( 584 ) 



of median black line, more than to I'l mm. wide at costal vd'^o of win^^; snb- 

 median and median lines joinin<r each other in front, except in one individual ; discal 

 line stronglj- incurved from ( ' to R', behind R- only I mm. distant from median 

 line, in one e.xample confluent with that line from U' to H"; discal spots all rod ; 

 spilt R- — W also red, lonu', more or less encircled white; s]iots C — .M' with heavy 

 black trianu'ular patches at outside ; abdominal median liars (SM') — SM' heavy, 

 somewhat flexnose, mostly tonchini;- or almost touching anal luanle of discal series 

 at (SM'); median bar M- — (S5I') ])resent, but mostly very short ; lines upon SM-and 

 S5P thinner towards their end than in j»/)-//i'/s //t/rr/i'ts, but heavier at base than in 

 biiruanus ; submarginal white duts smaller tluin in /jnri/ii»ii.s : subniarjrinal area 

 slate-colour. 



Ha/j. Laiwui, Island of Obi (W. Doherty, S.^ptemlier 1897), S cjc?. 



;">/■. E. pyrrhus gilolensis (Fig. 2S, J). 



Charaxes gUohnsh Bntlor, L,jk EjoI. I. p. 14. t. 5. f. G. t. 0. f. 3 (18ri9) (Katjan; (iilolo); Kirby, 

 0(/. Dinrii. Lej). p. 271. n. 37 (1S76) (Gilolo ; Batjan) ; Oberth., Ann. Miis. Ci,-, Geimvii 

 XV. p. 504 (1879) (Halmaheira) : Staud., Erol. H.-hmetl. p. 173 (188i;) (Batjan) ; Ribbo, 

 /nx I. p. 205. n. 70 (1887) (Batjan) ; Butl., .Touyn. Lhiii. S,,,; /,,„/,/. XXV. p. 387. n. lOf. 

 (1895) (Batjan, ////«). 



Cluirnxcs jjyrihii.i van. r/ilofensif, Pagenstecher, Jnhrli. Xn.ii:. Vei: Xnl. XXXVTI. p. 187 (1884). 



c?. Differs from obieii.v'a especially in tlie black area o( the upperside of the 

 hindwing being narrower, in the white discal band of the underside being much 



Fin. 28. 



longer, extending to R' or nearly to M-, being much purer white, with the outer 

 edge better defined, in the discal black line standing farther away from median line 

 behind R-, and in the adnuirgiiial spots of up[)er- and underside being heavier, less 

 constricted in middle. 



I'ppei-xide. Forewing : glaucous white scaling in cell seldom denser near 



origin of M'; median jiatch R^ — M' varying considerably in size, diameter 2^ to 

 5 mm., sometimes smaller than spot R- — R\ distance between these spots A to 3 mm. 

 in different individuals ; first submarginal dot vestigial or nearly as large as spot 



R' — R", rarely absent. Glaucous white area of luudwiiig extending along JI' and 



M", mostly joining the admarginal spots, isolating r(ini]iletely two niuniled, ellij)soid, 



