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PARTHENOS. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
sylvicola. 
bellimontis. 
borneensis. 
builerinus. 
philip pen- 
sis. 
joloensis. 
salentia. 
bangkaien- 
sis. 
sulann. 
ellina. 
obiana. 
nodrica. 
brunnea. 
numitn. 
bandana, 
tunic n sis. 
aruana. 
guincensis. 
pherekides. 
pherekra lest. 
couppei. 
pasci plena. 
that it often flies over high trees, the wings slightly bent downward; it always frequents the vicinity of water¬ 
courses; thus he once observed great numbers of it on the lily-grown borders of the Badagei River. — sylvi¬ 
cola Fruhst., a small, very pretty form; ground-colour above a lovely golden brown, hindwings with median 
bands of grey-violet, devoid of all blue; on the forewings the discal spots are dusted with grey-violet. Java, espe¬ 
cially common in the eastern part of the island, during the rainy season, along the borders of woods, not ascending 
above 1600—2000 ft. — bellimontis Fruhst. (120 c) is a very dusky form, hindwing with a brown-red sub¬ 
marginal band. The specimens contained in my collection do not give the locality; they were obtained from 
the collection of the late Mr. v. Schoenberg, and came presumably from South-Eastern Borneo. — borne¬ 
ensis Stgr. (= nella Swinh.) seems to be intermediate between sumatrensis and bellimontis, with darker blue- 
violet colouring than the former, and a green submarginal undulate band on the hindwing. North-Borneo. - 
butlerinus Fruhst. refers to a rather pale form approximating to sylla Don. from South China; above grass- 
green with pale blue stripes on the hindwings. Island of Palawan, not scarce in January; Balabac. — phi- 
lippensis Fruhst. (120 c) is characterized by the very broad black distal border of the forewing and the pale 
brown-yellow basal area of the hindwing. Seems to be very constant from Luzon to Mindanao. Semper 
received at one time nearly 1000 specimens from Camiguin de Mindanao. Elies from April till July. — jolo¬ 
ensis Fruhst. is somewhat like sulanus (120 d), but with more white on the forewings. From Jolo of the Sulu 
Archipelago. — A similar small-spotted form inhabits according to Semper also Sangir. — salentia Hpffr. 
common both in the North and South of Celebes, is a large-sized form, forewings with pale grey-green patches, 
hindwings above brown-yellow, not unlike philippensis. — bangkaiensis subsp. nov. is rather dark, colouring 
deep grey-green, with some small hyaline patches on the forewings; under surface conspicuously streaked 
with black. Island of Bangkai. — In sulana Fruhst. (120 d) the hyaline spots are more reduced and at the 
same time of a blue lustre; all the black markings increased. Under surface also of the forewing with a pro¬ 
minent black submarginal band. Sula-Mangoli and Sula-Besi. — ellina Fruhst. from Batjan, Halmaheira 
and Morotai resembles obiana (120 b), but has the transparent spots rather larger. — obiana Fruhst. (120 b), 
underneath more richly ornamented with black than ellina. Island of Obi, quite common. — nodrica Bsd., 
originally described in “Voyage d’Astrolabe’ : from Burn and New Guinea; unknown to me in natura, but 
was collected in considerable number in Buru by Doherty. — According to Oberthur it occurs also on Waigiu 
together with P. tigrina. If nodrica really came from Waigiu or New Guinea, the Buru form must receive another 
name, for it is hardly to be assumed that nodrica, should appear in an identical form in Buru as well as in 
the Papuan Region, considering the great tendency of the Parthenos species toward insular variation. - 
brunnea Stgr. from Amboina and Ceram is of much larger size than either ellina or obiana ; upper surface with 
brown-yellow shading over the transparent spots. — ■ numita Fruhst. from Goram rather resembles specimens 
from Key in the absence of all shading of the hyaline spots on the upper surface. Hindwings a lovely golden 
brown. — bandana subsp. nov. from the spice-island of Banda, inferior in size to specimens from Goram and Ceram, 
the general colouring above darker than in numita. Type in Staudinger’s collection. — tualensis Fruhst. 
(120 c), of rather large size; forewing striped with pale green; hindwing smoky-grey. Key Islands; according to 
Kuhn not very abundant, but single specimens may be observed all the year round. — aruana Moore resembles 
tualensis, but with whitish-hyaline instead of greenish discal spots, and greatly reduced white markings on fore¬ 
wing. Aru Islands. — In New Guinea and some of the adjacent islands the variability of Parthenos reaches 
its highest development. Thus the forms of the Dutch western part of the island are changed to such an extent 
that they must be considered and treated as a separate species ( tigrina, Voll.) (120 a). But in the entire eastern 
part of the island, comprising the British sphere and the most easterly portion of the German possessions, 
we encounter forms which have preserved the character of the West-Malayan sylvia, with which they may 
t herefore, t oget her with the forms of the Bismarck Archipelago and Solomon Islands, be united. — guineensis Fruhst. 
(120 b) replaces sylvia on the Gulf of Huon, German New Guinea. Forewing grey-green, exhibiting among all 
New Guinean forms the most diminished white markings. Valve shorter, stouter at the base than in P. cya- 
neus Moore, somewhat broader distally than in P. aspila Ilonr. Larva was discovered by Wahnes; it varies 
considerably, the dorsal stripes are somewhat darker than in P. aspila, Hour., covered with white bristles; lives 
gregariously on some species of vine. Pupa green. — pherekides Fruhst. (120 a) resembles somewhat tigrina (120 a) in 
the brill ant brown-fulvous colouring of the upper surface of the hindwings. Milne Bay, British New Guinea. 
- pherekrates Fruhst. differs above from pherekides in the broader and paler green colouring and the larger 
size of the white markings which, however, do not reach the size of the hyaline spots of tualensis Fruhst. On 
the forewing the black submarginal band is very much narrower than in pherekides, being bordered with pale 
green. On the hindwing the discal and marginal spots are reduced in size, being separated by broader spaces 
of brown-yellow. The under surface is likewise considerably paler, having all the black bands and other markings 
more obsolete and the ground-colour more faded; only the basal area is darker green, contrasting more sharply 
with the much lighter outer half of the wings. Fergusson Islands and Collingwood Bay, British Neu Guinea. 
-— couppei Ribbe (120 b), characterized by broad, dirty white spots on the forewings. Neu Mecklenburg. — 
fusciplena Fruhst., described from specimens without certified locality, refers to the form of Neu Pommern; 
on the forewing the spots are suffused with yellowish-brown; underneath the ground-colour is deeper grass- 
