196 NOVITATBS ZOOLOGICAE XXIII. 1916. 



Nearest some forms of D. subrepleta excubitor ab. sodalis Moore, in which, 

 however, the abdominal-marginal band is confluent with the cell-spot. 



18. Agathia lycaenaria (Koll.) 



This species shows considerable geographical variation, to which attention has 

 not hitherto been called. The name-type, inhabiting North India (and from which 

 I do not at present separate the forms from the Malay Peninsula and Hong Kong, 

 Hainan, etc., though I believe that better material will reveal the existence of 

 two further races), is excellently figured by Herrich-Schaeffer, Samml. Äusserem-- 

 Schmett. i., fig. 339, under the synonym of albiangularia, and has a ? with the 

 markings much broader, not or scarcely interrupted. Guenee's figure {Spec. Gen. 

 Lep. ix. t. 3, f. 12), on a Masuri ? , but probably defective, shows <5 coloration, the 

 postmedian band complete but narrow. The following subspecies are to be 

 differentiated : 



A. lycaenaria impar snbsp. nov. S: Fore wing with postmedian band much 

 narrower, the mark at R 3 -M ! reduced to a small lunule, that of hindmargin close 

 to tornus or wanting. $ : Markings broader than in the name-type. 



S. India: Belgaum, Travancore, etc. Type (Belgaum, August 1895) in coll. 

 Tring Mus. 



A. lycaenaria luzonensis subsp. nov. S ? : Markings in both sexes broken 

 into spots. 



Near Manila (J. Whitehead). Type in coll. Tring Mus. 



I only know two examples, but according to Semper {Schmett. Philipp, ii. 

 638) this form is constant on the Philippines. 



A. lycaenaria par snbsp. nov. <$ , 33-34 mm. ; ?, 37-38 mm. Sexes alike, 

 the 6 having more broadly discolorous costal margin of forewing and more reddish 

 markings than the <$ of the other forms. Forewing with postmedian band broken 

 into spots, about as in I. luzonensis but rather more oblique outward in anterior 

 half, the spot at R'-M 1 (which is intermediate in size between those of I. lycaenaria 

 and I. impar'), closely approaching termen posteriorly, succeeded by an additional 

 red dot in front of M 2 ; hindmarginal spot near tornus. Hindwing with the tail at 

 Ft 3 scarcely so strong as in the other forms, midterminal blotch more pyramidal 

 than in the other forms, expanding gradually to termen ; abdominal-marginal spot 

 nearer tornus than in the other forms. 



Palos Bay, Celebes, August — September 1896 (W. Doherty) ; Towaya, N. 

 of the Bay, a pair, including type ; Dongala, S. of the Bay, a pair ; all in coll. 

 Tring Mus. 



Possibly a distinct species. 



A. lycaenaria hedia subsp. nov. S; Forewing nearly as in I. impar, the post- 

 median spot at R 3 -M ] rarely quite so small, that at hindmargin (except in one or 

 two Snnda Island specimens) less abnormally placed ; triangular terminal marks 

 at R 2 and R 3 reduced, the anterior one almost or quite obsolete. Hindwing about 

 as in I. impar. $ : Near that of I. luzonensis, or intermediate towards I. lycaenaria, 

 the postmedian of both wings somewhat more nearly approaching the termen in 

 middle, the midterminal spot of hindwing consequently reduced. 



Queensland : Townsville (F. P. Dodd), a series in coll. Tring Mus. I also 

 refer here, at least provisionally, the few specimens I have seen from the Sunda 

 Islands (Java, Sumba, Alor, Timor), though the females, at least on the more 

 westerly islands, deviate less from I. lycaenaria,. 



