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stiffly outstretched, with head and anterior segments bent downward. Pupa obtuse anteriorly, cremaster 
with a cluster of hooks; brown: span between leaves, as with most of the subfamily. Moths diurnal, some¬ 
times entering into mimetic association with certain Ghalcosiids and large Epiplemids. See. further, p. 3 of 
this volume. 
D. numana, together with a large assemblage of races or representative species, cover- a great part 
of the Indo-Austrahan Region from the Moluccas eastward, and can be considered together. — albipunctulata > // • • 
Bastelb. differs from name-typical numana in having the large, confluent spots between the central and subapical 
bands of the forewing more or less strongly reduced, generally well isolated. Morty, Gilolo and Batjan. the 
type from Batjan. — ab. leucophorata Bastelb. <6 a), from Batjan, is an extreme form, with the median band 
of the forewing white, not yellow. — peregrina Bastelb. 6 a -. from Obi. has also the proximal mark of the forewing 
and a great part of the pale area of the hindwing white. Also known from Pulo Besa, X. of Obi. — buruensis \ , r v. 
Prout has the yellow patches white, as in -peregrina. hut the postdiseal and subapical of the fore wing are not 
reduced. The yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing are fully developed. Burn. — numana Cram . — numenia ana. 
3b.. flavata Walk.) (6 a) has the yellow markings ample, nearly always including one on the middle of the 
hindmargin of the forewing, which is only developed in £"£ of the preceding races. Ceram and Amboina. — 
ab. arcuata Bastelb. (6 a) is a q with the yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing produced into long curved crc- -no. 
markings, especially posteriorly, whereas in typical Co they are smaller than in our figured 2 of numana. Am¬ 
boina. rare. — ab. helenetta Walk, is a 2 with the Yellow areas extended. Ceram. — goramensis Bastelb. i 9 b has h-Umiia. 
the forewing similar to that of numana, hut the post diseal spots reduced as in alb i-punctulata or peregrina. the 'J 070 - 
hindwing with an ample gold-yellow distal margin, recalling snelleni. Rounded on 1 R from Coram. — snelletli mdleni. 
Pagenst. (— latiflava Warr.) (6 b) is recognizable at a glance by the shape of the distal markings of the forewing 
and especially by the very broad yellow border of the hindwing, which is occasionally even freer from black 
marking than in our figure, but often, on the contrary, has some irregular submarginal spots between the veins. 
Only known from the Kei Islands and Teoor: ,.Xew Guinea", given for Warr ex's latiflava, is certainly an 
error in labelling. — flavimargo Warr. (6 b) is on an average rather smaller than snelleni. the white markings flavimargo. 
commonly more tringed with bluish, the yellow border of the hindwing less broad, generally more marked with 
black. Tenimber Islands. — imperialis Warr. (6 c) is a very remarkable form, with the wings wholly purple imperially. 
except for the broad orange band of the hindwing. Mefor Island, possibly a distinct species. — schoutensis scJioutensd. 
■Joicey <b Talb., from Biak. differs from tentans ab. vdata (6 c) in having the white markings still further reduced: 
on the forewing only the central hand is fully developed, though reduced subapical spots generally remain and 
sometimes vestiges of the intermediate ones: on the hindwing the white patch does not reach much, if at all. 
beyond the cell. — tentans Walk, is similar to splendida (6 b). but with a white central patch on the hindwing, lentan 
Common on the Aru Islands. Mysol (the type locality), Waigeu, Ron Island, throughout Xew Guinea and on 
the D'Entrecasteaux. The yellow submarginal spots of the hindwing vary sexually and individually. In the 
C they are sometimes entirely suppressed — ab. velata Bastelb. (6 c). The larva of tentans is bright oc-hreous- velata. 
brown, with a pair of large black subdorsal spots on each segment anteriorly, much smaller ones behind them 
and black, white-centred lateral spots. — subalbata Warr. (6 d), from the Trobriand Islands, has the white subalbaia. 
markings in general more extended than in tentans. especially the subapical. — translucida Jlontrz.. from Wood- transludda. 
lark, is dimorphic. The typical form differs very little from subalbata. but has the postdiseal spots generally 
ampler, the submarginal spots of the forewing commonly with some yellow admixture distally. — ab. xanthora xanthora. 
Prout has all the normally white parts yellow, a remarkable throw-back towards numana numana.-. in the C 
of this form, the yellow submarginal markings of both wings are often much broadened. — combinata subsp. comblna-’ t. 
nor. has the forewing still more like that of subalbata. in that the postdiscal spots are again reduced: all the 
white parts have a slight bluish tinge. The hindwing in both sexes has a yellow border, rather broader and 
brighter than that of flavimargo. with a broader black apical patch than in snelleni (6 b). the other subterminal 
black spots variable, but rarely obsolete. Louisiades, the type from Sudest. Ab. xanthora, occurs together 
with the type form on St. Aignan. — tyrianthina Btlr. (= thyriantina Pagenst.) -t c; from Duke of York Island, tyrianihim. 
together with nearly all the forms from the Bismarc-ks and Solomons, has the front of the thorax much mixed 
with black, a peculiarity which otherwise is found only on schoutensis and sometimes on extreme forms of 
tentans ab. velata. tyrianthina. differs from schoutensis in wanting the large black spot behind the cell of the 
hindwing. Occurs also on Xew Britain and Rook Island and specimens from the Admiralty Islands scarcely 
differ. — fulvilauta Warr. (6 d) has the white patch of the hindwing predominantly or entirely yellow, its orange juh Ua-dc. 
subterminal spots generally much broadened. Xew Hanover. — niepelti Strand differs little from fulvilauta, niepelii. 
but the orange subterminal spots form a still broader, less interrupted hand; the central patch may be either 
white or yellow. Xew Ireland. — sernifulva Warr. has the orange subterminal spots more normal, the central sen-, if-dva. 
patch white anteriorly, yellow posteriorly, the blackish spot behind the cell (as in the tentans group reappearing. 
especially in the So- Bougainville. — turbatrix Prout is a much darker form, intermediate between tyrianthina turlairix. 
and schoutensis-, the black spot behind the cell of the hindwing is developed. Choiseul. S imil ar forms occur 
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