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Distrib, Sumatra, with the following additional sub- 

 species in Malaysia : — 



E. m. brookei Moore Borneo. 



E. m. morrisi Hag. Mentawei Is. 



I E. m. thiemei Fruhst. Nias I. 



33. Euploea deheeri Doh. lamos Pruhst. 



Euploea deheeri lamos Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 231. 



Distrib. East Java, with other subspecies outside the 

 Malaysian subregion from Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores. 



Subgenus Crastia, Hiibn. 



Key to the Malay Peninsula forms : — 



a. With marginal spots on fore wing. 

 b. Inner row of marginal spots white and 



large graminifera. 



b'. Marginal spots small or obsolescent, 



yellowish ; apex of fore wing violaceous godarti. 

 a'. Without marginal spots on fore wing. 



b. White streaks of sub-marginal row in 

 hind wing above long, not sharply de- 

 fined inwardly. 



, , c. Male sexual brand on fore wing 



small ; female without white 

 spots on fore wing above. Exp. 

 al. 80-90 mm. gardineri. 



c\ Male sexual brand on fore wing 

 larger ; female with four white 

 spots on fore wing above. Exp. 

 al. 98-102 ram. monticola. 



b\ White streaks of sub-marginal row in 

 hind wing above shorter and well-de- 

 fined. Male sexual streak much larger menetriesi. 



34. Euploea core Cr. graminifera Moore. 



Euploea core graminifera Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 230. 

 Euploea distanti Distant 1882, p, 32, Tab V, flg. 9, d", 



Loc. Singapore (Raffles Mus.). Province Wellesley 

 (Distant). ^ 



Fruhstorfer restricts core to India, with subspecies 

 in the Himalayas, Ceylon and the above for the Malay 

 Peninsula. Moore ^ gives no more definite locality for his 

 type of graminifera. Fruhstorfer {I.e.) states it is un- 

 known to him in nature. 



Moore describes distanti from Sumatra and gives, as 

 an additional locality, the Malay Peninsula (Province 

 Wellesley) . Fruhstorfer suggests that distanti is the repre- 

 sentative of core on Sumatra, but he retains the two as 

 separate species. The single Singapore male in the Raffles 

 Museum agrees well with Moore's figure of distanti,' which 

 in turn is very close to the Sumatran form. I think there- 



' Moore, 1883, pp. 277-278, pi. XXIX, fig. 6. ~ 



