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SITHON; ARAOTES. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
53. Genus: Sitlion Hbn. 
Owing to the peculiarity of the species upon which this genus is founded, nedymond Cr., it is monotypical 
and will probably also stay so. The hindwing shows the conspicuous shape of the Drupadia or Eooxylides, but 
the costa is longer. Quite peculiar is the colouring beneath, where the postdiscal line which otherwise extends 
in front of the marginal area, is removed so far to the centre of the wing that the under surface is divided 
into a white proximal half and a brown distal half. 
nedymond. 
chitra. 
megabates. 
ism arus. 
mastanabal. 
micea. 
anaximan- 
der. 
S. nedymond Cr. The type is said to originate from Coromandel, but in fact presumably from Java. 
Here we abready find such a great sexual dimorphism that the 3 and $ do not exhibit any common 
marks. 3 above black, in the forewing the disc, in the hindwing the distal area with a bright blue gloss. 
Beneath the wings are proximally as far as the centre white, distally brown. $ above dark brown 
with a white anal area, as it is exhibited by numerous Indian Theclini belonging to various genera; both 
sexes with a long tail of the hindwing. Specimens agreeing best with the typical figure are found in Su- 
kabumi in West Java. — chitra Hsf. (157 d) is the East-Javanese form, distinguished from the $$ of nedy¬ 
mond by the white anal area above being reduced and the wings beneath being distally more brownish than 
honey-coloured. —- megabates Fruhst. (157 d), from North Sumatra and Malacca, is somewhat larger and the 
o shows above more blue. $ very similar to that of chitra , the white anal area somewhat narrower, the small 
dark spot in this white area is larger. — ismarus Fruhst., from Burma, is said to be an intermediary between 
nedymond~3 and nedymond (the author does not supply any further characterization). — mastanabal Fruhst., 
from South Borneo, has above more extensive blue than Javanese specimens, and the distal : band of the 
hindwing beneath is broader. —. micea Hew. (= valida Drc.), from North Borneo, in the 3 shows the proxi¬ 
mal area of the wings beneath bone-coloured instead of the lustrous silky white, and the distal area is of a 
brighter red-brown than dark chestnut-brown, as in megabates (157 cl); according to Druce, however, the $$ 
ot the two forms are not separable. — anaximander Fruhst. from West Sumatra; here the $ above exhibits 
a quite purely white anal area broader than in megahates (157 cl) and without enclosed black dots. The black 
postdiscal band on the hindwing of the $ beneath, which in megabates is only indicated by a small transverse 
band, is better developed in anaximander and extends farther. — Larva with bluish-grey markings on the yel¬ 
lowish-green ground; across the dorsum and along the sides with rows of small knobs on each of which there 
are some stiff short hairs. Pupa brown with an ochreous-yellow hunch-like dorsum. The imagines always 
fly single on bushes and are rather rare in most of the districts; it is only Fruhstorfer who denotes chitra to be 
common in Java. 
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54. Genus: Araotes Nic. 
Whilst the £3 of this genus and the following genera have hurried on far in differentiation, the great 
consistency of the $9 still distinctly exhibits the close alliance. Here the 3rd subcostal branch of the 
forewing is forked which is not the case in Sithon, and the 1st subcostal branch is farther remote from the costal 
vein than in the preceding genus. Type of the genus: lapithis Mr. 
perrhaebls. A. perrhaebis Smpr. (157 e). In the 3 above the forewing is black, the hindwing lustrous blue excepting 
the black base, so that the imago reproduces the reduced colouring of numerous 33 of other species, such as 
Tajuria jalindra (155 g), T. thria (156 d), Marmessus surindra (156 g,h), Tajuria cyrillus (156 e) etc. The 
$ has a large circular white discal spot of the forewing, whereby it recalls Horaga and species of Lycaenopsis. 
Beneath the brown forewing shows a white oblique median band, in the hindwing there are on the white ground 
numerous, densely strewn dots. The species is easily recognized by this conspicuous under surface. In the 
Philippines, rare; taken in December. 
lapithis. A. lapithis Mr. (157 e). The 3 is similar to that of perrhaebis, but the forewing beneath is yellowish- 
red instead of chestnut-brown; in the hindwing the black dots are more remote from each other, more uniform 
and more regularly distributed. The 9 above looks quite different, almost like a small $ of Sithon, but it is 
at once discernible by the under surface. Southern Indo-China with Malacca and Sumatra, also reported 
arianus. from Sikkim. — ariatius Fruhst. (157 e). Here the hindwing of the $ above is decorated with blue lustrous 
uruwela. internerval spots; Palawan. — uruwela Fruhst. (157 e) is the form from Borneo; $ beneath like that of arianus, 
but somewhat lighter and not so intensely lustrous white as lapithis- 9- Upper surface without the blue inter- 
decolor. nerval spots, only with a dull bluish hue. — decolor Fruhst., from Nias, is'dark reddish-yellow on the forewing 
archytas. beneath. — archytas Fruhst. (157 e). 3 above very similar to that of lapithis, but the $ above shows a much 
larger and quite purely white anal area of the hindwing. From Java. — The species seems to be rare in most 
of the districts; Doherty who found the rare species near Mergui and Myitta in Burma, ascertained the 
egg to be green, reticidate, and set with short truncate spinules. 
