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274. *Huphina vaso, Doherty. 



Loinbok (Fruhstorfer), Sambawa (Doherty, Oberthiir). This species 

 has been figured by M. Oberthiir in Etudes d'Entomologie, vol. xix, 

 p. 5, pi. iii, fig. 18, male (1894), as Pieris (Huphina) vaso. Dr. Pagen- 

 stecher in his second paper records this species from Sambawa as 

 " Pieris " nerissa, Fabricius, which is a totally different species. Mr. 

 Fruhstorfer records it from Lombok as 11. corva vaso. 



275. Huphina Judith, Fabricius. 

 Bali (Doherty and Fruhstorfer), 



276. *Huphina eirene, Doherty. 



Sambawa (Pagenstecher), Sumba (Doherty). Dr. Pagenstecher in 

 his second paper places this species under " Pieris " amalia, Vollen- 

 hoven. 



277. Huphina naomi, Wallace. 



Lombok (Wallace and Fruhstorfer), Sambawa (Doherty). Dr. 

 Pagenstecher in his second paper places this species under " Pieris " 

 ■amalia, Vollenhoven, which is, in de Nioeville's opinion, a synonym of 

 Huphina lea f Doubleday. H. naomi is quite distinct from H. lea* 

 Some of our females of H. naomi from Lombok and one from Sambawa 

 .respectively are very dissimilar, that sex from the former island 

 being usually extremely dark on both surfaces, so that the white ground- 

 colour of the wings is greatly obliterated, though others again are 

 almost as light as our Sambawa specimen. One might say that 

 the darkest females from Lombok are twice as dark as the light 

 female from Sambawa. Till large series of both sexes of all the 

 species of Huphina from all the islands can be compared, it is im* 

 possible to be sure how many distinct species or what seasonal forms 

 occur. In India H. nerissa, Fabricius, and its local raee H. phryne, 

 Fabricius, are subject to extensive seasonal dimorphism, the form flying 

 in the rainy-season being extremely dark, while that flying in the dry- 

 season is very light. Whether this phenomenon occurs in the Malayan 

 Archipelago or not we are unable to say. 



278. *Huphina julia, Doherty. 



Sambawa (Pagenstecher)-, Sumba (Doherty and Oberthiir). This species 

 has been figured by Doherty, by M. Oberthiir in Etudes d'Entomologie, 

 vol. xix, p. 5, pi. iii, figs. 11, male) 17, female (1894), as Pieris 

 (Huphina) julia, and by Dr. Pagenstecher in Jahr. des Nass. Ver* 

 fur Natur., vol. xlix, p. 119, n. 20, pi. i, fig. 2, male (1896;, as Pieris 

 julia. 



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