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RAPALA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
the black spot before the base of the little tail in the $ shows a distinct orange halo, the postdiscal transverse 
ingana. line is not cpiite so regular as in the preceding one, somewhat broken. Bazilan. — ingana Fruhst. is above jet- 
black with a dark steel-blue shade. Under surface red-brown with blackish-brown transverse bands. Subanal 
spot much broader and of a green colour. Borneo. — alcetas is not rare in the Philippines; Boso-boso. Camotes, 
Leyte, Panaon, Mindanao etc. 
manea. R. manea Hew. (146 B g). This species being very closely allied to the preceding ones, but being 
widely distributed, was described from Celebes, so that specimens from there are to be regarded as the typical 
ones. Above the blue reflection is chiefly confined to the basal half of the forewing; under surface dull ash- 
grey, with a slight brownish tint; the transverse lines are thin, rather straight, the anal black spots of 
grisea. the hindwing are large. — grisea Mr. is the Indian form going as far as Assam and Burma. It is allied to 
the North-Indian form orscis of (the Javanese) varuna. Distinguished from Celebes-specimens by the more 
ocerta. expanded blue gloss above and a broader transverse stripe beneath. ocerta Fruhst. (= xenophonDist.), 
from Malacca, has above a coppery gloss, the under surface is ash-grey, the transverse stripe of the 
asikana. hindwing distally bordered with white. — asikana Fruhst., from Java, is smaller than grisea , above with a still 
enganica. more intense blue reflection, beneath darker with a slight reddish reflection. enganica Fruhst. is named 
according to a single $ which is above darker than asikana, beneath without the reddish reflection and with 
lombokiana. a broader transverse band of a light greyish-blue colour. Engano. — lombokiana Fruhst. is likewise based upon 
1 $, above more greyish-blue than violet, also beneath lighter than the two preceding forms, without the 
reddish reflection, with more extensive white, green and orange subanal stripes and spots on the hindwing. 
baweanica. Lombok. — - baweanica Fruhst. (160 c as baweana ) is again more similar to the Celebes-form manea ( typica ); 
$ above darker than asikana with a brighter steel-blue reflection; $ likewise darker with a larger black anal 
lobe surrounded with more distinct margins which are proximally blue and distally white. Under surface 
greyish-black, without the reddish reflection, longitudinal bands more prominent, distally bordered with a 
purer white; the verdigris spot in the anal area is twice as large as in the preceding ones; also the black subanal 
2 Mlippen- spots are larger. Bawean. philippensis Fruhst. (160 d) occurs in the Northern Moluccas; the $ has above 
sls • a greenish gloss which appears blue on the hindwing in a certain light. Under surface lustrous grey, the 
nemana. transverse band so little darker that it disappears almost entirely in the forewing. — In nemana Smpr. (160 c), 
from the Southern Moluccas (Mindanao) and presumably also from Palawan, the post median transverse stripe 
beneath is darker, more distinct, and on both wings broader. — This widely distributed species is frequently 
not rare; Semper reports that it also occurs in South-East Borneo, but this is presumably a confusion with 
another Rapala, at least Druce (1895) in his treatise on the Lycaenidae of Borneo does not mention any form 
of manea from there. 
barthema. R. barthema Dlst. (160 d). This may be the form denoted by Semper as a nemana from Borneo, 
beneath of a peculiar greenish-yellow colour, particularly the disc of the wings beneath shows a more intense 
greenish tint than on our figure. $ above without a scent-mark, quite monotonously sepia-brown, as the figure 
litunia. (a d') shows, but the disc of the hindwing is somewhat coppery in a certain light. — litunia Fruhst. (— litania 
Piep.) is the Javanese form, much smaller, above dull red-brown, the hindwing quite lustrous reddish, the 
forewing only in the disc, under surface chrome-yellow, the postmedian transverse stripe strigiform, in the 
$ almost obsolete. — The typical form ( barthema) also occurs in Malacca, from where it is described. 
laima. R. laima Drc. (147 c) looks like a very small barthema, but beneath the margins of the forewdng, 
and the hindwing is rather densely powdered with a greenish grey; in the disc of the hindwing some places in. 
above and below the cell remain unpowdered. A small delicate animal, perhaps an alpine form from the Kina 
Balu (Borneo). 
testa. R. testa Swh. ( ? = pengata Fruhst.) (160 d. 146 d as pengata). $ blackish-brown, $ with a violettish- 
blue very faint hue which is hardly recognizable in the figured $ from Assam. Under surface chrome-yellow, 
the transverse stripes distinct, distally bordered with light, on the veins very feebly interrupted. Assam. 
lankana. R. lankana Mr., described as Deudorix, later on ranged by Moore in his genus Vadebra, is similar 
to testa, but much smaller and easily discernible by the absence of a second stripe on the forewing beneath 
between the postdiscal arcuate stripe and the margin; on the hindwing above the anal lobe is centred with 
rust-coloured yellow. Under surface dull earth-brown, towards the base more yellow, the transverse bands 
deep rust-brown, $ above pale violettish-brown. India and Ceylon. Rare and very local. The habitat often 
only comprises a few yards, where the species may then be repeatedly taken on the same bush. 
tara. R. tara Nic. is very similar to sphinx (160 e), though not so abundantly and brightly iridescent 
blue. Forewing with a velvety black round scent-spot in the disc. In the anal lobe of the hindwing a minute 
orange spot. Beneath, like the two preceding species, greenish-ochreous, but much darker, the transverse 
stripe in the forewing being distinctly dark brown, whilst that in the hindwing contrasts less with the dark 
ground-colour. Syihet. not rare. 
drasmos. R. drasmos Drc. (146 B d) of which I only know the $, is above dark brown with a lighter reddish 
disc of the forewing. Beneath yellowish-grey, perhaps with a little more reddish tint than in our figure; the 
dark postmedian streak is distally distinctly bordered with light; between it and the margin there is a nebulous 
stripe running rather parallel to it. From Labuan (Borneo). 
