AMATHUSIINAE 
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TAENARIS 
Genus TAENARIS Hubner. 
Verzeiclmiss bekannter Schiiietterliugej p. 53^ 1816. 
Antennae about half the lengtli of costa, with clubs long, gradual and slender. Eyes sinootli. Fore¬ 
wing with vein 11 from subcostal before end of coll: vein 10, vein 0, and vein 8, arising close together 
from vein 7: cell closed: lower edge of cell very much longer than uijper edge: dorsum near ])ase, and 
vein la near base, bowed downwards in the male. Hindwing with cell open: termen evenly rounded. 
The sexmarks of the male consist of a pencil of long liairs near base of hindwing above, directed towards 
costa and jiarlly hidden by the dorsal lobe of forewing: and a imtcli of long hairs close to vein lb 
near tornus of liindAving above, 
Tvpk. Taena ris Urania Ijinne, from the "Moluccas. 
This genus has its lioad r|uarrers in New Guinea, hut ranges from the southern end of the ‘IMalay 
Peninsula to (he Solomons. All tiie species of the genus have a common facies, and most of lliom 
two largo round dark ocelli on hindwing beneath. 
51. Taenaris artemis Snellen van Vollenhovoii. (New Guinea). 
51a. T. artemis jamesi. Butler. Fig. 790. 
Proceedings Zoological Society London 1876, p. 767, pi. 77, fig. 4. 
<?. Above. *Forewing usually grey, with a broad streak (not reaching costa nor extending below vein 
3) from just within cell to termen, Avhite: sometimes white, with costa, apex and tornus, grey: tornal 
grey margin sometimes reduced to a few scales: basal portion of dorsal area, yellow-brown: vein la 
strongly bowed, and dorsum distinctly lobed near base. Tlindwiiig white, with variable marginal 
areas, grey: basal jiorfion of dorsal area, usually to vein 2 but sometimes extending into cell, yellow: 
a small variable ocellus in area 2, black centred bluish, narrowly margined yellow, and sometimes 
ringed dark grey; subapical ocellus of undersurface visible: a ])ntch of long hairs between vein la and 
vein 2. yellowish: a pencil of strong hairs just below median near base, dark broum: a bnncli of 
liairs (not set in a black area) in area lb near tornus, light brown. 
Bexeath. Forewing as above: yellow dorsal scales absent, TTindwing as aliove: a subapical and 
a subiornal large whitc-j^upilled ocellus, black, margined yellow and ringed dark grey: centre of sub- 
tornnl ocellus distant from termen onethird the length of vein 3. 
Q. Above and Bexeath as in male; grey areas darker: dorsum of forewing straight: sexmarks absent. 
Loo. "narnley Ts, 4 5 12. 2q. 
This species was described from Yule Ts.. which is no great distance from onr locality. 
52. Taenaris catops TVestwood. Fig. 781. 
Genera Diurnai Lepidoptera, p. 335, 1851. 
$. Above. Forewing white: costa narrowly dark grey. TTindwing white; base of cell and of area la 
with long hairs, yellow: ocelli of undersurface visible. 
Bexeatii. Forewing as above. Ilindwing white: costa narroAvly dark grey: dorsal area faintly 
yellow; a subapical and a subtornal large white ]ni])illed ocellus, black margined yellow and ringed 
dark grey: centre of subtornal ocellus distant frmn termen one half the length of vein 3. 
Lor. Darnley Is. 5. 2 Q. 
"We have only the one sex from within Australian limits. Our males of co'fops from the Aru Ts. 
show a bunch of light brown hairs, set in a small black area, in area lb of bindwing above near toimus. 
The foreAving is distinctly shorter than in artemis jamesi but the dearest point of distinction is the 
distance of the subtornal ocellus from the termen. When longer Australian series are available, and the 
subfamily is again monographed, this form will no doubt receive a name as a subspecies. 
Subfamily NYMPHALINAE. 
OvuAi. Very varial)le in form: usually both horizontally^ and vertically ril)bed. 
Larva. Snbcylindrical: spiny or with fleshy prominences (except Eulepis) : rarely gregarious: feeds 
u])on loAV-groAving jilants and shrubs, and often forsakes the foodplant to ])upate. (Fig. L36, L41). 
Pupa. Angular: often gi’otes(inely angular: (in Eulepis smooth and rounded) : often Avith brilliant 
metallic markings: susiiended by the tail. (Fig. P36). 
