CYRESTIS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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cies by itself (Martin). -— biaka Gr. Sm. from Biak, Korrido (islands in the Geelvink-Bay in northern New biaka. 
Guinea), although closely allied to acilia, possesses also certain characteristics of laelia, for which reason it cannot 
be treated as a subspecies of either, but should be given a place by itself until further data, especially regar¬ 
ding the earlier stages, may be obtained. A small-sized, uncommonly pale form having on the h. w. the median 
band running to a sharp point at the anal angle, just as in laelia. On both wings all the ocelli in the submarginal 
band are round, special importance attaching (according to the author), to the fourth ocellus counted from the 
costa of the f. w. which is round and equals in size those surrounding it, whereas in laelia and its subspecies 
it is elongate, kidney-shaped and varying in size. From strigata biaka is distinguished by having the me¬ 
dian band much broader, broader indeed than in most forms of laelia, although never approaching acilia. 
$ is still paler than <$. As regards the shape of the wings, it must be classed with acilia. On the whole it repre¬ 
sents a distinct transition from laelia to acilia. — acilia Godt. from Waigeu. The type was taken at Bawak by acilia. 
the French captain Louis Claude Desaulse deFreycinet (1779—1842), who landed in the course of his circum¬ 
navigation also on Waigeu; no other specimens were known, until captain Dumont d’URViLLE brought some 
to Europe from his different journeys, acilia is found in the same localities as achates, but is much more variable 
and must for that reason be separated into several subspecies; only on the mainland of New Guinea it appears 
rather constant, as no differences worth speaking of can be discovered among the specimens derived from nearly 
every part of the island visited by Europeans, acilia is at a glance recognized by the very broad white median 
band tapering both towards the costa of the f. w. and the anal margin of the h. w., and by the uncommonly 
vivid and extensive orange colouring of the anal area on the h. w. It is the only species, in which the row of 
ocelli in the submarginal band on the f. w., which is but very faintly bordered with yellow, becomes obsolete in 
the middle, having of the six ocelli usually found in this group only 3—4 that are distinctly developped. At 
the apex of the h. w. moreover, the line which accompanies the inner border of the row of ocelli is, proximally 
to the uppermost ocellus, yellow instead of black-brown. On the h. w. the second and third ocelli (counting from 
the anal angle) are distinctly elongate and reniform, particularly on the under surface. The anal ocellus is round, 
reversed ocellus distinct, anal projection quite insignificant. The 99 which are not at all scarce, are somewhat 
larger, of lighter and more faded colour, especially in the anal area of the h. w., where the orange colour appears 
quite faded and irrorated with brownish. The larva is according to Ribbe very lively, moving rapidly with 
a wriggling motion of the head. — sicca Fruhst. is very closely allied to abisa from Obi, having on both wings sicca. 
the white discal area equally broad as in abisa, and more than one third broader than in laelia Fldr. from 
Batjan, but considerably narrower than in latifascia Mart, from Ternate. From abisa it is discriminated by the 
prominent, very broad whitish submarginal bands on both wings. The black ocelli on the h. w. are larger, 
more broadly bordered with orange, the dark orange subanal spot is much smaller and shorter than in the 
three forms from the northern Moluccas. Under surface: All the bands, also the catenulate stripes and par¬ 
ticularly the row of ocelli on the h. w., are much broader than in lati fascia ; the brown band bordering the 
ocelli proximally is at least twice as broad as in abisa. Buru, Miro (November). Must be very scarce, as neither 
Holland nor Martin ever saw it .•—- aruana Mart, from the Aru Islands, easily distinguished from acilia by the aruana. 
white median band, which is much broader’and tapers on the f. w. almost imperceptibly towards the costa; on 
the same wing the row of ocelli is complete. 3 $$ in Staudinger, 1 9 in Fruhstorfer collection. — misolensis misolensis. 
Mart, from the island of Misol has the white median band much narrower, keeping the same width on both 
wings, quite straight and not convex towards the outer margin. The outer border of the band is somewhat in¬ 
distinct as in laelia ; on the h. w. the median band is shorter than in acilia ending at the middle median nervule, 
whereas in acilia it generally ends at the third median. The yellow anal area is uncommonly large and bril- 
lant; the middle ocelli (3 and 4) in the ocellate band on the h. w. show a tendency to drop the yellow border 
and flow together. 5 and 3 9$ taken by Kuehn in January and February, in the Tring Museum. — mafo- maforensis. 
rensis Mart. (122 c) from Mafor, an island in the Geelvink-Bay. Dutch New Guinea, closely allied to biaka and 
distinguished from acilia in the following way: The white median band is narrower and rapidly decreases in 
width towards the costa of the f. w.; the anal area is but slightly marked with yellow, in fact only just around 
the anal ocellus; the rows of ocelli are on both wings complete and everywhere bordered with brown-yellow; the anal 
ocellus quite round, the reversed ocellus quite plain; on the h. w. the second and third ocelli (counting from 
the anal angle) are perfectly round on either surface; on the f. w. the fourth ocellus (from the costal margin) 
is neither round nor of the same size as the others {biaka), but elongate and larger than the ocelli above it. It 
is only this characteristic feature of the fourth ocellus that distinguishes this form from biaka, whereas in every 
other way it would have to be treated as a subspecies of biaka, especially in view of the close neighborhood of 
the islands upon which they are found. 
“The now following eastern forms differ from the central acilia not any less than the western representatives of this 
group in the Moluccas; and as this difference is not only evinced in the shape of the median band, but also in that of the 
wings themselves,|I do not hesitate to accord to these forms the rank of distinct species (as it was intended by their authors), 
although they have been treated by Eibbe as varieties and by Fruhstorfer as subspecies of acilia. The white median band 
