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yellow-brown. It flies from April until June at elevations of up to 2000 ft. In Sumbawa bisulfide has undergone 
considerable changes; the apical portion is greatly obscured, richly dotted with while, but the transceliular spot 
is quite small (= scapus subsp. nov.) (112a); the ¥¥ closely resemble the cfcf but have the yellow-brown band scapus. 
on the f. w. somewhat broader. Beneath the ¥¥ are gray-violet, irrorated with greenish, the median band is very 
broad and shaded with greenish or purple. From Sumbawa, Alor, Darnmer, Wetter, Kisser in the Fruhstorfer 
coll. — ermelinda subsp. nov. is distinguished from scapus by its superior size, a surprising fact for a butterfly ermdinda. 
from Suinba, which is otherwise remarkable for the small size of its insects. In both sexes the transverse band 
is broader and paler yellow than in scapus. All the d'd' and five of the ¥¥ contained in my coll, do not 
show any silvery markings, having the ground-colour of the under surface either greenish-gray or red-brown. 
Island of Sumba. — celebensis Fruhst. ( 1 12 d) is beneath distinguished by dark brick-red, longitudinal stripes, celebensis. 
placed distally to the black median line; these stripes are most distinctly seen in the cfcf belonging to the 
f. argyroides which are generally silver-gray shaded with greenish, but are never found in the rarer red-brown 
cV. The ¥ is beneath gray, dusted with greenish, having above the white frontal dots more marked than 
they are in the cf, and the yellow subapical area rather paler. The type came from northern Celebes, where 
it seems to prefer the lower hills to the plains; I captured but a few specimens near Toli-Toli. The ? is 
scarce; my coll, contains only ¥¥ from the Minahassa, also cdcd from Tombugu in the eastern part of the island. 
The cfc? found in January in the neighborhood of the falls of Maros, in the southern part of the island, differ 
somewhat from North-Celebian specimens in their lighter colouring and the broader, yellow spot on the f. w. 
— sulaensis Fruhst ., a melanotic insular form, has on the upper surface of the h. w. a broader, black distal sulaensis. 
border, but lacks at the costa of the f. w. the yellow spot, always found in celebensis. The argyroid under surface 
is of a peculiar dusky green-brown tint, with brown-black median bands and gray-violet patches. Discovered 
in Sula Mangoli by Doherty; flies in October and November. — polibete Cr., first described from a ¥, is polibete. 
extraordinarily scarce in Amboina; I have only succeeded in collecting two pair during all these years. The 
cfcd are rather variable above, some resembling the cd of celebensis (112d) in the very narrow subapical band, 
others more the o 1 of scapus (112a), having the band on the f. w. broader and lighter yellow-brown. The h. w. 
are but moderately bordered with black, as a rule less than in my darkest eded from Celebes. The ? corresponds 
to Cramer's figure, having distally to the transverse band a yellow intraradial spot., very much like in philippensis 
(112a), some white frontal dots and small black submarginal spots on the h. w. Among the eded, the one with the 
darkest upper surface follows beneath the type argyroides, the one which is lighter above, shows beneath the charac¬ 
ter of cingara. The under surface of the ? is a faded red-brown. In one cd from Banda (September) the bands 
on the f. w. partake of the character of the two eded-forms from Amboina. Ribbe reports it also from Ceram, 
where it is very rare, Holland from Burn, Pagenstec.iier from the Ulias Islands. — apameia subsp. nov. is a very apameia. 
small insular race; the ¥ is hardly any larger than the ¥ surculus (112c), but has the pale yellow, subapical 
band on the f. w. which is nearly exactly horizontal much broader, and the white dots more delicate. The h. w. 
are light yellow-brown, with minute black dots and a scanty border of black. The under surface is of a faded, 
light fulvous colour. From Obi. only 2 ¥¥ in the Fruhstorfer coll. — cethega subsp. nov. closely approaches nasica cethega 
(112d), but the black distal border of the h. w. is not quite so pronounced and the submarginal dots, especially in 
the ¥¥, are considerably larger than in polibete and nasica. The under surface of eded belongs to the fa. argyroides; 
• il is reddish-brown with yellowish patches, profusely dusted with gray-white or violet. The ¥ is either yellowish 
or reddish-purple, with large yellow-pupil!ed ocelli. From Batjan, Halmaheira, Ternate, possibly also Morotai. — 
nasica Fruhst. (112 d) rather inferior in size to cethega. The ¥ is, analogous to the Batjan-¥¥, somewhat variable nas ira. 
in as much as the intraradial spot on the f w. which coalesces with the light-coloured, broad transverse band, 
may be quite large, or small, or ever disappear altogether. The under surface is very gaudily coloured, in the 
cd either gray-green or, as in cethega, red-brown with the argyroides-mpr\< ings; one specimen shows the design 
of cingara; ¥ as a rule reddish-purple, only one among a great number pale gray-green. Island of Waigeu. 
tualensis Fruhst. displays in the cd the characteristics of nasicct, in the ¥ those of cethega, but the dots on the t ua lensis. 
h. w. have a tendency to become obsolete, and the band on the f. w. is narrower and longer. The under surface 
is generally very pale, marked with the argyroides-deslgn, often as lavishly as in specimens from eastern Java. 
Besides these there exist also eded having the white spots dusted with violet. The rainy-season form is in both 
sexes much larger than the dry-season form, which latter displays on the under surface the markings of cingara 
upon a light yellow-brown ground, broadly laved with whitish-violet. Rather abundant in the Key Islands; 
from the Am Islands I have no specimens. — tenimberensis subsp. nov. is an intermediate form between tualensis 
and scapus Fruhst. (112 a) from the Micromalayan Islands. The yellow band on the f. w. is decidedly broader 
than in the forms from Key and Wetter, the h. w. are only costally broadly bordered with black: the ocelli 
resemble those of tualensis. Beneath red-brown, without silvery-spots. From Sela.ru, Tenimber Islands. —- 
montrouzieri Btlr. is a small-sized form with very narrow, yellow band and very distinct, white dots on the 
f. w. Island of Woodlark: unknown to me in natura. — herrichi Btlr. from the New Hebrides, resembles above 
nasica, although essentially smaller in size. The f. w. has a very broad, black transceliular band. The under 
surface is of a peculiar gray-yellow colour, with large ocelli on the h. w. and the markings of argyroid,es. — 
romana Fruhst. is a remarkably large form found in Polynesia. The frontal dots on the f. w. are still more 
conspicuous than in herrichi, the yellow band is larger; in the ¥ we always find a large, pale yellow, intraradial 
spot; the cd has the black band on the f. w. still broader than is the case with the ¥¥ of the form from the 
New Hebrides; it is very pale ochre-yellow, with white-pupilled punctate spots on the h. w. The under surface 
tenimber¬ 
ensis. 
montrou¬ 
zieri. 
herrichi. 
romana. 
