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ORETA. By W. Warren. 
cervina. 
variegata. 
sublusiris. 
nigristriata. 
cervina. 
pnrpurissa. 
rufibrun- 
nea. 
rufula. 
rubicunda. 
dissimilis. 
which I mention them here, or separable species, the future must show. They agree with the 3 topical specimens 
in exhibiting the costal margin very much flawed at two thirds, like in the Genera Canucha and Campylopteryx 
into which they might be inserted. But the characteristical marking so exactly agrees with that of the preceding 
species that I range them here for the present. The first, ab. cervina ab. nov. (50 g) is quite 'fawn-coloured with 
scattered dark dots, both lines extinct; the proximal line, at the costal margin, is followed by a dull dark shade. 
Hindwing with a flesh-coloured ochreous costal-marginal area; near the base a light line and at the margin 
some small dark spots. Beneath both wings deep carmine; the distal line of the forewing is black; along the 
submedian space on the forewing and along the costa of the hindwing some black little strokes. Head, legs, 
chest and ventrum bright red; thorax and dorsum of abdomen coloured like the wings. 1 from the neigh¬ 
bourhood of the Oetakwa River. -—- The second specimen, ab. variegata ab. nov. (50 h) is in the discal area 
of the forewing and the whole hindwing deep red-brown. The basal area of the forewing is lighter, brownish- 
ochreous marked with a dark streak, and the costoapical area is similarly streaked; the marginal area behind 
the distal line is greenish-grev, marbled darker; the distal area with red-brown longitudinal spots between 
the veins. Hindwing with a deep pinkish flesh-coloured costal-marginal area; the proximal and distal lines 
are light yellow. Subterminal line dentate, flesh-coloured, before it black shading; fringes of both wings blackish- 
brown. Under surface as in cervina. Head, legs, chest, and ventrum bright red; shoulders whitish, thorax 
and patagia olive-brown; dorsum of abdomen red-brown, its base with a brown knob. 1 $ from the Oetakwa 
District. Thus the typical specimen as well as the two aberrations have been captured at the same habitat. 
0. sublustris sp. nov. (50 h). Forewing olive-fawn coloured with a slight red shade; the interstices 
are speckled dark; costal margin narrow red; no proximal line, except traces exhibited by a small dark oblique 
streak at the costal margin. At each end of the transverse vein a white dot; distal line red or brown, distally 
bordered with a light yellow; the line close before the apex angular and bent back towards the costa where 
there is sometimes a dark spot. On the hindwing the dark line is extinct near the base, except in the brown- 
lined specimens. Under surface dull dark red with blackish spots; the distal line and the lower half of the fore¬ 
wing blackish except below the submedian fold; upper half of the distal line with a broad, lustrous streak; 
fringes of hindwings bright orange-red. Head and legs bright red; thorax and dorsum of abdomen like the 
wings. Some specimens are darker than the type, one is much redder. — A single specimen, ab. nigristriata ab. 
nov. (50 h) has the black streaks particularly well developed; the basal area of the forewing is full of small black 
spots forming curved lines, those at the anal angle of both wings are formed by spots; costal-marginal spots of 
forewing blacker and larger; discal area browner. The type as well as the aberration from the Oetakwa River, 
the darker brown specimens from the Upper Setekwa River, the redder form from the Biagi, Mambare River, 
New Guinea. Smaller than cervina Warr. (50 h); all the specimens are <$<$. 
0. cervina Warr. (50 h). Forewing fawn-coloured. Colouring with a distinct olive tinge and short 
dark transverse dashes. No distinct proximal line; the distal line is reddish-orange, slightly curved from the 
apex to the middle of the proximal margin; apex filled up with small black scales; fringes dark brown; white 
dots on the middle and at the ends of the angular transverse vein. Hindwing with the orange line at 2 / 3 ; costal- 
marginal area flesh-coloured, the rest like the forewing beneath of a bright deep red with rows of dark spots 
in the interspaces, and the distal lines thick and black; face, chest, and forelegs bright scarlet; vertex brown. 
Thorax like the forewings. Shoulders light grey; dorsum of abdomen olive, tinted red; ventrum and legs scarlet. 
The $ is above redder, beneath less red. Biagi (Mambare River, British New Guinea). This species varies 
likewise. In 2 from the Upper Setekwa, 3 C jo from the Ninay Valley, 2 from the Oetakwa, and 1 q 
from Mt. Goliath the ground-colour varies from olive-fawny, olive-green to olive-brown and olive red-brown; 
the distal line from broad to narrow brown, and in some cases only its light yellow distal half is to be seen; the 
apex filled up with black, as described in the type, is rare. — 3 other forms of the $ must be separated. In 
purpurissa ab. nov. (50 h) from the Upper Setekwa the whole upper surface of both wings is violettish 
slate-coloured, the distal line broadly edged with dark brown, with a whitish line, crossing the hindwing at 
1 / 4 ; the costal margin of the hindwing is deep flesh-coloured; thorax and abdomen coloured like the wings. — 
ab. rufibrunnea ab. nov. is deep red-brown, all the lines and markings hidden, costa of forewing behind the 
middle pink; 2 from Mt. Goliath, both somewhat oily. — ab. rufula ab. nov. (50 b) is light reddish fawn- 
coloured, the lines fine. — Another $-form is worth being mentioned: ab. rubicunda ab. nov. (50 h). Much 
redder than the type and more streaked; basal area traversed by 5 or 6 bent lines of confluent dashes; the distal 
line thick and diffuse, deep brown, distally edged by a flesh-coloured line. The area below the middle is 
filled up with brown between the proximal line and distal line. In the hindwing the brown line forms the proxi¬ 
mal border of a band the distal border of which is dentate in the middle, like in the preceding species; this 
$ originates from the Oetakwa River. 
0. dissimilis sp. nov. (50 i). Forewing light olive-grey with a yellowish shade, covered with 
small, lustrous, lilac scales almost forming a lustrous line below the red costal margin; no trace of the 
proximal line, distal line double, filled up with dark violettish-brown and lustrous small scales, extending straight 
from the proximal margin to the costal margin close before the apex which is filled up with black. The whole 
