122 J. N. ELIOT 



Ph. columella sumbana Fruhstorfer 



Phaedyma columella sumbana Fruhstorfer, 1904 : 314, pi. 9, fig. 6 $. o"£ Sumba. Types Paris. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella sumbana (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616, pi. 125c 



SUMBA. 



Ph. columella adonara ssp. n. 



In both sexes nearest to ssp. lombokiana, from which it differs in having narrower markings 

 in both wet and dry season forms, the reduction being greatest in the fore wing lower postdiscal 

 band and the hind wing discal band, which does not enter the base of space 3 even in the dry 

 season form. 



Holotype <$. Adonara Is. : xi.1891 (W. Doherty). Dry season form. 



Allotype $. Flores Is. : Larentuka, 1897 (Everett). Intermediate form. 



Described from the types and 1 $ (wet season form) from Lomblem Is., v. 1897 

 (Everett). This subspecies marks the easterly limit of the species in the Lesser 

 Sunda Is. 



Ph. columella ophianella (Staudinger) 



Neptis columella var. ophianella Staudinger, 1889 : 65. Palawan. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) columella ophianella Staudinger ; Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. 



Palawan. 



Ph. columella eremita C. & R. Felder 



Phaedyma eremita C. & R. Felder, 1867 : 428. 0*$ Luzon (Lorquin). Types BMNH. 

 Phaedyma sarabaita C. & R. Felder, 1867 : 428. ? Celebes, syn. n. <$ type BMNH. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella eremita (Felder) Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. 

 Neptis (Phaedyma) columella sarabaita (Felder) Fruhstorfer, 191 3 : 616. 



In the type of sarabaita the discal band ends on vein 6 on the under surface of the 

 hind wing, whereas in eremita it continues almost full width to vein 7 with a further 

 small spot in space 7. As already pointed out, the length of the hind wing discal 

 band is variable in Ph. columella. I think it is probable that sarabaita came from 

 Luzon. 



Luzon. A single male from North Luzon (Trinidad District) has much narrower 

 markings and resembles ssp. soror Semper. 



Ph. columella guimarensis (Fruhstorfer) comb. n. 



Neptis (Phaedyma) columella guimarensis Fruhstorfer, 1913 : 616. Guimares. 



None in BMNH. A male from Negros in coll. Jumalon, with the markings 

 slightly narrower than in typical eremita, presumably belongs to this subspecies. 



