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the range, although we are able to distinguish temporal forms on the continent, in Ceylon and Java, and we 
know a luxuriant alpine form from Java, cardia is one of the few species met with also in the lowlands, as 
for instance in the Island of Flores. In New Guinea, however, the species presumably develops heteromorphous 
forms which are considered as distinct species. —- hermotlthis Fruhst. approaches Chinese dilectina Fruhst. and hermonihi s-. 
is considerably larger than Indian specimens. The black distal margin of the forewing is more prominent, 
the ground-colour darker, the white patches of the hindwings more extensive than in dilectus Mr., those of the 
forewings darkened, mostly absent. Contours of wings rounder; of a much larger habitus than <$$ from India 
and Hainan. Under surface with somewhat more distinct black striae. Formosa, Polisha, June to July. Very 
common. — hainana Fruhst. Habitus larger than dilectus from Sikkim and Bhutan, the whitish patch in the hainana. 
subcostal region of the hindwing above less extensive, but more sharpty defined. The dotting beneath more 
distinct, the black distal margin of the forewing much broader. Island of Hainan. •— philippina Snip, is a form philippina. 
of the dry period of a small habitus, very pale above, with scanty whitish patches, a very narrow, black distal 
margin. $ at least one third smaller than Chinese specimens, with a uniform, narrow black border at the costal 
and at the distal margin. The hindwing with a delicate submarginal band of greyish-brown. From the Benguet 
Valley, North West Luzon, July. Description according to the figures in Semper’s famous and valuable work 
on the Butterflies of the Philippines. Also in Leyte and other islands of the northern Philippines. — dilectina dilectina. 
Fruhst. (Vol. I, p. 322, t. 83 f as dilectus). Chinese specimens are larger than Himalayan dilectus, and the marking 
beneath is more distinct. West China, Omi Shan, Central China, Kiu-Kiang. — dilectus Mr. From Cashmir dilectus. 
and the Kumaon Himalaya as far as Upper Burma. We know two temporal forms: a) that of the rainy period 
with an intensely blue, unicolorous upper surface of the forewings, and dark blue b) that of the dry period 
with a light, white disc of the forewing, the subcostal zone of the hindwing more or less mixed with white, and 
light blue Hoherty found dilectus in the Naga Hills. — singalensis Fldr. (152 f). A remarkably different singalensis. 
insular race, hitherto always considered as a species. Described by Felder from Kallupahane, at an altitude 
of about 1000 m, occurring more frequently in the lower hills. They are, as a rule, met with on the tops of 
shrubs and trees projecting over rivulets, in the mountains. They are then very difficult to catch, but they 
are also met with in wet places on the roads. Ceylon. Niceville mentions the race from the Nilgeri Hills, a 
very probable habitat, although it is doubted by Swinhoe. In South India there will be found specimens 
forming the transition from the Ceylon race to dilectus from the Himalaya. — briga Fruhst. Upper surface briga. 
darker than in Indian specimens. Hindwing with a broader black margin. Malayan Peninsula. — paracatius paraeaiius. 
Fruhst. $ larger and paler than Sumatran catius Fruhst. Borneo, type from Sintang, Mount Matang, Sarawak. — 
catius Fruhst. Of this race being most common in Sumatra, two forms are distinguishable: a) neodilecta Fruhst. catius. 
Small, the upper surface mixed with white on both wings and thereby very similar to dilectus Mr. from Sikkim. nco(h,eci "- 
b) catius Fruhst. Larger, with a dark upper surface and thereby recalling lanka Mr. from Ceylon. Sumatra. — 
astarga Fruhst. We have to register three forms of this Lycaenopsis being very common in Java: a) paradilecta astarga. 
Fruhst. Small, pale blue with white patches above on both wings, thereby recalling the continental dilectus paradilecta. 
Mr. and approaching the Sumatran neodilecta. At elevations of up to 1000 m, presumably only occurring in 
the dry period, b) floresiana Courv. A dark aberration, strikingly resembling in the colours limbatus Mr., recog- Horesiana. 
nizable by the distinct, black submarginal dots of the hindwings above, and thereby somewhat like the $ of 
L. singalensis . c) astarga Fruhst. A large form from an altitude of about 1200 m, in the colours very much like 
normal singalensis- and catius- <33, by far the most common Javanese Lycaenopsis . The $ resembles the 
$ of thoria Fruhst. (152 f), but above it is more uniform and of a somewhat darker blue. -— A similar $ is figured 
in the magnificent work by Piepers and Frtihstorper mentioned above (t. 22, fig. 80). — subcoalita R. subcoalita. 
is very closely allied to the principal form of astarga Fruhst. from Java. According to Bothschild, subcoalita 
was discovered by Stresemann in Bali in January, at an elevation of about 5 to 800 m. — lombokensis Fruhst. lombolcen- 
is somewhat smaller, of a paler blue and beneath more faintly dotted than astarga from Java. Island of Lombok, 
on the Plateau of Sambalun, 4000ft., April.— masinissa Fruhst. A magnificent insular race of which I at first masinissa. 
did not quite know where to place it, but which I ranged near huegeli Mr. and limbatus Mr. It is characterized 
by its small shape, the dark and still more intense blue being of a much stronger lustre than in the said forms. 
Beneath with just as feeble markings as my large series of limbatus from Sumatra. Flores, November 1896, 
collected by A. Everett. -—- thoria Fruhst. (152 f, g $ as $ ex errore). $ only slightly different from Macroma- thoria. 
layan cardia. Somewhat larger than astarga with a more pregnant dotting beneath; the $ of astarga differs 
by a purely white, transcellular, light patch of the forewing. The under surface of both sexes, by the prominent 
black markings, already forms a transition to the race of the South Moluccas and L. tenella from New Guinea. 
South Celebes, Peak of Bonthain, 5000 ft. Collected by me in February-March, mentioned also by Pagen- 
stecher by the name of Jcasmira from North Celebes, the Minahassa. — cardia Fldr., the name-type from cardia. 
Amboina. Beneath different from thoiia by the yellowish, instead of black dotting and striation, whereby 
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