than above. — pamphagus Kirsch. describes a stately local race, pure Avhite above, with 
very large, strongly black ringed anal ocelli on the hindwing. The very pale underside has an almost deep 
jobina. black bordering to the hindwings and strikingly broadly black ringed ocelli. — jobina Fruhst. leads us from 
pamphagus towards the forms ef eastern New Guinea. The costal streak on the forewing is as pure white 
as in pamphagus. Hindwings only imperceptibly black bordered; anal ocellus small, almost always with the 
disc green-grey. $ very pale, only very lightly black bordered, hindwing with somewhat extensive light orange- 
westwoodi. yellow suffusion. Jobi Island. — westwoodi Stgr. separated by its author from the name-type catops in con¬ 
sequence of the absence of the yellow suffusion on the hindwings and the anal ocellus not showing through. 
The latter character must, in our opinion, be entirely dropped, since among 30 specimens at least 10 always 
show very large complete, greenish or ochre-yellow discs on the upper side also. Yet westwoodi denotes a local 
race, which can be readily distinguished from its western sisters by the dazzling white upper surface of the .$$, 
contrasting strongly with the, usually very broad, black apical spot on both wings. The absence of the yellow 
suffusion also remains characteristic, since it is only occasionally present as a case of reversion. The new sub- 
luna. specific title of luna Stich. has even been introduced for such a form, which has naturally only the value of an 
aberration, all the more because, in the more easterly Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen similar specimens occur as 
scarce varieties, while in British New Guinea they are the rule. In Finschhafen, on the other hand, westwoodi 
varies strongly in an albinotic direction; there the distal border is also contracted, and in one $ the costal 
and distal border is reduced to a band scarcely 2 mm. broad. This strikingly pale form appears to have 
developed into an insular race on this volcanic island, and the name of mylaechoides Fruhst. has been 
given to it. Ocellar aberrations appear to be not uncommon in westwoodi. In my collection there are with 
duplicated anal ocellus, and others with a secondary ocellus in front of the apical eye-spot, whereas $$ with an 
unipupil- accessory ocellus placed inwardly are less common, unipupillafa Fruhst. in which the anal ocellus is wanting 
luta. on ^} ie hindwings must be considered as a case of retarded development. Such specimens give one the impression 
of being a different species, chiefly because the anal area is entirely white, the black ocellar periphery having 
appina. disappeared with the ocellus itself. — apphia Fruhst. (101 a) from British New Guinea (type from Milne Bay) 
is the most melanotic extreme of the eastern races. The black bordering above and beneath is in both sexes 
as a rule broader than in westwoodi and there is always a basal suffusion to be observed on the upper surface of 
the hindwings, which may vary from a delicate, light yellow tinge to a dark orange-coloured mark recalling 
fulvida Btlr. In contrast to fulvida Btlr. and laretta Fruhst., the suffusion is rarely visible on the underside; 
the eye-spots appear to be of a deeper ochre-yellow and even more prominently black ringed than in westwoodi. 
adriana. Apparently flies chiefly in November. —- adriana Fruhst. inhabits Fergusson Island, and is an extremely pale 
variety; the distal border on all wings lighter, narrower; the basal suffusion on the hindwings either wanting 
fimbriatu. or very slight; ocelli remarkably small. — fimbriata Ky. originally described from Normanby Island and from 
an almost identical <$ in my collection, also from Woodlark, differs from adriana chiefly in the larger, paler 
mylaccha. yellow ocelli on the underside of the hindwings. — niylaecha Westw. first received from the Louisiads, and 
apparently only known from one or two specimens in the British Museum; it is the albinotic extreme of the 
species. Upper and under surfaces dazzling white with thread-like black costal border to the forewings. —- 
mylaechoi- mylaechoides Fruhst. differs from the type of malaecha in the British Museum, with which I have compared 
des ' it, in the broader brown-grey costal border on the forewings and the presence of a black or brown costal and 
distal border on the hindwings, which extends to the median nervure and is especially distinct on the underside. 
The ocelli are larger and more broadly black ringed. Islands in Collingwood Bay, British New Guinea. — 
nicasius. nicasius Fruhst. in the Dresden Museum, with the probably incorrect label of “Ceram”, is still darker than 
laretta Fruhst., has a broad smoke-brown distal border on the forewings, and a light grey brown distal border 
on the hindwings, large pale yellow ocelli, with very small black pupils. The basal area has a yellowish 
suffusion, as in specimens from Sorong. Under surface; forewings, costal and apical areas very broadly black- 
grey. Only the upper apex of the cell remains whitish; base and distal border of hindwings more broadly black 
than in the Sorong specimens. The ocelli with broad black rings which touch each other. The yellow rings 
extensively pale yellow. The pupils unusually large, deep black with small white centres. Anal ocellus inwardly 
with a slight bluish tinge. The apical ocellus not round but oval, and, like the anal ocellus, with a small 
accessory ocellus, which may, however, be exceptional. Habitat unknown. 
