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STIBOGES. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
albiplaga. 
k china. 
aver a. 
cromena. 
iceiskei. 
heierisa. 
elodinia. 
n ymphidia. 
mar a. 
calycoidcs. 
with shorter, but broader white spots in the cell of the forewings. — albiplaga Rob. (140 f) w r as hitherto 
found only in one specimen in the Aru-Islands. The figure has been executed according to the type, now 
in the Tring Museum. The $ is likewise in the Tring Museum and greatly approximates the £ of avtra 
(140 g). but it exhibits an almost twice as broad yellow shawl of the forewing compared to the New Guinea- 
race. — keiana R. and J. has somewhat more pointed forewings than albiplaga the orange band of the 
upper surface of the hindwings narrower. beneath black, very similar to the $ of satraps, with a whitish 
transverse band of the forewing. The hindwing with a duller yellow marginal area than above and in it 
large, square, black, submarginal spots bordered broadly in white. Key Islands, very rare, only one £ 
found. — avera R. and J. (140 g) has a somewhat narrower red-yellow band and larger black marginal 
spots of the hindwings than the $ from the Aru Islands. Type from the Aroa River. 
P. eromena Jord. (140 g), a valuable discovery of the last years, originating from the Upper Setekwa 
River, from an altitude of about 1000 m of the Snow-Mountains. The under surface differs from the figured 
upper surface by a distinct (above only indicated) band being bordered with an orange periphery on the 
forewings of the Ucf • Li the $ the white band of the forewing is broader and longer. 
P. weiskei R. and J. (140 g) may be regarded as the foremost representative of the genus. Under 
surface in the A similar to that of P. satraps, but with narrower, dull reddish-grey longitudinal stripes of 
the forewings, as w T ell as a pale yellowish-white marginal zone of the hindwing. 2 grey with the exception 
of the brownish-black apical part of the forewing. The hindwings with chocolate-brown median spots. Aroa 
and Angabunga River up to 2000 m. British New Guinea. 
P. heterisa Jord. seems to replace P. weislcei in the Snow Mountains, on Mount Goliath. with 
an orange median band of the forewing of 1 mm width. The under surface darker blackish-brown with purely 
white longitudinal stripes. The marginal and submarginal spots of the hindwings smaller. $ greatly differing 
from that of iceiskei, more like the U with a paler under surface, as well as brown spots which are not 
so distinctly prominent in the <$. 
8. Genus: Stiboges Btlr. 
A genus distinguished by the shape of the wings and the marking partly approximating the Abisara 
in the structure; but more the subgenus Zarax of the Taxila by a very short subcostal rising far from the 
cell. Forewings as in Abisara. Hindwing distinguished by a short, broad cell and a very long posterior 
discocellular. Its costal vein likewise uncommonly short. ^ differing from the $ by a rounder wing-contour. 
The $ differs not only by a larger size but also by rounder and more sinuous wing-contours and by a lighter 
grey tinge of the black margining of both wings of the While in the A the distal margin of the forewing 
runs almost straight, it is strongly convex in the §, and the apex of the wings appears drawn out and 
bent somewhat backwards. Clasping-organs with an uncus being formed like in Abisara. Valve stunted, 
long, slender, skinny. Penis-tube very long, surrounded with veil-like formations. The imago inhabits the 
mountains, its patria probably in West China, from where it advanced towards south. Single specimens 
are known from Bhutan, the Khasia and Naga Hills, and Tonkin. In the Macromalayan District it was 
observed in Penang, in Perak, the mountains of Sumatra and Java. From Borneo we may expect yet nym¬ 
ph idia. 
St. nymphidia, the only species of the genus, varies locally in the extent of the black marginal area 
of the upper surface, being repeated beneath with its white enclaves. — elodinia subsp. nov. (139 c as nym¬ 
phidia) is distributed from West-China to Tonkin. Upper surface recognizable by the narrow marginal zone 
with relatively large white spots before the apex of the forewings. I collected it in Tonkin in August-Sep- 
tember at about 1000 m. According to Leech, common near Mupin and on the Omeishan in July. —• 
nymphidia Btlr. is the form with the broadest black border and has at the same time the smallest UcL The 
black costal border of the forewing covers the whole cell, leaving free only a small white dot at the lower 
cell-wall. Hindwing more than the distal half filled up obscurely. From Perak to Upper Burma. — mara 
Fruhst. (139 b) is the Sumatran insular race. The <j> is sometimes much larger than our figure, but the bor¬ 
dering of the wings does not reach the extent of the type from West Sumatra which we reproduced. -— 
calycoides Fruhst. (139 b) was ascertained by me as a novelty for Java. The small white marginal spots 
appear somewhat larger than in mara, otherwise the two sister-races are identical except that the Java- 
form remains smaller. The specimens of my collection without exception originate from the volcano of Gede 
from an altitude of 1200 m. Specimens from the Naga Hills and probably also from Sikkim and Bhutan form 
the transition from those from Perak to the narrow-banded elodinia from West China. In Tonkin there occur 
specimens with narrow and broad margins, being deviations in the markings that are probably due to the 
influence of the seasons. 
