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(c) H. n. narada, Horsf. 



This is the smallest and least brilliant race, and is confined 

 to Java. The black border in the male is not nearly so narrowed 

 posteriorly as in the preceding subspecies, and is more even. 

 The female type has the blue scaling on the hind wing extending 

 in the form of rays along veins 2, 3 and 4 right to the margin. 



(d) H. n. salvia, Friihst. 



Described from N. Borneo. Friihstorfer describes it as having 

 & much narrower black distal border to the fore wing than the 

 preceding. The reverse is the case in all the specimens I have 

 examined, but the inner edge of this border is a great deal more 

 diffuse than in the subspecies mentioned so far, and the under- 

 side is very dull and uniform, even the hind wing submarginal 

 bands being hardly discernible. Only known from N. Borneo. 



(e) H. n. ericlisojii, Felder. 



Very similar to salvia, Friihst., above, but far less uniform on 

 the underside. Of the two distal grey bands on the hind wing 

 below, the inner is by far the more conspicuous. Originally 

 described from Luzon, and said by Friihstorfer to come also from 

 Palawan and Bazilan ; I have only seen it from Luzon. 



(f ) H. n. plateni, ssp. nov. 



$ . Differs from all the preceding races in that the distal 

 Hack border occupies the whole of the area from costa to upper 

 «dge of cell, the whole of the apical area, areas 4 and 5 with the 

 exception of a few scattered scales proximally, more than half 

 of area 3, rather less than half of area 2, and is 3 mm. wide 

 at its narrowest point in area lb. In effect the border appears to 

 occupy practically the whole of the distal half of the wing. On 

 the hind wing the blue does not extend into area 6 at all. Under- 

 side dark, greenish, markings as in erichsonii. 



B.M. Type No. Eh. 203, $ ; Davao, S.E. Mindanao (Dr. Platen), 

 ex Godman & Salvin Coll. 



The female (B.M. Type No. Kh. 204) from the same source 

 is very dark above with only a trace of blue distally in the cell 

 on the hind wing, and a large blue patch on the fore wing 

 occupying the bulk of areas la, lb and the cell, but only extending 

 into area 2 in the form of a few scattered scales. The underside 

 is smooth dull ochreous, the markings very fine and delicate. 



Apparently confined to Mindanao. 



(To be continued.) 



