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DODONA. By H. Frtjhstorfer. 
venox. venox Fruhst. (139 d as venusa), the more imposing produce of districts with a damper climate. Spotting of 
the upper surface defined by reddish. The silvery bands of the under surface more prominent than in eugenes. 
From Nepal to Assam. Occurring in Sikkim at the same places and the same time as D. dipoea. maculosa Leech 
(Vol. I, p. 255, t. 89 d) is found in Szetchuan and towards east as far as Itchang and Changyang. 
egeon. D. egeon Dbl. (Vol. I, p. 255), a species rarely found in collections and distributed over North 
India in two geographical forms. Upper surface black with three red-yellow macular series of the upper surface 
of the forewings. The basal and median ones are united to a marking like a tobacco-pipe. Hindwing prepon¬ 
derantly red-yellow, with black median stripes and round submarginal spots. $ of a paler yellow with reduced 
black bands. Under surface similar to elvirn (139 d), though with subapical stripes being dissolved into single 
spots, of a chestnut-brown colour with silvery-white spots which are in the $ more yellowish. According to 
Elwes, $$ from the Karen Hills are much lighter than those from Kulu and Sikkim, egeon was once found 
in Sikkim in May at an altitude of 1000 ft., it is, however, more common in Bhutan. There are. furthermore, 
specimens known from Kulu, Nepal, Assam. Doherty met quite a number in the Karen Hills in April at altitudes 
from 4 to 5000 ft., and Elwes reports 3S from Bernardmyo, Upper Burma. 
elvirn. D. elvira Stgr. (139 d) replaces egeon in Borneo, where elvira is exclusively confined to higher districts 
of the Kinabalu. 3 above reddish-yellow with black longitudinal stripes. The outermost of them surrounds on 
the forewings a series of neat reddish-yellow, small spots the apical ones of which are roundish, the median 
ones oblong. There exist two $ forms: a) one greatly resembling the $ of egeon with a very broad submedian 
band of the forewing, being in its anterior part of a light, in its anal part of a more intensely ochre-yellow 
tint. Hindwing with a prominent black submarginal band and three faded blackish median bands. Under 
pum. surface differing from the 3 by broader and more yellowish bands, b) f. pura Fruhst. All the bands being 
yellowish in the normal §, are here white, also on the under surface. 
D. adonira, a rare species occurring from Nepal to Upper Burma. Upper surface recognizable by 
the unciformly coherent, red-brown basal and median bands of the forewings, whereby adonira is easily distin- 
adonira. guishable from D. ouida being otherwise nearly allied, but more imposing. Two areal races: adonira Hew. (139 d). 
Under surface peculiarly pale ochre-yellow about as in Cyrestis lutea Zinck. with darker, more reddish parts in 
the anal angle of both wings. Occasionally there is also a whitish or sulphurous median brightening to be seen 
on the hindwings. Lying before me in numbers from Bhutan and in one specimen from Sikkim and one from 
Assam; Moore mentions also 33 from Nepal. According to Elwes, adonira is found in Sikkim on roads in the 
dense forest between 7 and 9000 ft. during the rainy period. It flies swiftly and often settles down on the soil. 
argentea. The pupa was once found on Moesa chisia. -— argentea Fruhst. (139d). The 3 differs somewhat above from 
adonira from Sikkim by a black, instead of brown, base of the forewing, a much broader black distal border 
and a more extensive black submarginal band, but the line separating both is greatly narrowed. The under 
surface, however, exhibits a magnificent difference. The longitudinal bands are not black, but brown, and 
the space between the two middle submarginal bands and the two basal bands, as well as the subanal region 
are covered with broad silvery stripes. Also at the costal margin there is a square silvery spot, exactly in 
the middle of the wing. Upper Burma, Ruby Mines. To argentea presumably also belong specimens from the 
Naga Hills (5 to 6000 ft) and Bernardmyo in Upper Burma where Doherty captured them. 
chrysapha. D. chrysapha Fruhst. (140 a). The distinct new species approximates in size adonira Hew. from North 
India and is undoubtedly its representative, although it is not connected with it specifically. Upper surface 
of a somewhat lighter, yellowish-brown ground-colour. Forewing like in adonira, but the basal part lighter, 
slightly shaded in black, the two median longitudinal bands narrower. Hindwings without any markings, only 
with a thin, small submarginal stripe. Under- surface reddish-yellow, towards the costal margin of the fore¬ 
wing brighter. Forewing with 7 red-brown longitudinal stripes being similarly distributed as the black bands 
in D. adonira. Hindwing with four differently long, dull silvery lustrous, small longitudinal stripes running 
proximally to 5 red-brown bands. Anal area with three red-brown bands and two silvery spots before the small 
tail. West Java, from the Volcano Gede. Type: a 3 ' 11 the Coll. Staudinger (Berlin Museum), chrysapha 
has another ally in elvira Stgr. from Borneo and is, beside Dodona windu Fruhst. and fruhstorferi Bob., now the 
third Dodona known from Java, whereas only one species is reported from Sumatra and only two species are 
known from Borneo: D. elvira from the red-brown and D. pryeri Moore from the white-yellow group of D. 
fruhstorferi. 
D. ouida, briefly mentioned already in Vol. I, p. 255, is distributed over the North Indian and South 
Chinese district, where it is divided into three areal forms. The species is subject to metagenesis; specimens 
of the spring-brood are smaller, exhibiting paler yellow bands and a faded total colouring of the under surface. 
ouula is the most remarkably sexually differentiated species of the genus. The $ loses the yellow basal band 
of the forewings, while the red-yellow submarginal stripe of the 3 turns into a broad white band. But in return, 
