OERANE. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
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from Sumbawa, differs from sidha in the band of the fore wing being more bent and above and below narrower. 
yaya Fruhst. { 174 g), from Celebes, exhibits the part of the band of the forewing between the median bran- yaya. 
ches removed farther to the margin. — clavata Stgr. are specimens from Palawan with a broader band and clavata. 
of a larger habitus, which, however, are not characteristic, since also smaller specimens with narrower bands 
occur in Palawan (= chmida Fruhst.), and which Elwes doubtfully unites with feisthameli and alysos. — volux chundci. 
Mob., from Luzon, is without any tiny dots, presumably neither more than a casual aberration *). - mahima 
Fruhst., from Bazilan, is allied to chunda , but the band of the forewing is much broader, more uniform, farther 
advanced, on both sides more brightly lustrous. — pria Drc. are Borneo-specimens with very broad bands, pria. 
whereas in quadrata Elw. (174 g) the band may almost become an oblong quadrangle with rounded angles. — quadrata. 
Nearly everywhere at the habitats of the forms of this species they are very common. 
N. renardi Oberth., from Dorey and Arfak, has a very angular band which is strangulated below, renardi. 
whilst in the form partita Fruhst. (174 h) from German New Guinea the lower part of it may even be entirely partita. 
separated. — fergussonia Fruhst. is a smaller form from the, Fergusson Is. with a very narrow band of the fergussonia. 
forewing, which, however, reaches the costal margin from which it is often far away in New Guinea specimens. 
- In aluensis Swh. (174 h) which I figure from New Guinea, but which was described from the Salomons, the atuensis. 
lower separated portion of the band is almost circular and in the proximal part divided by brown. — wokana wokana. 
Plotz (174 h as mokana), from the Aru and Key Is., is recognisable by a white spot being inserted in the white 
band behind the lower cell-angle. — insulata Btlr., from New Pomerania, of which only 1 specimen is before insulata. 
me, differs from wokana merely in the portion of the white band in the cell being somewhat broader, whilst 
that in the submedian area is somewhat narrower. — The species is apparently just as common as the pre¬ 
ceding species. 
N. waigensis Plotz (174 h) shows the median band of the forewing expanded particularly in the central waigensis. 
parts and also distinctly extending to the costa; the tiny white spots are distinct especially beneath. The 
typical form originates from Waigeu. — ribbei Fruhst., from the Aru Is., is smaller, the band of the ribbei. 
forewing narrower; presumably also in the Key Is. — leugocaster Stgr. are quite similar specimens from North leucogastcr. 
Australia (Kuranda, Cooktown), and mangala Fruhst., from German New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, mangata. 
has a narrower band and particularly beneath smaller dots. Where the forms of waigensis fly together with 
those of renardi, they differ in the coherent white band, the lower part of which is separated in the renardi. 
N. monteithi W.-Mas. ( = singularis Mob.) differs from the figured inornata Elw.& Edw. (174 h) in the monteithi. 
basal angle of the upper median branch exhibiting a white wedge entering the band which is shortened and inornata. 
truncate at both ends. This form originates from Borneo (Waterstradt brought it from the Kina Balu), where¬ 
as typical monteithi are from Cachar, and allied though hardly separable forms from Java and Sumatra. 
N. basiflava Nic. (175 a). In this species being hitherto only known from the Nilgiri Mts. the lower basiflava. 
portion of the band of the forewing is effaced, and the proximal portion of the hindwing beneath is yellow. 
Apparently rare; the fiist specimens known were taken by Me Gregor near Pirmaad., probably in March 
or April. 
N. paralyses W.-Mas. is at once recognisable by the two white spots on the hindwing beneath, one paralysos. 
of which is in the posterior portion of the cell, the other one below it, near the base. Andamans. 
52. Genus: Oerasie Elw.&Edw. 
The $$ of this genus look very much like small Notocrypta, whilst the SS lack the white spot on the 
forewing. Hitherto only two species are known, which are apparently much rarer than the species of the 
preceding genus. 
0. microthyrus Smp. (175 a) looks like a very small Notocr. monteithi. The white spot of the forewing microthy- 
of the $ (the is not at hand) is quite straightly cut off by the submedian. Beneath the spot is continued 
broadly and glossy white into the submedian area as far as the hind-margin. Philippines. 
0. neaera Nic. Described from Malacca, but also found in Borneo and Pulo Laut; a rare species. The neaera. 
$ is above quite brown, the $ quite similar to those of microthyrus, but the white spot on the forewing is 
differently shaped, as the figure shows, which represents the Javanese form, pusilla Fruhst. (175 a), which is pusilla. 
still somewhat smaller and with more pointed wings than typical neaera; the white spot of the forewing is 
narrower. — The green larva with a pearl-grey head lives on Daemonorops oblongus. The larva is light 
green, shaped as that of Udaspes folus, yielding the imago after 8 till 10 days. 
*) In March I took an alysos near Kandy, exhibiting on the left side a tiny dot behind the cell, but none on the 
right side. I have repeatedly come across specimens in which these dots are larger and more distinct on one side than the 
corresponding ones on the other side. 
