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Which of the three possibilities here adduced will ultimately prove to be the true 

 explaDiition, we do not venture to suggest. Anyhow, we have the interesting fact 

 that there are in Java two forms, of which, though not very different from one 

 another, the one resembles more the summer broods of continental athaman, while 

 the other agrees more closely with athamas from the Lesser Sunda Islands. 



The ua.mea /rukstorferi and balavumus apply to the individuals with the paler 

 underside ; attains and phrixtis to the broader-banded specimens with the darker 

 underside. 



y. E. athamas attains f. attalus (Nov. Zool. V. t. XI. f 1, S). 



S ?. Band varying on forewing before SM" from 9^ to lOi mm., at least twice 

 as broad at that vein as the black basal area ; on hindwing the inner edge of the 

 band crosses SC^ just at (not beyond) origin of R' ; discal spot R' — R'' of forewing 

 smaller than in athamas athamas f. temp, hh'trata ; one, seldom two, submarginal 

 dots ; submarginal spots of hindwing larger than in f temp, bharata ; costal angle 

 of hindwing less rounded ; tooth at SC^ more prominent ; femora black with white, 

 scattered scales; underside of body and basal region of wings as in f. temp, athamas. 



g\ E. athamas attalus f fruhstorferi (Nov. Zool. V. t. XL f 3, ? , type). 



S- Wings shaped as in the Suutli Indian f (temp. ?) ngrarius, more elong.ate 

 than in f. attalus. 



Upperside. Forewing: discal band varying in width at SM- from 7 to 8 mm., 



one-quarter or less wider than the black basal area ; discal spot R' — R- concave 

 pro.ximally, variable in size ; submarginal dot SC* — R' always well marked, often 



with a second in front. Hindwing : pale subanal abdominal patch very distinct, 



mostly joined to the discal band ; submarginal white dots as large as in f. attalus, 

 the last two separate as in f. attains ; admarginal spots tawny, anal one very pale. 



Underside pale ; basal region of both wings and abdominal area of hindwing 



vinaceous silvery grey. Forewing with one or two dots in cell, cell-bar reaching 



SC before upper angle of cell ; median bar M' — M-, as in f. attains, more proximal 



than in the ordinary specimens of £ temp, athamas. Hindwing : submarginal 



black spots transverse. 



Underside of palpi and sterna more white than in f. attains and f. temp. 

 athamas ; femora all greyish white on account of the dense whitish scaling. 



?. Similar to S, but wings broader. Forewing mostly with a second, small, 

 submarginal spot behind (not before, as in S) the ordinary spot SC'^ — R' ; discal 

 spot R' — R- often with a small spot in front ; admarginal tawny ochreons spots of 

 hindwing all marked, larger than in c?, larger above than below ; basal half of 

 abdomen below grey or greyish white. 



Ilab. Java. 



In Tring Museum, 9 c?c?, 3? ? : 



f. attains from Mt. Gede, 40Ui) feet, August 1892 {11. Fruhslorfer) ; the 

 ti/jie labelled " Java, coll. V. d. (iapell." Perhiips tlic mountain form. 

 A transition to the next from S. Java, 15(10 feet (H. Fruhstorfer). 

 f fruhstor/eri from Batavia and S. Java, 15U0 feet (H. Fruhstorfer). 

 Perhaps the lowland form. 



The larva and chrysalis are figured by Horsfield, i.e. ; they agree with those of 



