( 364) 



On the underside the forewing is in all three males nearly the same in colonr ; 

 the hindwing has the anterior margin fuscous close to the apex, and is marked with 

 a costal, a postmedian (behind vein 2), and a subanal spot in specimens B and C, 

 while in individual A there is an additional postmedian spot on the disc. 



?. One specimen from Mt. Gede (in Dr. Staudinger's collection) resembles 

 }nale A very much on the upperside, except that there is no discal postmedian 

 fuscons spot on the liindwing ; beneath, the hindwing has a dot in the centre of 

 the cell, another at the apex of the cell, besides a costal mark (separated into two 

 by vein 8) and two spots near anal angle. A second female from Mt. Gede 

 is similar, but has the fuscons colour of the forcwing much overshaded with white : 

 on the hindwing above there is one distinct spot only, behind vein 2 ; on underside 

 the spot in the centre of the cell of the forewing has nearly disappeared, the hind- 

 wing has a spot at costal margin and two in anal region. In the otheT/emales from 

 Mt. Gede the fuscons colonr of the forewing is more or less completely replaced 

 by white ; the black spots of forewing and hindwing below are also liable to 

 disappear, one female being quite white beneath, except a few fuscous scales at the 

 costal and outer margins of the forcwing ; in one of these pale individuals there 

 is an indication of a brown outer border to the underside of the hindwing. 



Hah. Java : Mt. Gede, W. Java, 4000 feet (H. Fruhstorfer, 1896), o ? ; 

 Palabuan, S. Java (zV/., 1892), 1 S; Bali (1 $ in coll. Dr. Staudingcr). 



Whether the Java and Bali specimens differ subspecifically we do not know, 

 because we have seen only one individual from the latter locality. K . J. 



34. Asota suflPasa (PI. IV. fig. 3). 



/7^i)So «/J(/era Tar. JSi/irusa Snellen, TijihcJir. v. Eni. XXXIV. p. 252. sub n. 51 (1891) (Flores) ;. 

 Eober, I.e. XXXIV. p. 32G (1891) (Maumorie). 



We have a specimen of Asota which agrees very well with Snellen's description 

 of what he calls alhifera var. suffusa, except in some minor points ; it is a female, 

 like the type-specimen, and is certainly not a variety of albifera. A. alhifera of 

 Snellen is Walker's plana, and alhifera var. suff'usa means that suffusa is a 

 geographical form, or a subspecies, of alhifera = plana ; the specimens of plana 

 from Flores (and the other lesser Snnda Islands) are, however, not subspecifically 

 different from plana from Java, and hence suffusa must either be an individual 

 aberration or a distinct species. The former it cannot very well be, as it differs 

 considerably, besides in colour, in the shape of the wings from plana. 



A. suffusa seems to me to stand best between A. elara and A. istkmia. 



llab. Flores ; Maumerie ; Alor (W. Doherty, October 1891), 1 ?. K. J. 



35. Asota isthmia. 



Ilypsa isthmia Walker, List Lep. Ihi. B. M. VII. p. 1074 (1850) (Manila) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Ilet. 



ilus. Oxf. I. p. 89. n. 390. t. 3. f. 2 (1892) (Manila). 

 Neochera (?) isthmia, Butler, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lund. p. 329. n. 7 (1875). 

 Neochera isthmia, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. I. p. 390. n. 9 (1892) (Manila). 



The antennae of the male have lateral impressions' and tufts of fine hairs. 



In the only specimen (cJ) from the island of Negros the white patch of the 

 forcwing situated below the apex of the cell is more extended than in the males 

 from Mindoro ; the white band on the underside outside the cell is also wider, while 

 the black border to the hindwing is considerably narrower. Luzon individuals are 



