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base is black, as is also the basal part above the cell in 

 Vandepolli: the yellow spaces between the veins in Minos 

 are less broad, and the outermarginal band has no scaling 

 at the apices of the dentations in Vandepolli on either 

 surface : Minos has sometimes a discal black spot or two 

 on the discal undersurface, but Vandepolli has none. The 

 abdomen of Vandepolli is black above, in Minos it is fawn 

 colour : the anal valves in the latter are grey-pearly fawn, 

 and black in the former. But at a glance it can be seen 

 that Vandepolli is very distinct as a species from Minos. 

 In the 2 2 it will be seen that the anterior wings of 

 Vandepolli are altogether broader than those of Minos, in 

 all examples ; the wing-rays are very broad and promin- 

 ently grey- white in most of the examples of Vandepolli, 

 but often almost obsolete in Minos : the distal end of the 

 cell has always a larger grey patch than has Minos, and 

 the pseudoneura are most prominent : the hind wings are 



more alike in the two species, but with occasional ex- 

 ceptions the discal black cones of Vandepolli are larger and 

 longer than those of Minos, and the hind marginal black 

 border has its divisions less lunate at their apices in 

 Vandepolli ; important differences may be seen between 

 the colouration and markings of the abdomen of the two 

 forms. The locality for Vandepolli is Java, but Minos 

 does not occur in that island. Yet notwithstanding their 

 resemblance, it is evident that the two forms are quite 

 specifically distinct, though their relationship is very close. 



The 2 2 of JEacus (Rhadamanlhus) on the underwings 

 bear a rather close resemblance to some of those of Minos 

 — the arrangement, form and position of the black mark- 

 ings being very similar ; the same may be said of the 

 Javan Pompeus and its Indian Analogue, Cerberus, thereby 

 exhibiting a not very distant relationship to each other. 



