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covers so much as the basal third. The Ught spots formmg 

 a double hind-marginal border to the hind wing are smallei 

 liian u? malaijana and the inner row is incomplete on the 

 upper side. 



Fruhstorfer states that malayana is fairly numerous 

 in Bangkok, and that it will, in his opinion, certainly extend 

 still further along the coast of Siam. 



25«. Danaida afiinis Fab. artenice Cr. 



lianaida afjlnis arlentce Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 200. 



Fruhstorfer comments on the rarity of this form. 

 The Director of the Zoological Museum, Buitenzorg, has 

 sent me for examination three males and one female from 

 Purmerend and Edam, Batavia Bay. They agree weU with 

 Piepers' figure ^ ; they measure 55-65 mm. across the wings 

 against 50 mm. recorded by Fruhstorfer. Piepers^ states 

 it is common in the low^er districts of Batavia. 



The subgenus Danciida contains one other species from 

 the Malaysian subregion in addition to the above. 



26. Danaida lotis Cr. lotis Cr. 



Danaida lotis lotis Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 197. 



Distiih. Borneo, with other subspecies from Celebes 

 and the Philippines. The only Malaysian subspecies are : — 



D. I. lotis Cr. Borneo. 



D. I. mezentiiis Fruhst. N. E. Borneo and Balabac I. 



/) /. lotina Fruhst. Natuna Is. 



Genus Ei ploea, Fab. 



The following key, which is based on male characters 

 only and therefore does not apply to females, will serve to 

 distinguish the ditterent subgenera, or " groups " as 

 Fruhstorfer regards them, into w^hich this genus is 

 divided : — 



a. Without pale patch of specialized scales 

 in the costal rei'ion of hind wing. 

 b. Without sexual brand on fore wing Menama. 



l)\ With one well-detined sexual brand be- 

 tween median and internal nervures of 

 fore wing Crastia. 



b\ With two well-defined sexual brands be- 

 tween median and internal nervures of 

 fore wing Stictoploea. 



a\ With pale patch of specialized scales in 

 the costal region of the hind wing of 

 the male. 

 b. Patch quite small, in cell of hind wing 

 below the origin of first subcostal 

 nervule Trepsichrois. 



PiEPEus. 1913, p. 33, pi. XIV, fig. 26. 



