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fascia is nearly white, and is continued half way across the posterior 

 wings, and the black spots in the latter are very broad and confluent, 

 without white in the centre." Dr. Moore separated H. bernardus from 

 II. jpolyxena, and noted that " Tliis species \hernardiis'\ is distinct from 

 II. 2)olyxena, Cramer, and is allied to the Indian H. jnlinder^ Butler, 

 and Zf. hippanax, Felder." Fabricius described the medial band across 

 the forewing on the upperside in P. bernardus as "flava," which is 

 yellow, while Dr. Moore calls it "bluisli-white." Donovan's figure of 

 P. bernardus shows this band white just tinged with yellow. Fabricius' 

 description of P. bernardus evidently applies to Cramer's figure of 

 P. polyxena. In describing the male of H. bernardus Dr. Moore says 

 that the white band on the upperside of the forewing ends " At the 

 lower [first] median veinlet." This is probably a slip for submedian 

 nervure. Messrs. Rothschild and Jordon give seven local races of 

 Charaxes polyxena, of which the Chinese form ** G. polyxena polyxena " 

 is the last. They consider the white and yellow banded forms to be 

 one and the same species, the species being dichromatic. It has never 

 been bred. 



23. Apatura (Bohana) parysatis, Westwood. 



Apatura parisatis, Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. ii, p. 305, n. 20, note (1850); 



A. parisatis, Staudinger, Ex. Schmett., p. 156, pi. Iv, male and female (1886) ; 



Rohana parisatis, Moore, Lep. Cey., vol. iii, p. 17, pi. cxciv, figs. 2, 2a, male ; 25, 2c, 



female (1896) ; Apatura pary satin, Walker, Trans. Etit. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 452, n. 27. 



The larva of A. parysatis has been bred in Hongkong on {hiatus in 

 MS.) 



That of the allied A. carniba, Moore, feeds in Ceylon and South India 

 on Celtis, Natural Order Urticace83. 



24. Parhestina assimilis, Linnceus. 

 Papilio assim,ilis, Linnsens, Linnajus, Syst. Nat, Ins., ed. x, vol. i, pt, 2, p. 479, 

 n. 129 (1758) ; Mus. Ulr., p. 300, n. 118 (1764); Clerck's Icones Ins., vol. i, pi. xvi, 

 fig. 1 (1759); Drury, 111. Ex. Ins., vol. i, p. 33, pi. xvii, figs. 3,4, male (l770) ; 

 Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. ii, p. 90, pi. cliv, fig. A, female (1777) ; Herbsfc, Pap., vol. vi, 

 p. 43, 11. 24, pi. cxxvi, figs. 4, 5, male (1793) ; Esper, Aasl. Schmett., p. 230, pi. Ivii, 

 fig. 1 (? 1798) ; Nymphalift assimilis, Godart, Enc. Meth., v(il. ix, p. 393, n. 151 

 (1819) ; Hestina assimilis, Walker, Trans. Etit. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 452, n. 28. 



The larva of this species feeds in Hongkong on (hiatus in MS.) 



25. Parhestina mena, Moore. 



Hestina mena, Moore, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., third series, vol. i, p. 48, 

 n. 3 (1858) ; Leech, Butt, from China, Japan, and Corea, vol. i, p. 143, pi. xx, figs. 

 3, 4 male (1892); Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 452, n. 2 9; Diadema 



