280 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



purrhasia $ f. leona. PI. Ill, f. 2. 



Smaller than average $ 9 <^f parrhasia. The f.-w. almost 

 transparent but having a brownish tinge in reflected light. 

 A faint trace of a blackish mark in middle of cell, costa 

 apex, and liind margin finely dusted with brown scales. 



H.-w. thinly scaled with reddish brown, no basal suifusion, 

 but a narrow brownish hind-marginal border, the ends of 

 nervules, and the internervular rays being slightly marked in 

 darker brown. The underside resembles the upper but the 

 f.-w. is still more devoid of scales, and the h.-w. is ochreous 

 brown. There are black spots as in parrhasia, but those beyond 

 the cell are usually wanting. 



The determination of the identity of Staudinger's A. 

 leona has been a matter of considerable difficulty. After 

 having seen the type however I find that the form is by 

 no means rare in collections. It is always ^ and always 

 from S. Leone, and though ordinary $ $ of parrhasia 

 also come from S. Leone, still I think there can be little 

 doubt that it is a form of that species. Moreover in the 

 Staudinger collection in Berlin there is a ^ example of 

 parrhasia from the same locality which is quite inter- 

 mediate between the typical $ and leona. 



The true affinities of many of these black and red 

 semitransparent forms are extremely difficult to establish, 

 and some of them have entailed laborious, if interesting, 

 research. I am by no means satisfied that I have even 

 now quite unravelled the difficulties. My work has how- 

 ever been greatly assisted by the magnificent collections 

 which the Oxford Museum owes to the generosity of 

 Mr. W. A. Lamborn, who has bred large companies of 

 A. parrhasia and of other species with which it has 

 formerly been confvised. A. parrhasia can at least be 

 easily distinguished from A. p)eneleos and its forms, since 

 the male tarsal claws of the former are symmetrical. 



The larva and pupa of A. parrhasia have been figured 

 by Aurivillius (/. c.) under the name oi peneleos. 



He describes the larva as brown, with very long dorsal spines. 

 Head, dorsal, and dorsolateral spines blackish, and arising from 

 dark transverse bands. The lower lateral spines short and 

 brown at base. 



Pnpa. Pale with the usual black markings. Dorsal abdo- 

 minal spots widely separated, quadrate, and with pale central 

 spots. Well-developed short tubercles on segments 2-7. 



