906 
LAMPIDES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
suidas. 
celinus. 
saturate/,. 
agnatinus. 
parasaiura- 
ta. 
ienus. 
cordaea. 
spitamenes. 
suidas. 
ynalaceana. 
coruscans. 
7 v> ndulana. 
y 
paliassa. 
atina. 
croculana. 
lacteata. 
jambia. 
talinga. 
virgulatus. 
sydra. 
pseudelpis. 
the white undulations. The under surface resembles that of celeno alexis ( aelianus ) (151 c), but the transverse 
bands of the disc represent a torn Y, whereas in alexis this appears to be rather complete. From Celebes. — 
The cleodus- forms fly in the same districts as the corresponding celeno- forms, they have the same habits and 
on the wing they are not discernible from them. 
L. suidas. This species also resembles celeno very much and is likewise divided into a great number 
of insular forms of which, however, we place here some only fromFRUHSTORFER’s evidence based upon examina¬ 
tions of the clasping-organs. The figured form celinus Fruhst. (151 g) is at once discernible from all the celeno 
by its darker blue colour above; it represents the species in Sumatra and, according to Frtthstorfer, it is 
identical with saturata Mart. & Nic. descriped from there, whereas saturata Snell, from West Java is more of 
a mountain-insect from altitudes of more than 1000 m. — From the East Javanese agnatinus Courv., with 
which parasaturata probably agrees pretty well, - saturata Snell, differs by the blue of the upper surface being 
lighter and more subdued, not showing the bright lustre of the West Javanese specimens; the subanal spots 
of the hindwing beneath are absent, and almost invariably the white submarginal line is absent, too. Forewing 
more broadly margined with black. Under surface in parasurata and celinus darker slate-coloured, the white 
strokes broader. — tenus Fruhst. ( — corruscans Moult.) from North Borneo is above very much like the following 
form, the black margin of the forewing and hindwing is narrower, but the submarginal bands of the hindwings 
are more brightly marked. Anal spot of hindwing beneath only very faintly showing through above. -— cordaea 
Fruhst. from Palawan in the female somewhat resembles the 9 of cleodus, the forewing with a broad black border, 
the hindwing distally as far as the middle black; hindwing beneath with a large orange subanal spot showing 
through above in two large high bows. — spitamenes Fruhst. comes from the Island of Obi; it has a conspicuous 
white blue of the upper surface with a dull mother-of-pearl lustre. Upper surface without markings except 
two small very faint anal spots. Under surface pale grey with very distinct white transverse strokes. — The 
typical suidas Fldr. is described from the Philippines; it differs from the Obi-form spitamenes especially by the 
browner under surface with very numerous white transverse strokes and by these strokes showing distinctly 
through above, which in spitamenes-<$<$ is only well recognizable on the light falling laterally on it. ■—• malaccana 
Fob. has an entirely unmarked light blue upper surface on which the bands beneath show little through accor¬ 
ding to the description, whilst according to the figure they do not show through at all. Distal margin in the 
3 very fine black; at the distal margin of the hindwing a very dull row of faint nebulous dots; the small, black 
spot in the anal angle of the hindwing beneath is dusted with metallic green and proximally encircled with 
yellow. Malacca, though Rober also joins specimens from the Philippines with it, which according to Frtjh- 
storfer can only represent typical suidas. — coruscans Mr. originates from Ceylon and was regarded as a separate 
species by de Niceville and Bingham. The B is above cobalt-blue, its apex very narrowly and faintly covered 
with black. The colour shows in a certain light a somewhat greyish reflection, in another light a violettish one. 
Beneath the white strokes are rather feeble in the disc of the forewing, the marginal markings, however, especially 
the^iDmarginal dentate line, prominent and much stronger than in celeno or elpis. — On the whole, the suidas- 
forins seem to be less common than those of celeno ; their habits, however, are the same. 
L. kondulana Fldr. was described from the Nicobars, but like most of the Lampides it seems to be 
distributed over a great part of the tropical region of the Indo-Australian fauna and to be divided into 2 sharply 
separated temporal forms whenever there is a distinct rainy and dry season. Bingham figures as the type an 
unmistakable dry season form, whereas Felder’s figure does in no way agree with it. The species so much 
approximates elpis that some authors take it to be a race of it. The species is recognizable by the very feeble 
and delicate transverse strokes beneath being almost of an earthy ground-colour. — paliassa Fruhst. regarded 
as a dry season form of elpis by Swinhoe is above lighter blue than typical kondulana, the costal-marginal 
part of the hindwing with a peculiar yellow reflection. Beneath with very fine and delicate transverse strokes, 
the black and yellow colouring in the anal part insignificant. $ with a narrow black distal margin. Hereto 
belongs atina Fruhst. as a rainy season form with more distinct white lines beneath and a brighter yellow anal 
crescent. This is the Indian form. — croculana Fruhst. flies in the Andamans; the $ does not exhibit the small, 
submarginal, black cresents on the hindwing being characteristic of the kondulana from the Nicobars. — lacteata 
Nic. has above entirely the light blue of elpis, perhaps still slightly paler; forewing with a very fine black mar¬ 
ginal line before the fringes, at the apex faintly brownish; under surface uni-coloured greyish-brown, the white 
transverse strokes almost exactly as in elpis, but the submarginal lines are formed of small crescents, not straight 
as in elpis. —- A specimen in Courvoisier’s collection (now in the Museum at Basle), without a statement of 
the patria, has above a distinct opalescent reflection as in a rainy season specimen from Sikkim ( paliassa ); 
upon this one specimen a form was based: jambia Fruhst. — talinga Kheil is the Nias-form; it is very closety 
allied to : virgulatus Drc. (153 b) from South East Borneo; the $ also resembles the 9 °f elpis, but the brownish- 
black margin in the anal angle of the forewjng is more distinct. — sydra Fruhst. is the Javanese form; darker 
blue than in the other insular races. 9 very closely allied to pseudelpis Btlr., but the 9 with a narrower black 
margin of the forewing. Under surface somewhat darker slate-coloured and the orange subanal spot of the 
hindwing is feebler than in pseudelpis. —- pseudelpis Btlr. *) represents the species in Malacca; <$ above quite 
*) Nec pseudelpis Mr., which is presumably directly synonymous with lacteata. 
