Publ. 27. III. 1927. 
PORITIA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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P. pavonica Nic. is above and beneath very similar to pharyge, distinguished by quite black forewings; pavonica. 
recognizable by the under surface being pale red-brown and traversed by darker arcuate stripes containing 
light centres. Sumatra. — philura Drc. (154 k) is the form from Borneo; forewing with numerous small blue yhilura. 
spots, hindwing with a blue distal portion enclosing a black band-shaped spot. In the <$ the costa of the 
hindwing above is reddish ochreous. — veturia Fruhst. (154 h as oeturia), from Indo-China, is described veturia. 
according to 1 from Siam, larger than pavonica. Fore wing, except the distal portion exhibiting some bluish- 
green maculae, jet-black. The costal margin of the £ hindwing is lighter. 
P. phalena Hew. ($ = solyma) (154 k). The $ resembles above so exactly javanica that it is unnecessary phalena. 
to figure it, except that the bluish-green basal stripes above are hardly noticeably narrower than in the Javanese 
form; the $ is large with an ochreous spot in the hindwing and a white spot in the forewing. Burma, Malacca. 
— harterti Doh., from Upper Assam, has a somewhat narrower median stripe of the forewing, but it is much harlerti. 
better recognizable by the under surface being much less white than in phalena , and the larger discal spot 
of the ground-colour, the sub marginal spot being absent and the red-brown place in the apical portion very 
much reduced. — proxima Nic. is described to differ much from phalena, but according to Fruhstorfer it proximo,. 
differs but very little from Javanese specimens, except that the $$ sometimes occur without the spots 
of the upper surface of phalena (= ab. abisarina Fruhst.). Otherwise proxima is quite similar to philura (154 k), abisarina. 
but considerably larger, the subcellular glossy stripe from the base extends to beyond the centre of the wing. 
and the stripe above the hind-margin of the forewing is much longer. Under surface much more marked; in 
the centre of the disc a band of four large oval silvery grey spots. $ above uni-coloured blackish-brown, similar 
to the of pediata (154 g). — javanica Fruhst. (154 k) is likewise very similar to the typical specimens, but javanica. 
it has somewhat broader greenish-blue lustrous stripes above. The $ is similar to that of phalena, but without 
the large ochreous spot in the disc of the hindwing and without the small blue spots before the apex of the 
forewing. From Java. — niasina Fruhst. has duller spots above in the whilst the $ hindwing exhibits 2 niasina. 
broad distinct whitish-blue maculae which are absent in javanica or of which there are very faint traces 
at most. Beneath in the $ the discal band of the forewing is much narrower than in phalena. Nias. 
P. binotata Fruhst. (154 k, 1) is best characterized by the conspicuous under surface being light dust- hinotata. 
grey with a white post median stripe and a white-edged orange spot in the anal portions of both wings. Upper 
surface not dissimilar to a javanica (154 k) lacking the metallic spots of the apical part in the forewing and 
hindwing. Luzon. 
P. phalia Hew. (154 1). We are only able to reproduce Hewitson’s figure of the only specimen known, phalia . 
from North Borneo; neither Drtjce nor Fruhmorfer know any other specimen. The $ is presumably similar 
to that of javanica, though nothing can be sam about it owing to the inconstancy of the species of Poritia. 
— potina Hew. (154 i) might also be the normal $ of phalia ; it is on both sides of a bright ochreous- potina. 
yellow colour, the forewing with a broad brown distal margin and hind-margin. —- iulgens Dist. which Frith- fulgens. 
storfer presumes to be the 2 of the rainy season form differs from potina in the broader and darker hind- 
marginal band of the fore wing and the almost quite dark brown hindwing in which only the costal-marginal 
area is yet yolk-coloured. — In biflghami Fruhst., from Tenasserim, the marginal band of the forewing is broken binghami. 
up into single spots, and the hindwing lacks the black margin. — Of procotes Nic., from Sumatra, only 1 $ procotcs. 
has been discovered so far. Upper surface orange-yellow, almost exactly like potina (154 i), but in the hindwing 
the hindmarginal half is not shaded with blackish-brown, but it exhibits a broad brown marginal band. Beneath 
the transverse stripe at the cell-end is obsolete. 
P. pharyge Hew. (154 i). Of this species I only know the J; Druce bases upon it his ,,genus“ Poriskina; pharyge. 
the subcostal vein of the fore wing with but three branches, the hindwing with 2 distinct hair-pencils. On 
glancing at the figure we notice the great resemblance of the insect to javanica. The upper surface is less different 
than the under surface being red-brown, with a marking recalling that of philura (154 k), but the arcuate chains 
are more equal, straighter, and more coherent. Borneo. — Besides two more Poritia have been described from 
Borneo: pellonia Dist. and geta Fawc. which have remained unknown to me; the former is said to resemble pellonia. 
beneath pleurata (154 1). 9 eta - 
P. pheretia H?w. (= pheretria Hew. in tab.) (154h). A small and quite peculiar form. $ in the pheretia. 
forewing above similar to pharyge, but the blue stripes, particularly the stripe at the hind-margin, much thicker; 
the hindwing is quite blue except the costal margin. In the $ we notice a slight resemblance to the colouring 
of freja being so very common in Indian Lycaenidae, i. e. a dark brown upper surface with a lustrous silvery 
grey anal region of the hindwing. Malacca and Borneo. 
P. plateni Stgr. (1541). Above the $ is somewhat like sumatrae (154 h), but beneath both wings are plateni. 
white with a rusty-red distal margin and all over covered with black dots. Palawan. Sumatra. 
P» phakos Drc. (1541). $ above lustrous blue with a uniformly extending black marginal band of phakos. 
3 mm width in the forewing, of 2 mm width in the hindwing. Beneath the wings are dull white, crossed by 
finely undulate dark arcuate stripes. Mindanao. 
P. libna Hew. (154 g). Above more lustrous green than blue, the black marginal band in the forewing libna. 
equally broad, not as in phakos broader in the apical portion, but in the hindwing it is broader in the anal 
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