( 495 ) 



c Bands crimson. 



f/. Band to forewings intermediate iu breadth between that 

 of ])asalis_ W'alker and latifctsciata Butler ; band and sub- 

 marginal spots to liindwings as in the latter form : 



7a. M. basalis guentheri Butler, Avn. Mag. i\'. II. 

 (5). VIII. p. 381. n. ;5 (1881): Waterli., Ai<J II. t. 183. 

 f. 1 (1882-90), from Sumatra. 



Band to forewings broader than in typical guentheri, 

 especially behind ; submarginal spots to hindwings 

 smaller, spots 4 to 7 isolated; sometimes almost identical 

 with narrow- banded pyvozoiih : 



"is. M. basalis g'uentheri ali. butleri I truce, 7'. Z. S. 

 p. 718. t. CI. f. 4 (1882). from Sumatra. 



Ii\ Thorax above orange buff. Base of forewing with a large triangular 

 scarlet patch. 



/t'. Baud to forewings variable in breadth, crossing, with 

 its inner edge, the median nervure at the origin of 

 the second median branch ; band to hindwings mostly 

 reaching costal margin, extending from margin to about 

 one to five millimetres short of cell ; posterior sub- 

 marginal spots, or all the .spots, isolated (PI. VII., fig. 3) : 



8. M. rawakensis (t^'noy ^t Gaim.), Vo;/. (U 

 Freycini'l, t. 84 (1824). 



Sj'n. : Bizcmla opthnii W.-ilker. List llcl. Lep. IS. M. XXXI. \\ Irt.^ 

 (18(U) (Waigeu). 

 .VilioiudJIawiiiiilaYoU., Tijdsrin: c. PJnl. VI. p. 184. t. !>. 



f. 2 (1863) (N. Guinea). 

 Milionia requhia Butl., Ann. .Uiiy. i\'. //. (.5). XII. p. 108 

 (1883). 



The breadth of the band to forewings is very variable ; 

 the submarginal black spots to hindwings are often 

 partly merged together, and the anterior ones sometimes 

 joined to the black area of the wing. 



i^. Band to forewings nearer the apex of the wing; that of 

 hindwings stopping at the upper discoidal vein, entering 

 the apex of cell or touching it ; fringe to hindwing for 

 the most part black (PI. VII., fig. 4) : 



9. M. meeki .lord. & Kothsch., Nov. Zool. p. 464. n. 

 2 (1895), from Fergusson I., D'Entrecasteaux Is. This is 

 ]irolmbly an eastern form of rawakensis ; the connecting 

 links between it and rawakennis may exist in the eastern 

 parts of the main island of ."'.'ew (iuinea. 



A:\ Band to forewings more basal than in rmvakensis ; sub- 

 marginal black spots to hindwings all merged together, 

 and so enlarged that the orange band is reduced to a 



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