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PYRAME IS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
eutychia. 
kiihni. 
palea. 
saleyra. 
celebensis. 
orthosia. 
novaegui- 
neae. 
noepomme- 
rana. 
albicincta. 
hier ta. 
1 have only seen ?? with brown uppersides and broad cream-coloured area between the ocelli on the h. w. 
— eutychia subsp. nov. came from the islands of the Timor Group. Among 8 couples from Wetter which are 
in my possession, the cf seems to be an intermediate form between mevaria Fruhst. from Lombok and kiihni 
(116 f), with strikingly small black ocelli on the upperside of the h. w. The ?, although belonging to a rather 
variegated rainy-season form as concerns the under surface, has on the upper side a prominent light-blue sub¬ 
marginal area with a yellowish light over its distal portion, whilst the ?? from Sumba, as well as those of 
kiihni remain brown. — kiihni Fruhst. (116 f) is a remarkable local race from the Tukan-Besi Islands, to the south¬ 
east of Celebes, named so by me in honour of its discoverer, Mr. H. Kuhn. It closely approaches albicincta Btlr. 
from Australia and Wetter both in shape and the pointed outline of the wings. The yellow subapical band is 
still more reduced than in mevaria, consisting of four spots separated by broad black veins, whilst in all the 
other local races they are confluent. The apical ocellus on the h. w. is entirely black and in three specimens 
very small, the distal margin on the h. w. as far as the medians, is blue or blackish, whereas it invariably appears 
whitish in albicincta. In the ?, the subapical fasciae are in proportion to its size still narrower, and the ocelli 
on both wings are broadly ringed with ochre. The anal angle on the f. w. beneath is blackish, the submarginal 
area on the h. w. a rich ochre colour, the ocelli distinct, with blue pupils. The f. w. is richly adorned with black. 
kiihni is rather larger than specimens from Sumba, but much smaller than celebensis Styr. and mevaria Fruhst. 
Binongko, Kalidupa (Dec, 10 th. to 13 th). — palea subsp. nov. resembles above kiihni-%, but is larger, with broader 
yellow bands on the f. w. and much smaller ocelli ou the h. w. which have violet pupils; upper surface of the 
f. w. brown with a touch of pale violet on the anal portion; distal margin of the h. w. broadly white, 
recalling albicincta Btlr.-¥ from Australia. On the underside of the h. w. the predominant colour is grey-yellow, 
with conspicuous almost white median band. Tenimber. —- saleyra subsp. nov. forms a transition from the iVlicro- 
malayan races to the splendid form found in the southern part of Celebes, which among the 200 spec, in 
my coll., is most conspicuous on account of the red orange-yellow colour of the submarginal portion of f. w., 
which extends still farther than in minagara, and the ocellus on the h. w. which is greatly enlarged posteriorly. 
The saleyra -? is darker brown than the celebensis its yellow band on the f. w. is contracted and the red eye- 
spots on the h. w. are smaller; the submarginal portion of the h. w. beneath is smoke-brown instead of red. 
Saleyer. Flies in November. — celebensis Stgr. exhibits also on the under surface the most vivid red in the 
distal half of both wings. The cd has a reddish intramedian zone between the large, red-yellow ocelli above. 
Southern Celebes, where 1 found this form in January and March all the way up from the shore toward the 
peak of Bontham, a rise of 3200 ft. — orthosia Godt. (=royeri Voll,, = orbitola Swinh .) (116 f., under the 
name of orithya) is on the other hand in c? nearly deprived of the red colouring on the f. w., in the ?, however, 
the ocelli are completely confluent. The violet pupil of the anterior ocellus bears two white dots. Under sur¬ 
face of h. w. with very large, black patches. S. Moluccas, 1 only have spec, from Saparua. — novaeguineae 
Hag., described from a c? from Stefansort, where Hagen found it impossible to capture any of the coveted cdcd 
on account of their rapid flight. 3 cfcd in my coll. It is closely allied to mevaria Fruhst. from Lombok, from 
which it is only differing in the three pure white terminal lines, which also indicate its relationship with albi¬ 
cincta of Australia. The relatively narrow submarginal band on the underside of the h. w. is sharply defined, 
and is inwardly accompanied by an almost pure white median band. Apparently very scarce; ? unknown. — 
neopommerana Ribbe of which only the description is accessible to me, has bright ferruginous markings on its 
under surface. ? above red-brown. Neu-Pommern, on the sea-shore near Ralum, rare; flies in May. - 
albicincta Btlr. is a small form without the red subapical colouring on the f. w. The border of the h. w. is, 
however, pure white. The ? ressembles those from the Wetter Island, but its distal part is light-blue, ocelli 
small and of lavender colour. The transverse band on the underside of the f. w. reaches in the cT the terminal 
border. Ranges from Queensland to Cape York. 
P. hierta F. (=oenone Cr.) (Vol. 1, p. 197, pi. 62b) distributed from Bombay and the western Hima¬ 
layas to southern China, Hainan and Hongkong, but is also found as a great rarity in the lowlands of Ceylon, 
in the Andamans and the Mergui Archipelago. I also met with it right in the city of Canton as well as in 
Siam. In spite of the glaring colour on their upper surface, the butterflies manage to conceal themselves with 
perfect security amidst the dry grass with which their gray underside quite harmonizes. Like all the other 
species of this genus, they are very fond of flying about in the hottest sunshine, preferring stony places devoid 
of vegetation, being most numerous during the rainless time of the year. 
19. Genus: Pyrameis Rbn. 
On the forewing the central discocellular is incurved, and the subcostal branches stand less close than 
in the genus Vanessa; the sexual organs, however, very closely approximate those of Vanessa; the whole 
sexual apparatus is largely chitinous and hardly transparent; uncus not lamellar dorsally with a trough¬ 
shaped depression, as in Vanessa, or covered on the underside by the larger torus, but analogous to the 
species of the subgenus Junonia it is simple and short, and presents a sharp downward curve. The valve, 
however shows the peculiarities of all true Vanessids, to* wit, a shield-shaped enlargement which is in contradi¬ 
stinction to Junonia basally contracted, presenting here the appearance of a jaw-bone, (P. cardui) according to 
