972 
TAJURIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
lucida. C. lucida (156 a). If the genera Camena and Tajuria could be distinctly separated, the name cippus 
might have remained here, although Fabeicius’ cippus would have been adjudged to the form of Tajuria 
longinus which in fact lay before Fabricius and which he denominated cippus. In order to avoid the continual 
mistakes, we have chosen the name lucida which refers to the Borneo-foim flying also in Palawan; the 3 has a 
radiant blue gloss also in the apical area of the forewing and an almost entirely silvery white under surface. - 
anjenlea. In argentea Aur. (= cippus auct. nec F.) (155 d) this under surface has a still more intense gloss, at least in 
miniuma. the , whereas the $ (? = blanka Nic.) has somewhat duller tints. •— In minturna FruJist. the blue rays at the 
apex of the forewing are confluent with the discal blue below the cell, and in the cells of both wings the black 
embedments are reduced. Much larger than Borneo-specimens; under surface very lustrous silvery white. 
nacandra. — nacandra Fruhst. (155 e) is still larger, beneath still more lustrous silvery, with an intense subanal red which 
is almost entirely absent in minturna. Java. 
51. Genus: Tajuria Mr. 
This genus, according to the author, is above all distinguished from the preceding genus by the absence 
of the scent-organs on both wings of the <$<$. We refer to what we have said about the untenableness of this 
genus in dealing with Camena , as well as to Vol. I, p. 261. The genus is almost exclusively tropical; but 1 species 
has hitherto been taken in the typical form on palearctic territory, but we are confident that in China 
it also passes over to its Indian part ( luculentus Lch.) ; for one of its local forms this has already been ascertained. 
On the whole, the genus contains about 60 partly very beautiful forms. 
cippus. T. cippus F. ( = longinus auct. nec F.). The ambiguity of this name has led to different mistakes. 
It has now been proposed to apply this name to the South-Indian race of this species (which presumably 
longinus. lay before Fabeicius). - The Ceylon race then received the name longinus F. (155 h), which name was formerly 
applied to cippus by mistake, and on comparing our figure with the North-Indian insect figured as longinus 
in Vol. I (pi. 72 c) w r e at once see the differences: longer hindwings with a more extended anal part than in the 
pseudoion- North-Indian insect, a narrower black margin, particularly on the hindwing in longinus from Ceylon. — pseudo- 
fjinus. longinus Dbl. (155 h) is common in Java; upper surface of the <$ with a very blight gloss, under surface dust- 
coloured; in the $ the small punctiform spots before the marginal area on the hindwing above are often united 
theodosius. into a zigzag line. — In theodosius Fruhst. (155 h) the black colour of the apical part is above so much expanded 
that the blue spot in the median fork is only half the size of that in specimens from Java; on the hindwing 
the marginal band is broader, too. Beneath the blue and miniate magnificent spot of the hindwing is larger. 
irontinus. Bawean. frontinus Fruhst. (155 h), from Lombok, has a more silvery grey under surface with a brown margin; 
maxentius. above the $ shows a broader discal brightening. maxemtius Fruhst. is the form from Malacca, Sumatra, and 
presumably also Borneo; large, the upper surface of the $ light, beneath both sexes with a very intensely red- 
bagas. orange spotted anal region of the hindwing. bagas Kheil is described from Nias, though only the $ which 
mctlcolmi. hardly differs from certain Sumatran specimens; the $ has not been described at all. malcolmi Ril. & Godfr. 
resembles in the <$ sex the typical form, but it lacks the dark line on the hindwing above, as w r ell as the dark 
black and marginal spots in the areas 3 to 5. Nor are there any traces of the dark discal line beneath on the 
forewing and hindwing; the antemarginal line is broader than in the type, but not so distinctly defined. 
Hainan. The larva with a flattened head and a widened neck-ring, the anal end being broader, too; green, 
each ring with a roundish white spot on the dorsum and a more triangular one on the sides; on species of 
Loranthus. Pupa brown with a white spotted thoracal dorsum and sharp quills across the abdomen. The imago 
is common in many places, particularly in India (Canara, Travancore etc.), where the $$ are captured almost 
just as frequently as the G<S, in contrast with the closely allied species of Camena ; the imago is particularly 
fond of the blossoms of Lantana and Poinsettia. 
luculentus. T. luculentus Leech (Vol. I. pi. 72 d). Both sexes are closely allied to the preceding species, which 
they seem to represent in the east of the palearctic region. The typical form seems to touch Indian territory 
only at its palearctic frontier (in Central China). -— The species, however, also flies in Borneo in a but slightly 
berensis. different form: berensis Drc. (147 c, d) and probably occurs also in other Sunda-Islands. — As to further 
particulars cf. Vol. I, p. 262. 
albiplaga. T. albiplaga Nic. is allied to diaeus (p. 976), but the blue colour above is much lighter; in diaeiis 
also the postmedian band of the forewing beneath is much straighter, its edges smoother, towards the costal 
margin it is broader; the species also resembles jehana Mr. from which, however, it differs in the distinct sexual 
dimorphism, the $ being much larger than the <$, with broader wings and a less pointed apex of the forewing, 
as well as a large white discal spot of the forewing; by the latter it is distinguished from deva Mr. Hitherto 
only known from Sikkim. 
melastiyma. T. melastigma Nic., likewise from Sikkim, but with a wider range than albiplaga, extending from Sikkim 
to the Nilgiris and to the east as far as Burma, but it seems to be rare and in some districts entirely absent. 
