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BIBASIS; BAD AMI A; ISMENE. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
lugubris. H. lugubris Bsd. (166 f). Owing to the shape of the body and wings (forewing elongate, hindwing 
short) this species is more similar to the following genera such as Rhopalocampta and Ismene than to the Hasora. 
Recognisable by the palpi being below of a bright red, above golden green, by the lustrous golden green head 
and collar, the broad band of the hindwing being distally bordered with blue, in front with golden yellow'. Erom 
New Guinea. A single specimen (rf) is reported by Lower from Cape York, though he himself considers it 
tiacellia. to be only a stray guest in Queensland. — In tiacellia Hew., from the Aru Is., the white median band of the 
hindwing is so very broad that it occupies by far the greatest portion of the surface of the hindving. The 
species is not common. 
2. Genus: ISilmsis Mr. 
The lepidoptera of this genus still exhibit the shape of the Hasora, the forewing of the G being even 
more pointed, so that the distal margin is longer than the hind-margin. The hindwing is also distinctly lobate 
in the anal portion, so that the lobate part is still longer than in Hasora. But the legs are short, and nothing 
is to be noticed of the great prolongation of the tarsi as in Has. lugubris. However, the hind tibiae are set 
with hair-fringes as in the Ismene. All the forms known presumably belong to one species. 
B. sena. Above uni-coloured earth-brown, lighter than most of the Hasora , more of the ground¬ 
colour of the white Ismene', hindwing with fiery red fringes. Beneath a white median band extends from the 
sena. centre of the forewing almost to the anal angle of the hindwing. Typical sena Mr. occur in India and Ceylon, 
palawana. as far as the Naga Hills in Assam and as far as Siam. — palawana Stgr. (= uniformis Elw.) (166 f) occur in 
Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan, and the Philippines; they differ in the distal border of the white band of 
the hindwing being as distinct as the proximal border, whereas in typical sena it is covered with whitish - 
sambawana. violet. — In sambawana Elw., likewise described as a distinct species, the hindwing above is densely covered 
vaicravana. with hair of a bright rusty yellow colour. — vaicravana Fruhst. (166 g) is a larger race the $ of which exhibits 
a band of the hindwing as broad as in the $ of sena and palawana from the Philippines. — Larva very beautifully 
variegated, greenish ochreous-yellow with a dark dorsal stripe and zebra-like transverse stripes, one thick 
stripe being always.followed by 2 finer ones. The reddish head shows a black star-like marking; on the whole, 
it is very similar to the larva of Ismene oedipodea and it likewise lives on Combretium latifolium. Pupa 
yellowish, with a white hue on it. 
3. Genus: Bsulamia Mr. 
The genus which is characterized in Vol. I, p. 341, contains but 1 wide-spread species. 
exclamatio- B. exclamationis F. (= ladon Cr., thymbron Fldr.) (Vol. I. pi. 86 e). This lepidopteron (c-f. Vol. I, 
Ms. p. 341 ) is distributed from Cashmir and India through Indo-China and parts of the Malay Archipelago to Eormosa, 
but it seems no more to occur in the Linchot Is.; it inhabits, however, the whole of North and East Australia 
to the south af far as Sydney; the single individuals of the species vary a great deal, though distinctly separable 
geographical races cannot be ascertained; particularly the hyaline spots of the forewing vary in size. The species 
is mostly very common, and in Queensland frequently large swarms of these lepidoptera were observed. It 
is one of the swiftest flyers, which in the sunshine drinks [from flowers upon which it dashes in a furious, 
whizzing flight and which it leaves again in the same swift and abrupt manner; nevertheless it is not timid 
and therefore easy to capture. — The larva is yellowish-green with a dark dorsal line and zebra-like thick and 
thin transverse stripes. Head yellowish-red, marked with black. — The imagines fly all the year round in 
hot districts, e. g. in Ceylon. 
4. Genus: Ismene Swns. 
Rather large Hesperidae of a Heterocera-like habitus, which in contrast with the preceding species 
lead a nocturnal life and conceal themselves in daytime. Antenna with a long and thick club terminating in 
a fine long point. Frons very broad; second palpal joint with appressed scales, the third joint being thin and 
porrect. Forewing not so pointed as in the preceding genera; hindwing almost invariably with a distinct, often 
large anal lobe. In the forewing vein 5 is straight, at the base equidistant from 4 and 6 . In the hindwing 
the lower median branch rises near the cell-end. More than 20 species are known, nearly all from Indo- 
Australia. 
doleschalli. 1. doleschalli Fldr. (166 g). Above black, at once recognisable by the greenish golden body and the 
bright glaring golden grey basal parts of all the wings. Under surface blackish-brown, powdered with metallic, 
gazaka. with single light greenish areas. Typical doleschalli occur in Amboina. — In gazaka Fruhst., from Batjan, the 
golden green basal area above is more confined. — Specimens from Ceram are said to be generally smaller than 
vvridicans. typical ones, and were therefore denominated viridicans Fruhst., the golden green upper surface exhibits less 
sitiva. blue reflection, and the light areas beneath are reduced. — sitiva Fruhst., from Waigeu, is still smaller, and the 
