300 Ll'C^ENIDJE. 



672. Allotinus subviolaceus, FeUler, Novara Reise, Lep. ii, 1866 



p. 286, pi. 35, tigs. 27, 28. 



Allotinus alkamah, Distant, Rhop. Malay. 1886, p. 452, pi. 44 

 fig. 3 d"; de N. Butt. 2nd. iii, 1890, p. 30. 



c? . Upperside : brownish black. Fore wing : a medial area from 

 base broadening outwards and extended to a little past the apex of 

 cell, violaceous. This pale area varies very much in width and 

 extent. In typical specimens from Java it is most restricted, but 

 in those from the Malay Peninsula and Tenasserim (allcamah, 

 Distant) it occupies a much larger extent of the wing. Hind 

 wing : a broad medial longitudinal violaceous streak not extended 

 to the termen. Underside: pale brownish white with darker 

 specks, spots and transverse striae. These markings on both fore 

 and hind wings tend to coalesce and form broken transverse bands, 

 the detached portions of each band placed more or less en echelon 

 one with the other. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen pale 

 brown ; beneath : the palpi almost white, the thorax and abdomen 

 paler than on the upperside. $ . Upperside : similar to that of 

 the d 1 , but the violaceous area on both fore and hind wings of 

 much greater extent. Underside : also similar to that of the c? 

 but the ground-colour brighter with a tinge of yellow ; the 

 markings more ochraceous than brown, more conspicuous and 

 prominent. Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen as in the c? 

 but paler. 



Exp. <$ $ 34-40 mm. (1-36-1-56 '). 



Hab. Within our limits found in Lower Burma and Tenasserim ; 

 extending through the Malayan Subregion to Java. 



673. Allotinus taras, Doherty, J. A. S. B. 1889, p. 437, pi. 23, 

 fig. 10 J; de N. (Paragerydus) Butt. Ind, iii, 1890, p. 27. 



<S . Upperside : similar to that in A.horsfieldi but uniform, with 

 no pale elongate patch beyond apex of cell. Underside : dull 

 white. Fore wing : the apex and termen anteriorly shaded with 

 brown, the basal two-thirds with transverse brown spots and 

 strigae, the former varying much in size, some only minute specks; 

 the dorsal margin to some extent nearly free of these brown 

 specks, spots and strigae. Hind wing: no brown shading, but 

 similar transverse markings of brown specks, spots and strigaj; 

 a very obscure and incomplete, subbasal, very narrow, transverse 

 brown band, followed by a discal /igzag similar band much broken 

 anteriorly. Antenna3, head, thorax and abdomen brown ; the 

 palpi, thorax and abdomen speckled with white. $ . Similar in 

 ground-colour and markings to the tf , but differs as follows : a 

 pale diffuse patch on the upperside of the fore wing from base, but 

 not extended above the posterior half of the cell above, or out- 

 wards to the terminal margin. Underside : the broad immaculate 

 margin to the dorsum of the fore wing broader and whiter than in 

 the c? , and in all specimens that I have seen both fore and hind 



