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CYNTHIA. By H. Frithstorfer. 
black bordered. The outer half of the wings is paler yellow, and on the hindwings a redbrown postdiscal zone 
is present and the ocelli are much smaller, but have larger white pupils than dorokusana. The redbrown 
discal bands of all wings are straighter, than in arsinoe. The question as to whether figalea is an aberration 
or a mountain form of obiensis Rothsch. or whether it belongs to some other species can only be decided, when 
99 are known. Figalea possibly stands in the same relationship to obiensis as battaka Mart, of the mountains 
of Sumatra does to erotoides Nicer. from the Sumatran lowlands or the lowland form of Java to form gedeana 
Fruhst., from the high volcanos and dejakorum Fruhst. from the plains of Borneo to the form montana Fruhst. 
of the Kina-Balu Mountains. Home of figalea the island of Obi. Whereas the valves of C. obiensis Rothsch. 
are more nearly allied to austrosundana, the liarpes of figalea are close to those of arsinoe and only differ from 
dorokusana. same in the somewhat rounder distal portion of the chief lamelle. -— dorffkusana Fruhst. is not so large as bu- 
ruana and differs from the latter and arsinoe on the undersides in the more instensely black median bands of 
all wings. Underside of the hindwings in the submedian region more extensively shaded with brown, the violet 
shading is more confined and especially between the two parallel submarginal lines is composed of a white 
area. $ unknown to me. type in the British Museum, I also now possess the form in 8 specimens in my 
own collection. $ from Halmaheira is poorer in black markings on the upperside and if the 99 can be distin¬ 
guished from Batjan 9$, which is very probable, then a new name for the Halmaheira race must be founded. 
The name dorokusana was chosen under the impression, that all the islands in the Dorokusana straights, inclu- 
adina. ding Ternate would produce the same geographical form. — adina Fruhst. is distinguished by the very broard 
and deep black marginal border to the forewings, a genuine melanotic Satellit-Island character, which con¬ 
trasts strongly with the reduction of the submarginal and median black spots. The underwing underside 
is more richly suffused with violet and redbrown, and the ocelli much smaller than in the other arsinoe races. 
Island Waigiu. — meforica Fruhst. one 9 from the island of Mefor or Mafor differs from those of the chief island 
of New-Cluinea on account of the rich white of the forewings, which reminds one of the Australian ad a Btlr .; 
meforica. meforica has hoever narrower and more sharply bent white crescents in the median band. The white costal 
spots of the hindwing uppersides are narrower even than in rebeli, the hindwing ocelli much larger. The black 
submarginal band of the hindwings is more than twice as broard as in rebeli. The apex of the forewings con¬ 
siderably extended, whereas ada and rebeli have a rounder wing. Basal region of the underside of all wings 
rebeli. greenish brown instead of redbrown as in the forms from the chief island of New-Guinea. — rebeli Fruhst. 
(109 d (J, 109 c 9) was formely included with ada from Australia, but I was able to find the following differen¬ 
ces in comparison with ada : The general color of rebeli, in agreement with the usual characters of an island race, are 
darker, which is especially the case with the apical and marginal portion of the forewings. The white median 
bands of rebeli forewings are considerably reduced towards the costa, as well as the white intermedian helmet 
spots, which define the six large round submarginal spots on the inside. The outer large white spots between 
the median veins present in ada, are either entirely wanting or are so reduced, that they can be scarcely seen. 
The black submarginal helmet spots of the hind wing uppersides more prominent, on the other hand the two 
white costal spots are reduced, ocelli of rebeli larger. German New-Guinea, Friedrich Wilhelmshafen, Do- 
rey, Kapaur, Hattam, Dutch New-Guinea. According to Hagen common in Kaiser-Wilhelmland in both 
sexes from October to April and then again in June. Specimens in my collection from Finschhafen are inter¬ 
mediates to polycaste Fruhst. (109 c). larger than those from Astrolabe-Bay, with the white median area 
of the forewings much darkened in front, and the hindwing uppersides dull brown without the bright reddish 
ochre colored flush which is observable in ada from Australia. Most probably the form from Finschhafen and 
Simbang, which was also noticed by Hagen are identical with the form from British New-Guinea. From 
that locality I possess only <$<$ from Milne-Bay. The larva was found by Warnes in Finschhafen and the Astro¬ 
labe-Bay but only singly. According to the figure of Ribbe (Iris 1897) it is black, powdered with white spots. 
The stigma lie in white spots, the insertion behind the head is also white as also a line on the anal-flap. Pupa 
ada. very lively, uniform greybrown with several gold spots. — ada Btlr. <§ above pale yellow ochre with slightly 
developed black modified scales on the hind-margin of all wings as in the true Papuan races, beneath pale 
reddish-yellow and brightly shining pale violet; 9 with very broad white central band. Hindwings splendid 
pale yellow-ochre with red anal spots. Underside with pale purple basal region, central bands, white distally 
fading out, the whole outer portion of the wing suffused, without the dark shades of the Papuan races. 
pisidike. Queensland from the Mackenzie River to Cape York. — pisidike Fruhst. The are somewhat larger and 
the undersides paler than rebeli Fruhst. d'd from New-Guinea 9 60—62 mm. The 9 differs from the rebeli 9 
through the obsolete black markings of the uppersides, which are beautiful pale brown in pisidike. All the 
white bands are more extended and better developed. The black ocelli of the hindwings smaller, but with 
a broarder yellow ring. Head, thorax and abdomen paler, which also applies to the yellow ground color in ge¬ 
neral. The undersides of all wings much paler, the red spots and bands considerably lighter, and the median 
