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NOTOCRYPTA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
distant). P. distant! Stgr. (= pavona Nic.) (174 e) differs from the preceding species in the very much broader 
yellow anal portion of the hindwing, into which indentations of the ground-colour penetrate; the undersurface 
is more uniformly green, without the black patches in the spaces between the veins. Malacca and Sumatra. — 
Specimens from Java are not always discernible from the Sumatrans, so that de Niceville cancelled again 
albicomis. his name for them (pavona), which was wrong in Fruhstorfer‘s opinion. — albicornis Elw. (174 ) derives 
its name from the antennae being below mostly white, in what it differs from the other Finland] it originates 
from Mt. Kina-Balu in Borneo. 
ismene. P. ismene FI dr. (174 f), from Celebes, is to be recognised by the very large yellow anal spot of the 
hindwing being above proximad. smoothly cut off, beneath projecting towards the base, thus representing less 
a marginal band than a somewhat irregular circular spot. 
51. Genus: 3To to crypts* Nic. 
The older name for this genus — Plesioneura Fldr. — is already previously used, but in older publi¬ 
cations almost generally employed for this genus composed of few, similar species. All the Notocrypta are of 
medium size, black with a white shortened band of the forewing, whereby they resemble Channion ficulnea, 
zaiva, tola, etc., which, however, have quite a different habitus, larva, and structure. According to the shape 
and extent of the white band of the forewing, the few species have been split up into a great number of 
local forms, what is justified to a certain degree by the distinct constancy of such differences. Only very large 
series, which, however, may be easily combined owing to the great commonness of the species, show that there 
are intermediate forms and transitions, by which the single ,,races“ are fused, which fact will prove to be still 
more obvious when the larvae will be better known. The latter, as far as they are known, are green with light 
transverse rings and a shield-shaped head being below widened and at the vertex indented; they live on bananas 
(Musa) or on a ginger-like Aroidea, the Curcuma plant, thus on monocotyledons, like the preceding genera. 
The imagines fly swiftly, less skipping than most of the other Hesperidae do; they cling to the blossoms of the 
bushes with their wings half closed, preferring the blossoms of Lantana-shrubs. — As to further particulars, 
cf. Yol. I, p. 352. — The type is N. curfivascia. 
curvifascia. N. curvifascia Fldr. (Vol. I, pi. 84 g) and the two allied forms restiicta Mr. (Yol. T, pi. 84 g) and recti- 
re strict a. f asc j a Leech (Vol. I, pi. 84 g) have been dealt with in Vol. I, p. 353. All of them — excepting perhaps recti- 
)tcti fascia. j asc i a — probably occur also in the Indo-Australian Region, above all in the Linchot Is. and Formosa. All 
exhibit a preapical row of very tiny white spots, being absent in the forms of alysos with which E lives 
united them as subordinate forms. The green larva lives on yellow ginger (Curcuma); the imagines are common, 
only at the northern frontier of their range they become rarer; in the south they fly all the year round. In 
the palearctic region they are much rarer and. only reach it at its southern frontier; in Japan they only occur 
avattana. to the south of Kiushu. avattana Fruhst. (174 f) is a large form with a broad, strongly curved white band 
samyutta. being indented above the lower quarter, and with very small preapical dots; Java. — samyutta Fruhst., from 
Lombok, has a somewhat narrower band of the forewing; Sapit, at an altitude of 2000 ft., discovered by 
dharana. Fruhstoreer, April till May. — dharana Fruhst., by the distinctly defined, continuous white median band 
being very broad particularly towards the costa, already approximates feisthameli from Amboina. dharana is also 
allied to the Sumatran wokana Plotz by the separate, oblique last white portion of the band of the forewing. 
alinkam. — alinkara Fruhst. denotes Philippinic specimens from Mindoro, distinguished from Indian and Chinese speci- 
celebensis. mens by the deeper indentation in the band of the forewing. celebensis Stgr. is a large form with a costallv 
and anally longer band of the forewing. From the Minahassa. It may be regarded as a distinct species. 
feisthameli. N. feisthameli Bsd. (= varians Plotz, chimaera Pag.) is the species from the Southern Moluccas Ceram 
padhana. and Amboina, distinguished from the form of the Northern Moluccas: padhana Fruhst. (174 f, g), from Batjan 
and Halmaheira, only by the less deeply indented band of the forewing, its larger size and more scanty small 
samana. dots in the forewing. — In samana Fruhst., from Dutch New Guinea, the band of the forewing is shortened 
saira. and narrower. — satra Fruhst.. from Buru, is larger than specimens from Ceram, with a much broader white 
band of the fore wing. 
a j l/sos N. alysos Mr. (174 g), from India and Ceylon, where the species is very common, flying along the 
roads and stopping at every bush of Lantana hybrid a , differs from feisthameli in the absence of the tiny white 
albifascia. dots, of which sometimes but 1, quite rarely 2 very fine ones are visible. — albifascia Mr. is a small form 
asawa. from Java, Borneo, and Bali, occurring also in Indo-China, with a narrower band of the forewing. — ab. asawa 
Fruhst. refers to a specimen taken by Fruhstoreer in Tonkin, in which by a stronger indentation the lower 
devadatta. portion of the band is detached from the band. — devadatta Fruhst. is mentioned from Sumatra and Perak 
and chiefly differs from alysos from Ceylon in the white band of the fore wing reaching the costal margin. — 
sidha. sidha Fruhst., from Java, has a narrower white band than devadatta, but the one white tiny dot behind the 
asancja. band is large and distinctly present. — ab. asanga Fruhst. are small specimens, the band of the forewing beneath 
sukavata. more'sharply bent, the hindwing beneath uniformly dark brown, not with light clouds. — sukavata Fruhst., 
