spadix. 
pUujiata. 
tvood/ordi. 
firfviu. 
versicolor. 
tsubrupla. 
novohiber- 
nica. 
albihma. 
paphos. 
Icuconola. 
hel icon hi¬ 
des. 
scricea. 
230 AS OTA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
tinetly suffused with whitish-ochreous, fringes brown. Hindwings orange; 2 moderate, suboval blackish spots, 
the first below the middle, the second behind the middle, sometimes with few small, uniting, blackish 
scales; below the first a small, clouded, black spot almost touching the anal angle; fringes orange. Eastern 
Australia (Newcastle and Sydney), common. 
A. spadix Sicinh., from the Salomons, is not before me in nature; it is reported not to resemble 
any other form known. <$ palpi, head and body dull ochreous; both wings dull violettisli-brown; forewing 
with a light spot at the cell-end and some dull ochreous colouring at the base. Hindwing likewise with a 
light spot at the cell-end. and the costal space above it from the base as far as somewhat behind the cell- 
end light ochreous yellow, almost white. Beneath the legs and body are unmarked, the basal halves of both 
wings dull ochreous-yellow, the distal halves violettish brown. Salomons. 
A. plagiata Wlcr. (= discreta Wkr.). Likewise from Eastern Australia. The base of the forewing 
similar as in paphos (28 c, d), the black spots similarly situate, and the yellow markings corresponding to 
the white ones in paphos similarly arranged, but larger. The spot behind the cell-apex of variable size and 
shape, sometimes connected with the undulate transverse band by a streak in the cell, a similar longitudinal 
stripe being sometimes present behind vein 2, the two dark macular bands of the hindwing very variable, 
the spots of the distal band sometimes confluent. The proximal band consists of 3 spots which may be sepa¬ 
rate, but also confluent, and some small intermediate spots. 
A. woodfordi Bruce, (26 c). The yellow of the base of the wing very extensive, occupying almost the 
whole basal half of the forewing; brightly marked black; at the middle of the margin of the forewing a 
light spot. The hindwing yellow with a black apex and some larger spots before the middle of the margin. 
From the Fiji Islands. 
A. fulvia Don. is unknown to me in nature. Donovan who describes and figures it (t. 39, fig. I) 
mentions New Holland as its patria. Jordan presumes this to be erroneous, and he had before him speci¬ 
mens corresponding with Donovan’s figure, originating, however, from New Britain and New Ireland. Thorax 
unspotted, abdomen either likewise unspotted or only with traces of spots. Palpi black, beneath and out¬ 
side the two first joints are tawny. Forewing yellow, the veins dark, except at the base; the submedian 
fold more or less extensively dark brown; at the base of the cell sometimes a small, black dot. Hindwing 
coloured like the forewing, but at the ends sometimes conspicuously blackened. Under surface yellow, in the 
apical regions of both wings dusted brownish, in the forewing more than in the hindwing. 
A. versicolor F. ( — eusemioicles Fldr.) (28 b). Blackish-brown, forewing with whitish veins and a 
white oblique band through the middle of the wing; body orange-yellow, marked black. This butterfly being 
distributed over New Guinea and numerous, neighbouring islands, though not extending as far as Australia, 
varies exceedingly. The white band may be broad and narrow, straight and curved, shortened and broken 
up. Jordan even mentions a specimen showing on one side a broad band of the forewing, on the other 
a narrow one. — subrupta Rothsch. has very narrow bands; the band of the $ is interrupted or strangulated 
on vein 2. Duke of York Island. novohibeniica Pag. from New Mecklenburg shows the white band of 
the forewing shortened to such an extent that it only reaches from below the costa to about the median. 
versicolor is rather common. 
A. albiluna Rothsch. resembles versicolor , but the wings above with a white costal spot at the base, 
separated from a white band (of l l j z mm width) by a jet-black spot w hich is replaced in versicolor by a 
white crescent. 
A. paphos F. (_ heliconia Moore) (28 b, c). Forewing brownisli-grey, with whitish veins and a broad, 
white proximal margin. Hindwing white with a broad, black margin and dark markings in the disc. Under 
surface blackish-brown and speckled white. The under surface varies exceedingly, and there occur specimens 
with an almost quite black forewing; also above the distribution of the black on the hindwing varies so 
much that hardly two entirely alike specimens are to be discovered. North India and Malacca to Borneo 
and Sumatra. — leuconota Snell (28 c) from Java and Sumatra has unicolorously white hindwings with black 
margins, and the body is (instead of a bright orange) coloured like the forewing. Not rare. 
A. heliconioides Moore (28 c). Forewing similar as in paphos, but without the broad, white proximal 
margin; on the dull white hindwing with dark margins, the marking is inclined to transverse bands. Phi- • 
lippines to Jolo and Balabak. Not rare. 
A. sericea Moore ( y = coneana Moore) is only known from South India, d with grey, yellow -veined 
forewings. $ with more yellow ones. d hindwing with a broad black band in and behind the cell from the 
base to the dark postmedian spots, the marginal band not interrupted. V forewing with a white antemedian, 
