TAXILA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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scarcely differ beneath in both sexes. Three geographical gradations are to be mentioned: orphna Bsd. (140 c), orphna. 
presumably come first to Europe from the south-west of Borneo. In Borneo itself the beginning of a 
differentiation is noticeable between the different local forms. Specimens from the west and south-east of 
the island have either only an indistinct reddish apical border of the forewing or none whatever, whereas 
all my from North Borneo are decorated with it. The extent of the pale blue band of the forewing seems 
to vary independently from time and locality. The broadest shawl is exhibited by a $ from Sintang, from 
where, however, also the example with the narrowest band is before me. — lyncestis Nicev. (— laocoon-$) lyncestis. 
was based upon specimens from the Malayan Peninsula. The band of the forewing is very narrow, the red 
distal border distinct. — panyasis subsp. nov. (140 c, cl) occurs in Sumatra and the Island of Banka. 9 ini- panyasis. 
mediately to be separated from $$ from Perak and South East Borneo by the extensive red apical and distal 
hue of the upper surface of the hindwings. 
6. Genus: Taxila DU. 
A well defined genus, easily separable from the Abisara by the naked eyes and the absence of the 
black costal spots of the hindwings. Palpi extraordinarily small, inflated vesicularly, densely covered with 
short hairs. The terminal joint very small, coniform, pointed. Middle and basal joints of the same strength, 
the former tapering anteriorly. Antennae delicate with an oblong club. Tnxila differs structurally from Abisara 
by the isolated subcostal veins of the forewings, the extraordinarily short precosta] being turned inward 
and the sharply angled costal of the hindwing. The latter runs in its entire length parallel to the radial stem. 
The posterior discocellular is longer than in Abisara. The subcostal and anterior radials bifurcate at a greater 
distance distally from the cell. Clasping-organs more sharply differentiated than in the other Nemeobiini. 
Uncus more slender, with a point like the sting of a wasp, the small ventral, lateral horns very long, buckle¬ 
shaped. Valve the most strongly chitinized of all the other genera of the Nemeobiini, with a cigar-shaped 
ventral point and a very broad lamella, being distally provided with two skinny, long-haired formations. The 
latter in their contours most deceptively resemble a dwarf-cactus. Penis-tube boldly curved, but only slightly 
spined. Early stages unknown. Only three species inhabiting the Indo-Chinese continent and Macroma- 
layana. 
Two subdivisions: d) Neotaxila subgenus nov. Subcostal of the hindwing curved almost like in Abisara. wot axil a. 
Subcostal bifurcating at a great distance from the cell. (3) Taxila. Costal of the hindwing sharply angled, taxila. 
running parallel to the radial stem. Subcostal branching off near the cell-wall. 
Group of species: Neotaxila Fruhst. 
T. dora Frulist. (.138 f, 140 c). This peculiar new species seems to replace T. thuisio in Tonkin, dor a, flora. 
however, deviates from its nearest allies in Siam and Burma by its colouring and the position and distributions 
of the wing-markings to such an extent that we must consider it as a good species. Ground colour of the 
forewings brownish-black with a jet-black basal part. Hindwings unicolorously black. All the wings are 
traversed by an anteterminal series of small white longitudinal dashes accompanied on the forewings by a similar 
submarginal series. Under suface of all wings light yellowish-brown. The white markings of the forewings 
are repeated, but they are more prominent. Between the medians, beyond the cell, two oblong black discal 
spots are embedded which do not recur in any other Taxila. Than-Moi, June-July, North Tonkin at an ele¬ 
vation of about 1000 ft.; Chiem-Hoa, August, September, Central Tonkin. $ not yet discovered and of the 
<$ only the two specimens of the Coll. Fruhstorfer known. 
T. thuisto distinguished by the striking sexual dimorphism inhabits Indo-China and Macromalayana, 
though it does not occur in Java. $ above in the continental areal forms velvety black, in the insular races 
dark steel-blue. § red-brown with, according to the locality, luxuriant or reduced series of white preapical 
spots of the forewings, as well as two rows of black median spots. Under surface of the <$($ dark, of the 
$$ lighter red-brown, but analogous in the markings in as much as both pair of wings are decorated with 
three rows of steel-glossy, greyish-violet, proximally black-covered violet maculae. In the $ the white macular 
bands of the upper surface are repeated, thuisto inhabits the plains and flies all the year round. — sawaja sawaja. 
subsp. nov. (138 f $, as thuisto) differs from the nomenclatural type by a whitish subapical spot being indi¬ 
cated on the upper surface of the forewings. Under surface recognizable by more prominent, silvery-grey 
submarginal spots of the forewings. $ considerably larger and otherwise immediately distinguishable by the 
more purely white, more than one third broader apical area of the forewings and whitish, instead of bluish- 
violet, small postdiscal spots of the hindwings. Beneath more intensely yellowish-brown. Burma, from the 
Karen Hills (to the north of Tungo) towards the south. From Tavoy (Tenasserin) in my collection. Re¬ 
ported also from Moulmein and the Mergui-Archipelago. — ephorus Fruhst. (138 f (J$). $$ of ephorus have ephorus. 
a roundish wing-contour and are darker than typical thuisto Hew. The $$ differ more from those from 
