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HYPOLIMNAS. By H. Frtjhstorfer. 
nov., found in the island of Burn, resembling in general the $-fa. velleda Cr., but with blue, instead of white, 
oblong, transcellular patches on the forewings. In Burn it seems to be very common, since Doherty collec- 
bandana. ted there a great number in March. - — bandana subsp. nov. represents in the $ the very extreme of senia, in 
as much as the outer portion of the hindwings is lighter in colour, being broadly yellowish in the forms 
rcmigia. corresponding to velleda Cr. and diadema Fruhst. Island of Banda, flies in September. — reniigia subsp. nov. 
resembles in the conspicuously white-dotted CS the form from Burn, but has the blue bands on the forewings 
narrower. Of the $ I know but one form, belonging to the brown type; having the forewing like that of velleda, but 
distally laved with a lovely golden-brown, the hindwing like that of bandana, with smaller, yellowish subtermi- 
digia. nal patches. Island of Obi, $ very scarce. —- eligia subsp. nov. approaches the form fromWaigeu in that 
the 3C have the white spots quite large. The $$ are larger than those from the southern Moluccas, dark brown 
in colour, distally with a lighter reddish tinge, the anteterminal spots irrorated with reddish. On the fore¬ 
wing the insignificant transverse band is dusted with blackish. Batjan, presumably also in Halmaheira, 
lalauta. Morotai andTernate. — talauta subsp. nov. is the most northern form known, approximating in its large size and 
the profuse white markings on both wings much more the Australian form than those from the neighbouring 
Moluccas. The $ resembles above that of senia (119 c), but with a pure white subapical row of spots, and with 
narrower, blurred and darker blue markings on the hindwings, which have, in addition, the white spots compos¬ 
ing the macular band before the black anteterminal line smaller and more isolated. Talaut Islands, pos- 
satumia. sibly also in Sangir. •— saturnia Fruhst. displays among all the forms the largest amount of wdiite in the outer 
border of both wings; on the forewings the submarginal dots are very heavy, resembling those of inexpectata. 
1 £ is smaller than lamina-^. from Australia, with narrower white markings; another § has on the forewing a mag¬ 
nificent, violet, subapical band, and the hindwing suffused at the base with a violet lustre not found inlikeinten- 
hetero- sity in any other subspecies. Waigeu, rather scarce. -—• heteromorpha Eoeb. (119 c (J, e $) is the most dis- 
morpha. tinct insular form; the $ surpasses in the broad, light blue colouring of the upper surface all the other forms; 
the ^ closely approaches that of Euploea assimilata Fldr. which is found in the same group of islands. The 
$ is on the under surface remarkable for the broad, diffuse, white markings on both wings. Key Islands, most 
pohjmena. abundant in the rainy-season. -—- polymena Fldr. resembles in Felder’s figure the $ of heteromorpha. 
He reports that there exist in the Aru Islands also blue but specimens from Aru are unknown to me in 
forbesi. natura, and from Key I only possess brown $?• — forbesi Btlr. (= salvini Kirsch) is a form of very 
small size, having in d the markings on either side greatly reduced; the $ resembles selina-$(119c), but has the 
yellow submarginal area on the upper surface of the hindwings nearly twice as broad. Timor Laut, Babber. 
sdina. — selina subsp. nov. (119c) is a highly specialized race, resembling in d the form from Key, but having the 
markings on the under surface somewhat less broad; in $ the forewing is like that of forbesi, but the hindwings 
have the white submarginal area narrower and interrupted by delicate, short, brown intranerval streaks. Be¬ 
neath the hindwings are marked with a distinct row of white submarginal dots, which in forbesi are absorbed 
by the light marginal area. Dammer, whence I received only the brown $-form represented by the figure. — 
curida. curicta subsp. nov. is the most extreme melanotic form in the entire species, leading over to the dark forms found 
in the main island of New Guinea; the d is somewhat like that of alimena, but greatly reduced in size and 
with narrower dark blue band; $ resembles that of eremita (119e), but is uniformly dark brown, only having 
the marginal area somewhat lighter. Both sexes have on the under surface the bands obsolete and greatly 
eremita. reduced. Island of Mafor in Geelvink Bay. -—- eremita Btlr. (119 e), type from Dorey, is found along the en¬ 
tire northern coast of New Guinea. The d varies greatly, being sometimes quite small, with a narrow green- 
blue band on the upper surface and with uniformly black-brown under surface of the hindwings (Finchhafen), 
or rather large-sized, with broad longitudinal bands and profusely dotted with white like heteromorpha. On 
the hindwing the median zone is white as usual. Kapaur, south-western Dutch New Guinea. The $ is every¬ 
where represented by two forms, one resembling the d> with blue longitudinal stripes, the other unicolorous 
brown (fa. eremita Btlr. 119 e). In some specimens the whitish or pale violet, transverse band on the fore¬ 
wing is enlarged. According to Hagen it is common between November and March in the bushy outskirts of the 
libisonia. woods. ■—- libisonia subsp. nov. is a transition to the Australian form. Both sexes are larger than in ere¬ 
mita, having the blue area always dark, the white spots still more clearly pronounced. The $ is either jet- 
black or dark chocolate-brown. The five specimens before me recall the $$ of selina Fruhst. from Dammer, 
but have the spots composing the band on the fore wing still clearer white and isolated. In some <$<$ 
the hindwings are on the under surface unicolorous brown, in others marked with a broad, diffuse, median band. 
The $ lacks also on the forewings every vestige of blue stripes and has the hindwings uniform light or dark 
a fra. brown. Milne Bay, British New Guinea, from October until April. •—- afra Fruhst. still retains the peculiarities 
of the mainland forms from New Guinea, but manifests also clearly the insular character in the almost obsolete 
blue areas on the upper surface of the <dcD and in the monotonous dark brown $$ which as a rule display 
on the forewings only a dusky band, irrorated with violet and but in some rare cases marked with white in the 
middle, recalling eremita Btlr. and libisonia Fruhst. The $$ are relatively larger than those from British New r 
obsolescens. Guinea. The under surface is a faded brown, with faint traces of blue and whitish bands. Kiriwina. -— obso- 
lescens Fruhst., based upon the still darker -specimens from the Fergusson Islands, with obsolescent deep 
lamina, blue patches, especially on the forewings. — lamina Fruhst. inhabits Queensland from Cape York to Brisbane, 
