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the abdomen of the $ separate it from antigraph a. $ with at least the 2nd—4th abdominal tergites mixed with 
reddish and often with white; <$ abdomen nearly always green throughout, only with small white crests. Distri¬ 
buted from Teoor to Ysabel Island in a number of races, which, however, are not yet quite sharply differen¬ 
tiable. The following is the best summary that I can give. — wuka Pagenst. (13 k). Apical blotch of hindwing wuka. 
beneath small, occasionally wanting; dark terminal line of upperside very slender. Key Islands (type) and 
Teoor. — - iosoma Meyr. Terminal line heavier, otherwise scarcely distinguishable from wuka-, blotch of under- iosoma. 
side in the $ sometimes enlarged. New Guinea and the Louisiades. — pictifimbria Warr., from the D'Entre- piclijim- 
casteaux, is probably synonymous with iosoma, but all the specimens before me show, in. addition, a small hria - 
(sometimes minute) spot at the hind angle of the forewing beneath. — australis subsp. nov. ( = insularia Turn., australis. 
nec Guen.) is interesting in that it is the only wuka form yet known in which the as well as the $, 
has distinct reddish suffusion on tergites 2—4. Otherwise very near iosoma. N. Queensland, the type <J, 
from Kuranda, in my collection. — vulcanensis subsp. nov. is bluer green, only with yellow or more olive vulca- 
lines in the median area touching the white lines. Abdominal mark in the $ more fuscous, and even faintly nensis. 
indicated in the <$. Underside of $ with spots or dashes at anal angle of each wing, in addition to the strong 
apical spot of hindwing. Vulcan Island, type in Mus. Tring. A series from Dampier Island is almost identical, 
fully as large, but with the lines somewhat more punctiform, the postmedian of the hindwing almost as in the 
following form. — mapsaurica subsp. nov. is a small form, slightly darker grey-green, with very dark face, mapsaurica. 
the white lines punctiform, that of the hindwing strongly excurved in its central part; otherwise like vul¬ 
canensis. St. Matthias, Squally Island, New Ireland (loc. typ.), Feni Island, New Britain and Witu. — isabella Isabella. 
Prout is a more extreme development, the blotches beneath more extended, almost band-like, and even sug¬ 
gested by greyish shading above. Solomon Islands: Ysabel. 
H. doddi sp. n. (12 h). A somewhat puzzling species, hitherto confused with wuka australis; as no doddi. 
structural difference has yet been found, it cannot be positively asserted that it may not be a form thereof. 
Face dirty olive rather than reddish. <$ abdomen without reddish suffusion. Forewing (and to a lesser degree 
hindwing) with postmedian line less sinuous; terminal dark line (proximal to the whitish dashes) wanting or 
vestigial; hindwing beneath in both sexes without apical blotch. Port Darwin and Townsville (apparently 
without australis) ; Kuranda (together with australis). All collected by F. P. Dodd, the type $ from Towns¬ 
ville in coll. Peout. Waeeen referred this to costipunctata Moore (13 i), which it strongly resembles except in 
the variegated fringes and the absence of dark dorsal maculation in the 
H. tritonaria Walk. (13 i). Palpus shorter than in antigrapha and wuka. Face of a nondescript dull tritonaria. 
olive-greenish, more or less overlaid with red-brown. The hindwing, at least in the <$, is somewhat less long 
and narrow than in antigrapha, to which the reader is referred for further differentiation. Underside without 
dark blotches. Apart from the different palpus and slightly less angular wings, wuka and its races might 
have been regarded as races of tritonaria. Described from Hong Kong, tritonaria has an extended range from 
India to Formosa, perhaps also the Philippines. — ab. loc. elaeopis nov. (= leucospilota Hmpsn., nec Moore) elaeopis. 
is a dark form from Ceylon, especially Pundaloya, with clear dark olive-green face and darker palpus. Type 
(Pundaloya, June 1897) in the Tring Museum. 
H. costipunctata Moore (= graminea Hmpsn.) (13 i) only differs essentially from tritonaria in lacking costipunc- 
the dark terminal line. Face lighter, greener. The dotted costa of the forewing is common to both. Ceylon tata - 
(type), India, Burma, the Andamans, Malay Peninsula and N. Borneo. — simplex Warr., from Java and simplex. 
Sambawa (and perhaps as far as Timor) may be distinguishable by showing a greener band, or edging, to 
the white post median line, which latter is fainter or almost obsolete. 
H. unicolor Th.-Mieg. Unknown to me. “22 mm/ 5 Uniform green, including the fringes, costal margin unicolor. 
of forewing narrowly whitish. Founded on a $ from Yunnan. Should be distinguishable from costipunctata by 
the non-dotted costa and green (not grey) fringes. 
H. pellucidula Turn. (13 k). Perhaps paler green and more translucent than simplex, the lines rather pellucidula. 
more strongly sinuous, generally more broken into white vein-dots, the abdominal crests mixed with white 
(variable, however, in costipunctata and simplex). N. Queensland. 
H. marina Btlr. ( = ussuriaria Prout olim, nec Brem.) (Supp. 4, pi. 1 d). Much brighter green than the marina. 
preceding group, which show the same deplorable tendency to fade as does the genotype aestivaria Hbn. Face red. 
The fine white lines have a very slender edging of olive-green in the median area; terminal line whitish, extre¬ 
mely fine, or only showing small white dots at the veins. Described from Japan, but occurs also in Szech¬ 
wan. Misidentified in our text of Vol. 4 as ussuriaria, although I believe the figure (2d) represents true 
ussuriaria. 
H. rubrifrons Warr. (13 k). A rare species which was at one time confused with distinctaria but is rubrifrons. 
easily distinguished by the red costal edge of the forewing, longer terminal joint of palpus, etc. Masuri, 
Bhotan (type) and the Khasis. 
