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though these bands in many species are quite as trans- 

 verse as in characteristic Athymae. The presence of a 

 tuft of white hairs on the dorsum of the first abdominal 

 segment, forming a connection between the discal band 

 one of hind-wing and that of the other wing is then 

 quite an important character of the genus Athymae, it 

 is present in a modified from in A. euloca, milsi. in 

 correlation with t the obsolescent discal bands of that 

 species]. 



Genus Adolias. 



167. Adolias dirtea, Fab. 



Paiiho dirtea, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1, p. 59 

 (1793). 



The typical form occurs in the Indian region, Malay 

 Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Natunas, Banka and Billi- 

 ton, sub-species occur in Indo-China, Hainan, Assam, 

 Sikkim, Java and Philippines. Fruhstorfer names a form 

 occurring on mountains in Sumatra and Borneo : — ab. 

 montana, Hagen. 



168. Adolias cyahrpardus, Butl. 



Symphcedra cya/iipardtis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 613. 



Sub-sp. A. cyanipardtis sandahdnus, Frubst. 



The sub-species occurs in Borneo and doubtfully 

 in Sumatra ; the typical form is found in Assam, 

 Silhat and Cachar, and a second sub-species occurs in 

 Banca. 



169. Adolias cancscens, Butl. 



Symphcedra cauescens, Butler, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 612 pi. 45, 

 fig. 5. 



Borneo. A sub-species is found in the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Sumatra. 



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