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extended towards the base; the brown spots of the forewing are very variable, but rarely so much reduced 
as in typical orbonct. New Guinea, Aru, Moluccas, and Bismarck Archipelago. — queenslandica Rothsch. queenn- 
( = australis Meyr. nec Bsd.) differs from the preceding in the g only by the more whitish colouring of 
the ovals on the forewings, which are but very rarely tinted ochreous, the dark stripes -situate bet¬ 
ween being less intensely brown, rather likewise tinted yellowish. The 2 exhibits the brown colouring round 
the ovals on the forewings pierced by the veins. Queensland. Mostly not rare; on the Key Islands in all 
variations of the brown colouring very common. — In ocellata Rothsch. from tlie Woodlark Island the upper oedlalu. 
surface is orange, the 2 light spots of the forewing are very pale light, the distal reniform spot margined 
with brown, the subbasal one smaller than in most of the other orbona-iormn ; 6 basal spots. 
A. tigrina Btlr. somewhat resembles orbona, it is of a bright yolk-colour, but the black spots at the tiyrim. 
base of the costa are mostly entirely absent, the antemedian, blank spot on the forewing is likewise absent 
and the palpi are cpiite black. Between the veins there run blackish, radiary longitudinal stripes. The costal 
margin of the forewing beneath is black, the insect otherwise yolk-coloured with black internerval stripes 
at .the distal margin. New' Britain. 
A. australis Bsd. nec Meyr. Forewing brownisli-grey with two large ante- and postmedian white aunt rails. 
spots, an orange base spotted black, and a yellow hindwing bordered with a greyish brown. The typical 
australis is described from New Guinea (probably a mistake). The form lineata Rothsch. (— australis Pag.) lineata. 
(28 a) from the Key Islands differs from it by fine, distinctly yellow veins traversing the ground-colour of 
the forewings. — aequalis Wkr. from Aru and New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago has whitish veins acqualis. 
on the forewing, but only in the basal part and on the whole less distinct than in lineata. — sinuosa Bsd. sinuosa. 
(28 a) shows the marginal band of the hindwing sinuous and extended on the lower median vein towards 
the base in the shape of a tooth. — septentrionalis Rothsch. (27 g), in my possession from Obi, but de- scptentrio- 
scribed from Halmaheira, Ternate and Batjan, has also a slightly sinuous marginal band of the hinclwing, 
which, however, is proximally uniformly defined and does not form a real tooth on the lower median vein. 
We are no more able to-day to ascertain which of the races mentioned here really corresponds to the typi¬ 
cal form of Boisduval; as the patria of New Guinea is presumably a mistake, the form assimilis Rothsch. assimilis. 
might be identical with it. Here the $ has the head, thorax, and the base of the forewing of a brighter 
ochreous-yellow than the other forms. The forewing is tinted yellowish, the veins are almost as distinct 
as in lineata. The hindwing has dark fringes between the apex and the submedian fold, but no broad 
marginal band. Port Darwin in Queensland, probably common. 
A. diana Btlr. resembles the preceding species, but it is larger and more brightly coloured. The w hite diana. 
spot behind the cell-end is large and crescentiform; the anterior one reduced, broken up into minute white 
spots, the hindwing with a very broad black marginal band. Salomons Islands. 
A. nervosa. R. <£• J. is very much like diana, but with broader wings, the margin of the forewing nervosa. 
less oblique, the discal spot irregularly rounded, broader and shorter, not crescentiform; on the hindwing 
the costa is black as far as the base, the marginal band narrow, from the costa to the 2nd radial, distally 
to this band often again yellow. Islands of Isabel and Rubiana. 
A. alienata Wkr. (= agarista Snell.) (28 a) is like nervosa, but the thorax and head which are of alienaia. 
a bright orange red in nervosa, are blackish-brown like the abdominal end. The marginal band of the hind¬ 
wing still broader black, occupying almost half the wing; the forewing with traces of white spots behind 
the base and the cell-end. New Britain and New Hebrids. — In shortlandica Pag. the thorax is yellow in- shortlandi- 
stead of dark brown, on the forewing a large white reniform spot. Short lands Islands. 
A. javana Cr. ( — jabensis Hbn.) (28 a). Wings dark brown, the forewing slightly tinted reddish- jucunu. 
brown, with 2 white spots in and behind the cell and an irregular yellow margin. Thorax and base of the 
forewing yolk-coloured, like the abdominal end, the abdomen otherwise black. In typical javana the hindwing is 
narrowly bordered with yellow, and on the forewing the brown colouring of the disc sends a ray almost to 
the border below the apex. Java. — deliana form. nov. from Sumatra shows a still narrower yellow border deliana. 
of the hindwing and a darker brown of the disc. Discovered by B. Hagen in Sumatra, mentioned also 
from Burma. — flaviventris Rothsch. (28 b) from the Philippines has a broader yellow margin of the hind- flaviveniris 
wing, the abdominal segments are narrowly bordered with yellow. — celebensis Hpffr. (28 b) from Celebes "cclebensis. 
is quite similar, but the dark brown colour of the disc on the forewing does not send a ray towards the 
margin. The species is apparently not common. 
A. iodamia H.-Schdff. (= borbonica $ H.-Schdff. [in tabula], spliaerifera Btlr., nesophora Meyr.) iodamia. 
(26 i). Size of australis, head and thorax ochreous-white, abdomen orange. Rings 2 to 4 above with a black 
dot, 5 to 7 banded black; forewing brown, very finely speckled yellowish-white; veins and folds thinly yellow¬ 
ish-white. A wliitish-ochreous basal spot extends at the costal margin to one third and at the proximal 
margin to one fourth, its distal margin is very badly defined, containing 6 round, black dots, 3 of which are- 
subcostal, 2 on the submedian fold and one at the distal margin above the middle; transverse vein indis- 
