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RAHINDA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
still lighter than in serpentina, the yellow markings being more prominent, the black reduced. The grey median 
band on hindwing more uniformly broad, the submarginal bands somewhat paler and more pronounced. Ternate. 
neriphoidcs. —• neriphoides Roll, was compared by its author with Neptis neriphus Hew. from which it differs, aside from 
its inferior size, in that on forewing the submarginal line is not divided and the streak in the cell not serrate. 
Under surface is paler than in tawayana. Island of Buru, must be very scarce, not contained in my collection. 
Group B: Acca Hbn. 
2. Subcostal arises at a shorter distance beyond the cell. 
R. veniiia, one of the oldest and commonest species ranging over the Moluccas, the Papuan Region and 
North Australia, is represented by about 16 different forms, the variability of which is shown in our figures 126 d. 
veniiia. —■ veniiia L. which has given the collective species its name, is found in the Southern Moluccas, where it appears 
to vary but little, judging from the specimens before me. Forewing with 3 oblong, whitish median spots which 
are broadly margined with pale blue and of which in $ the two upper ones are coherent, whereas the much smaller, 
lower one stands isolated. $ has all median spots united, the blue bordering of the white band on hindwing 
godelewa. rather narrower than in Submarginal dots roundish, very large, blue-white. -—- godelewa Fruhst. has 
the bordering of the white median bands, especially in $$, much narrower than in veniiia, darker blue in <3$, 
violet in $2. Subapical and submarginal spots rather larger, inclining more towards violet than blue. Buru: 
obiana. Miro (November), Bara (August). — obi an, a S'winh. $ has the white median band on forewing very broad 
and rounded, on hindwing at least one third wider than in godelewa. Subapical spots on forewing roundish, 
smaller than in a and b, submarginal dots quite minute. By the side of these broad-banded 2$ we find 
in Obi also $$ having the median bands on hindwing considerably narrower, distally more broadly margined 
with violet and deeply notched, recalling evanescensStgr. from Batjan, in which latter, however, the bands are 
pseudeva- still broader and less steep. ( = ^ fa. pseudevanescens Fruhst .) Obi. — evanescens Stgr., a most distinct subspecies 
nescens. w j q, ground-colour chiefly black and much narrower median band. Submarginal spots more feebly developed 
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contunda. G ian in the hitherto enumerated forms. Batjan, August—-September. —- In contunda Fruhst. (126 d) (from 
contundere, to crush, break) the median band is still more reduced, the median spots on forewing have nearly 
disappeared, the lower ones are almost violet instead of white. Halmaheira, August—-September, and Batjan, 
leucoion. August.— -leucoion Fruhst. (= the actress, on account of its resemblance to obiana), holding about the middle 
between obiana and evanescens, has the submarginal and subapical spots larger than in the latter, the median 
band slightly narrower, but more distinct than in obiana, on forewings not rounded but sharply cut off at a 
right angle. Ternate. From Batjan I possess one specimen intermediate between evanescens and leucoion. — 
holargyrea. holargyrea Fruhst. (from bXdp'fopoz, of massive silver) is distinguished among all the other forms by the more 
prominent submarginal spots on both wings, but has the white median bands less broad than in obiana and 
leucoion, although distally more broadly margined with pale violet on the hindvving. Underneath it most re- 
tadema. sembles leucoion, but with heavier submarginal spots. Aru, Key, Tenimber, Letti. — tadema Fruhst. (of which 
only 2 S'c? are known, although this species is otherwise so very common), closely approximates the New Guinea 
type, with median bands about as broad as in veniiia, the subapical patches larger, the blue bordering of the me¬ 
dian band reduced; but its chief characteristic is the complete absence from hindwings of the submarginal 
cyanifera. dots which, however, reappear to some extent on the under surface. Waigiu. — cyanifera Btlr. In New- 
Guinea we find as usually three local forms of veniiia two of which have been previously described. As cyanifera 
Butler described S'S'with very narrow, blue-margined median band on hindwing. The specimen figured by 
Smith shows on forewing in the place of the median band only a roundish, white discal patch. The under¬ 
surface lias the bands blue instead of white and very narrow, the submarginal spots relatively small and like¬ 
wise blue instead of white. The $9 incline towards the general veniiia type, particularly the form from Dorey, 
having the bands still I) roader, the submarginal spots smaller. On hindwing the band is distally notched. PortMores- 
anceps. by, British New Guinea. —- aneeps Sm. 2 pair from Dorey contained in my collection appear to be an inter¬ 
mediate form between cyanifera and tadema ; the median band on forewing is composed of two narrow and high 
upper spots and, widely separated therefrom, a lower one white in colour and bordered with blue. The hind¬ 
wing has the band distally strongly undulate, relatively narrow. Submarginal dots much less prominent than in 
veniiia and holargyrea, although more distinct than in the other New Guinea forms. Underneath the median 
band on hind wing still narrower than in tadema. Grose-Smith figured an aberrative <$ showing no trace of 
pseudoveni- a white discal band on hindwing, leaving for specimens possessing this band the name pseudovenilia Fruhst. 
I'.a. w Inch may be reserved for the form from Dorey, if it should prove to deviate from that of Humboldt Bay. 
grimberta. Humboldt Bay, Sept.-Oct., Dorey. — grimberta Fruhst. (126 d). S' has among all hitherto mentioned local 
forms on forewing the most complete and broad white median band, the components of which are not iso¬ 
lated, but coherent. The blue periphery of both median bands is nearly as broad as in holargyrea and invariably 
pale blue instead of violet or dark blue. On forewing the subapical spots are large, likewise margined with 
