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! Tagiades obscurus. 



Tagiades obscurus, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 274 (1876) ; Wood-Mason & 



de Niceville, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, p. 389, pi. xvii. fig. 9, ? . 

 Tagiades distans, Moore, Lep. Cey. vol. i. p. 175, pi. lxviii. figs. 1, 1 a (1880-81). 



Hah. Nilgiri hills {Sampson) ; Ceylon (Mackwood) ; Java % {fide Malille). 



Though I have not been able to compare Malayan with Ceylon specimens, yet the 

 absence of the discal spots relied on by Moore for distinguishing his species is a 

 character of no value, the two spots being sometimes absent in Ceylon specimens. 



It is possible that obscurus, Mab., has not been correctly identified and may be a 

 synonym oi japetus, in which case the name distans will stand. 



Tagiades japetus. 



Papilio japetus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. ccclxv. E, F (1782). 

 Tagiades brasidas, Doherty, Jour. As. Soc. Beng. 1891, p. 195. 



ilab. Java {Piepers) ; Sambawa, Bali, Lombok {Doherty) ; Amboina {coll. Snellen) ; 

 Philippines 1 



Though the characters given in the table to separate this from the last species are 

 fairly constant, } T et T have two females from the Philippines which have the hind wing 

 below rather as in obscurus. Neither of these species is recorded by Semper from the 

 Philippines. 



Tagiades gana. 



Pterygospidea gana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 180. 



Tagiades gana, Distant, Rhop. Mai. p. 388, pi. xxxiv. fig. 2, J 1 (1886). 



Specimens from Java, Nias, Perak, and Pulo Laut are constantly smaller than those 

 from Sikkim. 



Hah. Sikkim ( Moller) ; Perak, Pulo Laut {Doherty) ; Java {Fruhstorfer) ; Andamans 

 {de Boepstorff) ; Palawan {Platen in coll. Staudinger). 



! Tagiades karea. 



Tagiades harea, Mabille, Comptes Rendus Soc. Ent. Belg. iv. no. 16, p. lxxiii (1891) ; Semper, 

 Schmett. Pbilipp. p. 308 (1892). 



Hub. Philippines, generally distributed {Semper). 



! Tagiades elegans. 



Tagiades elegans, Mabille, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1877, p. xl ; Semper, Schmett. Pbilipp. p. 309, 

 pi. xlix. fig. 4, S (1892). 



Ilab. Luzon, E. Mindanao {Semper). 

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