( '^T(i ) 



ijiiiti' jiussiMr tliu( the clillVruiKfs wliicli inipcar lo us lo bu googiajiliicul will turn 

 out to be individual on examination of larjjer numbers, and this is the reason why 

 we leave the specimens from continental Asia, Ceylon and the Andamans under one 

 subspecific name. There are names for nearly all the possible subspecies of which 

 specimens exist in collections. The name oi dyras would apply to the Ceylon forn. ; 

 massurensis to tliat from N.W. India ; orieiis=fusce.^ce.n.s to that from Sikhim and 

 Bhutan ; etc. 



In the Sikhim sjiccimeiis the tenth stcrnite of tlie ,S (Pi. XXVI. f. '.)) is 

 eloni;atc-bell-shaped, the sides being rounded, and the mesial tidjercle of the vaginal 

 j)late (Plate XVIII. f. 17) of the S is heavy, globose, more or less faintly grooved 

 in middle. 



Tlie si>ecinu'ns from Assam liave a more slender and longer tenth sternite, it 

 being sometimes very narrow and straight (PI. XXVI. f. \'Z), while the antevaginal 

 tubercle is the same as in the Sikhim individuals. 



In Soutli Indian SS the tenth sternite stands in shape midway between that 

 of Sikhim and Assam examples, while it is broad, obtusely triangular (PI. XVIII. 

 f. 10) in Ceylon individuals. The antevaginal tubercle is in Ceylonese ?? very 

 prominent, constricted at the base, knob-shaped, sulcate. 



The differences in colonr on whicii Butler relied when describing his "species" 

 are quite inconstant. 



Larva and ciirysalis figured by Moore (see above). 



Ilab. China, Tonkin, Siam, N.W. India, Bhutan, Sikhim, Assam, southward 

 to Ceylon and the Andamans ; certainly also in Burma and Tennasserim. 



In the Tring Museum 24 SS, 12 '? ? from : Ceylon ; S. India ; Jaiutia Hills ; 

 Kliasia Hills ; Sikhim ; Tonkin. 



b. Af. dijras jaeanica. 



Smeriiiflim dri/as, Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, Git. Lep. Ins. Mas. E. I. C. i. p. 264. n. 608 (18.57) 



(partial; Java) ; Boisd., Hjicc. Gen. Lrp. Uet. i. p. 20. n. 5 (1875) (partim ; Java); Bartel, 



in Riihl, G nix.isrhtn. ii. p. 160 (1000) (partim ; Java). 

 Smtriuthvx jxiniUelis Moore, I.e. (nom. nud. ; sub syn.). 

 SmerhithiiH hni-xfiehii Moore, I.e. (nom. nud ; sub syn.). 

 *TripU)gi)ii jaranira Butler, Proc. Zoal. Sor. Loud. p. ■-'54. n 42 (1875) (Java : — Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Tran!<. Zonl. Soc. Lond. ix. p. 587. n. 8 (1877). 

 ilaiKmha jaranira, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 708. n. 22 (1892) ; Huwe, Berl. Eut. Zeit.ieln: .\1. 



p. 370. n. 46 (1895) (Java). 

 Poiyptyrhiis di/nis, Hampson, in Blanf., Fauna Bitt. Lid., Mollis i. p. 69. n. 91 (1892) (partim ; 



Java) ; Semp., Srlim. Philipp. ii. p. .391. n. 21 (1896) (Luzon, ii. ; Cebu ; Mindanao). 

 Sinei-inthns .yinrlihi.-: Picpers, Tijd.-irhi: Ent. xl. p. 98. t. 1. f. 23. 24 (horn of /.) (1897) ; Bartel, /.-■. 



p. 158 (19I1II) (partim ; Java). 



(? ?. Apical area of underside of forewing in c? less tawny than in di/ras fli/ras, 

 sometimes not more tawny than the disc ; ground-colour of forewing of ? deeper 

 tawny than in (h/ra.s di/raet, less grey. Tenth abdominal sternite of S broadly 

 bell-shaped (PI. XXVI. f. 11), broader than in the continental individuals. Mesial 

 tidjercle of vaginal jdate (PI. XVIII. f. 18) uot very prominent, the part of the 

 plate at the sides of the tubercle not concave, sometimes even slightly convex, 

 the structure recalling that of the plate oi qi(crctit<. 



Ilah. Java ; Phili])pine Islands : Luzon, Cebu, Mindanao. Probably also on 

 Sumatra, Borneo, and Palawan. 



In the Tring Museum 2 Jc?, 5 ¥ ? from Java. 



