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TAENARIS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
tainides. reddish border on the terminal margin of the hind wings and recall pale staudingeri — tainides Fruhst. 
is a $ form with unusually broad black bordered upper surface of the hindwings. Anal ocellus with very broad 
black periphery, which is confluent with the anal border. Hindwings with white, in place of black inner mar¬ 
ginal border, as Heller mentions in wahnesi. Anal ocellus standing free, extremely small. Wings with a 
liadina. peculiar waxy gloss. — hadina Fruhst. is a darker form. Forewings on both surfaces almost entirely black- 
grey, only the white apical area remaining, recalling fergussonia Fruhst. Hindwings broadly black-grey all 
round. Ocelli very large, inwardly bounded with black, the black periphery confluent with the marginal bor¬ 
der. The shape of the ocelli is also very variable; specimens are known in which the ocelli are hardly larger 
than in tainia (101 b), with others whose disc equals that of merana (101 b). The black ring round the anal 
ocellus may be as extensive as in tainia and merana, or may be almost obsolete. Duplications of the anal 
ocellus are common, but accessory ocelli appear to almost ahvays placed outwardly, in contrast to staudingeri. 
gemmata. gemmata Stich. with supplementary median ocellus is based on the frequent aberration of wahnesi, and pro- 
prodiga. (jjga Fruhst. with the complete series of ocelli, as mentioned above; but lacrimans Fruhst. with duplication 
of the anterior eye-spots appears to be rare. In my collection there is only one A with the lacrimans formation 
sidus. among 80 specimens of wahnesi. — sidus Stich. with indistinct ocellus in the last median interspace on the under¬ 
side of the forewing is also very scarce. Larva strikingly elongate, with two black dorsal lines framed in bright 
yellow and with red-brown processes on the head. 
T. dioptrica is a species from the western part of New Guinea and the neighbouring Islands not often 
foimd in collections, and was for a long time held to be a subspecies of artemis , until, after examining the type 
in the Leyden Museum, I was able to reestablish its specific position, dioptrica comes near to the preceeding 
species, but the shape of the wings differs somewhat, because the apex of the wings is rather more prominent. 
The character of the colouring is more uniform than in rothschildi, and ocellar aberrations are fewer. Forewings 
light grey, only occasionally lighter on the median area. Under surface of always more broadly and deep 
amitaba. black bordered. The two pairs of ocelli nearly equal. — amitaba Fruhst. (101 b) has only unimportant varia¬ 
tions, $$ occur with darker grey underside of the hindwings, and some in which the basal region remains more 
or less white. The $ differs from the $ on the upper surface in a transcellular whitish zone, suffused with 
dioptrica. grey on the edges, which is also present beneath. Waigiu Island. - dioptrica Voll. Its home is not known 
with certainty, but may well be from Sorong, whence I have a whole series of specimens, which agree exactly 
with the figure of the type. Vollenhoven described the rather rarer form with whitish median portion of the fore- 
licinia. wing, whereas the far more common normal form is named licinia Fruhst. which, like amitaba, has entirely uniform 
grey forewings. The white region of the forewing in the $$ is larger and more sharply defined than in the 
Waigiu-race. gemmata formation on the underside of the hindwings occurs in 3 out of 8 $$ in my collection. 
onesimides. — onesitnides Fruhst. has always a white border on the inner margin of the forewings, sometimes a similar distal 
margin, and in 2 UU the forewings are almost entirely whitish, with indistinct greyish suffusion. $ with a pure 
white median area on the hindwings, placed more outwardly than in dioptrica and amitaba $$. Kapaur and 
timesias. from Etna Bay in south-west Dutch New Guinea. - timesias Kirsch. joins on close to dioptrica , and has on the 
forewings a distinct white streak, which is also more conspicuous beneath. $ with a relatively narrow grey- 
aesculapus. black distal portion, aesculapus Stgr. belongs to timesias as an albino with almost white wings and the anal 
onesimus. ocellus of the hindwings does not show through. Jobi Island. onesimus Btlr. is a doubtful form, which 
has not been conclusively proved to belong to dioptrica. The description of locality “New Guinea” is insuffi- 
wattina. cient to decide as to its connection from its origin. — wattina Fruhst. comes from Salawati Island and, analo¬ 
gous to aesculapus, is among the albinotic forms, wattina differs from Vollenhoven’s type in the paler wings, 
which have on both surfaces of the forewings a more extended white subapical region. The predominant white 
materially reduces the black bordering of the wings. 
tainia T. tainia Fruhst. (101 b) described from a U hr the Berlin Museum, is much larger than dioptrica. and 
amitaba. The general colouring of the wings is darker and duller than in amitaba. The basal part of the hind¬ 
wing is nevertheless of a purer white, while the terminal margin is deeper black and very much broader. The 
anal ocelli are extremely small, smaller than in any other species, and with distinct blue discs inside. The 
ochre-yellow bordering of the ocelli is very narrow, the black centre larger than in amitaba and timesias Kirsch . 
annella. Habitat; Kaiser Wilhelms Land. — annella Stich. from the north coast of New Guinea between Humboldt 
and Geelvink Bays, discovered by Doherty. The type is in the Oberthur collection, anella is smaller 
than tainia, the fore wing pale smoke-brown, their terminal margin whitish as far as the submedian. Hindwing 
with dark brown border, wider than in tainia and with more profuse ochre-yellow pubescence in the subme¬ 
dian area. Ocelli as in tainia, strikingly small, the black background with a bright blue crescent before the 
white centre. 
myops. T. myops has more curved wings than dioptrica and the white zone on them always stands obliquely 
to the costal and distal margin. Ocelli rarely complete on the upper surface, relatively small beneath, but with 
very broad and deep ochre-yellow iris. The black periphery but little developed, sometimes proximally wan- 
