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of the f. w. is not much broader than in australis Fldr. Both wings are bright yellow-brown towards the 
base, somewhat lighter in the median region, just as in D. browni. The h. w. have between the radials a 
black ocellus, enclosed within the outer border, whereas the ocellus at the anal angle just above the submedian 
stands quite by itself. The under side is like that of D. browni Godm,, but the distal border of the h. w. is 
paler yellow and more sharply defined; the black, angled median band on the f. w. as well as the apex of 
the wings are distally more profusely laved with white. Waigeu. 
D. noorua is only found in New Guinea and a few adjacent islands in the East, being represented on 
the main island by three local forms. — demetria subsp. nov. (112 b cP, c ?). In the cPcP the under surface is demetria. 
a beautiful, dark lemon-yellow, laved with light reddish-yellow, with a black longitudinal band bordered with 
violet and with lustrous, silvery-white spots. In the ?? the basal half is not clouded with red-brown and the 
basal spots are grav-violet instead of white. Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen, not very scarce from November until 
April and again in July (Hagen). I suppose it must be also found on Humboldt Bay, as Smith reports the 
specimens collected by Doherty to be smaller than those from Port-Moresby. — lyncurion subsp. nov. (named lyncurion. 
after a reddish-yellow gem known to the ancients, resembling the eyes of a lynx) is of larger size, the black 
border of the f. w. is broader, and the yellow frontal dots on the f. w. as well as the black spot at the apex 
of the cell are more distinct. The under surface is considerably darker, the yellowish markings being reduced 
and the red-brown portions proportionally increased. The ? is nearly one third larger than the ? of demetria, 
having the marginal border of the f. w. proximally more sharply defined. 4 cPcP 1 ? from Finschhafen in the 
Fruhstorfer coll. — In noorua Sm. the apical spots on the f. w. are whitish, the ground-colour paler. The noorua. 
black border on the upper side of the h. w. is much more indistinct; the cf cf are on the under surface paler, 
displaying on the f. w. at the apex of the cell the typical nimbata- design. The ? is considerably larger than 
demetria -?. The type came from Port Moresby; specimens from Milne-Bay (February) in my collection, 
antimia subsp. nov. is, notwithstanding its insular character, distinguished from the other forms by its extremely antimia. 
pale colour. Fergusson Islands of the d’Entrecasteaux group. In the only ? specimen available the outer 
border, especially of the h. w., is almost totally obsolete and the postdiscal dots are barely visible. From 
noorua Sm. it differs in its larger size and in the paler, more uniform, light buff colour of the under surface. 
D. hexophthalmos, although rightly regarded by Kirby as a distinct species and embodied in his 
catalogue as such, was refused recognition by Staudinger and other authors of his time, until in 1899 I was 
able, on the strength of my examination of a great number of specimens from Amboina, to re-establish its 
special rights; now I can moreover prove that it occurs not only in all the Moluccas but also in New Guinea, 
and point out its anatomical characteristics. The uncus is, notwithstanding the superior size of the specimens, 
smaller, much shorter and more delicate than in bisaltide Cr. The medial part of the valve is contracted, 
more oval than circular, the ventral ledge not sharp, but blunt and rounded. Penis as well as its sheath are 
considerably broader, the saccus extraordinarily long and slender, proximally not enlarged. The markings 
of the upper surface are plainly seen in our figure of ardys (113 a), according to which hexophthalmos differs 
from all the forms of D. bisaltide in the broad black border of the hindwings. The markings on the under 
surface are more constant, but throughout darker and richer. In both sexes we notice on the f. w. almost 
always a series of seven white dots, anally completely surrounded by ocelli. On the h. w. the ocelli are larger 
and very distinct; although both cP and ? are less subject to variation than in bisaltide, the argyroides- design 
may or may not be present. In the majority of cPcP the predominant colour is gray with black or dark red- 
brown shades edged with whitish, in the ?? ochreous or earthy-brown, always with a blue-black longitudinal 
band. Ganges from Amboina as far as the Louisiads. — hexophthalmos Gmel. is by far the most common hexophthal- 
° ■ o vnos, 
Doleschallia found in the southern Moluccas; of the cP we known two forms; the larger one with a broad, 
yellow macular band on the under surface of the f. w., belonging to the fa. argyroides; the other, smaller one 
has the yellow patches on the f. w. still more reduced than is seen in ardys, and no silvery markings on the 
under surface. With the first must be classed the larger 22 with very pale upper surface and chiefly reddish- 
yellow under surface, whereas the 22 belonging to the latter form have the upper surface more brown-yellow, 
displaying beneath a greenish-gray leaf-pattern. One 2 from Buru must be counted with the larger form. 
This description is based on 20 specimens contained in my coll., from Buru, Amboina and Saparua. — In 
solus subsp. nov. the general colouring is a brillant, though dark, reddish-brown, the black border is broader solus. 
and the macular band on the f. w. sharply angled, with the white frontal dots somewhat diminished in size. 
The under surface is of a lustrous, green bronce-colour, with deep cholocate brown lines running parallel with 
the black, median longitudinal line. The patches in the cel! on the f. w. are greenish instead of silvery. Obi, 
very scarce. — gaius subsp. nov., although at present only known from Halmaheira, will undoubtedly be found gains. 
also in the other islands of the northern Moluccas. Besides being smaller and lighter in colour than solus, 
the cP has the black outer border of the h. w. narrower. Both sexes are underneath very pale reddish gray- 
brown, broadly sprinkled with gray-white. — areus Fruhst., a small-sized, delicate form, approaches ardys areus. 
(113 a), but the upper surface is paler brown and has in the cP the yellow band on the f. w. extending much 
farther towards the costa. The underside is uniform dark green, profusely dusted with silvery-gray and violet. 
From the island of Waigeu, very rare. — kapaurensis Fruhst. distinguished from the preceding by its larger kapaurensis. 
size, the more isolated yellow patches, and the more prominent white dots on the f. w. Beneath it is greenish 
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