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from Tonkin; according to its author it is not rare on Hainan and bears, judging from the figure, distinct 
whitish antemarginal dots on the forewing and essentially smaller blue submarginal patches than hobsoni and 
coelestis. Not known to me. — leucogonys Bt/r., originally described from Malacca, extends northwards to leucogony s. 
Moulmein and was met with by me in February in Central Siam and in March at the border of Siam and 
Burma. In general they visit flowers, but in the dry season are fond of wet places in the waterless river¬ 
beds. leucogonys varies mach in size, some cfd 71 only betray their relationship by two or three light blue 
transcellular patches; the submarginal patches may be either small or very large (= lazulina Moore). As lazulina. 
localities are further known: Salanga, Singapore. — vestigiata Bt/r. is a race with the hindwing generally vestigiata. 
darker, without discal stripes and as a rule with small or only moderate-sized submarginal patches on the 
forewing. As in the preceding form ?? sometimes occur with pure white or slightly light violet anal margin 
to the hindwing, which, however, is not reproduced on the under surface (albolimbata form, nov.). Valve albolimbuta. 
distally less excurved than that of viola from Celebes. Rare in North-East Sumatra, vestigiata is one of the 
commonest butterflies in the west of the island and the ?? attain there an unusual size, but nevertheless 
have generally only a smaller stripe at the submedian of the forewing than leucogonys. According to Martin 
they are fond of shade and hence sometimes come under bridges covered with wood or straw, and even 
into the verandas of dwelling-houses, where they remain until about 4 o’clock, and then return to their 
hiding-places in the woods. — novarae Fldr. is a race from the Nicobars rare in collections, and only known novarae. 
to me from Moore’s figure; forewing with light blue submarginal spots on dark blue, brilliantly glossy ground. 
— juno Stick, is a race approaching vestigiata in the predominantly dark blue-violet ground-colour of the juno 
upper surface, the ?$ of which, however, may be distinguished from the West Sumatran branch of the species 
by the very large subapical patches with pure white dots and the light blue, similar submarginal spots. 
Under surface of both wings with very distinct, complete rows of pure white submarginal dots. Rather rare. 
Nias. — phane Doh. on the contrary is very common (coll. Fruhstorfer contains 63 examples, captured in phane. 
April). Ground-colour steel-blue, never changing into violet and hence easy to distinguish from juno and 
vestigiata and probably at the same time approaching novarae Fldr. from the Nicobars. phane also differs in 
the dark hindwing both from leucostictos Gmel. from Java and vestigiata Bt/r. from Sumatra, both of which 
have the hindwing much lighter distally. cd, but especially the ?, with very large marginal spots, as a rule 
light blue, only rarely dotted with white. The Salpinx- spot in both sexes very large, in the 22 often distally 
incised, sometimes double or so much widened as to recall kadu from the Philippines. But the principal 
character of the race consists in the almost undotted under surface (forming a contrast especially to that of 
juno). which in the cfed is almost deep black and suffused with dark blue sheen. Engano. — leucostictos Gmel. leucostictos. 
(= eunice Godt .), the name-type, is one of the most variable races, with the ground-colour as a rule light 
brown with violet tinge. Examples with dark steel-blue reflection are rarer. The shape and colour of the 
submarginal patches vary, but examples predominate with light violet marginal patches, more or less dotted 
with white. The Salpinx- stripe is as a rule smaller than in phane and in the 2? inclined to obsolescence. 
In single 22 it is entirely absent (= debarbata form. nov.). In some cTcT appears as a rare exception a debarbata. 
second rounded violet spot above the Salpinx- stripe (bioculata form, nov..), a series of cTcd and 22 bear bioculata. 
transcellular elongate or rounded strigae on the forewing (radiata form, nov.), whilst other examples, especially radiata. 
often 22, show occasionally only four small, white-centred subapical spots, which only extend to the upper 
median vein of the forewing (abrupta form. nov.). In East and West Java nowhere rare up to 600 m.; but abrupla. 
it is always met with singly, never gregariously, like mazares. — timaius subsp. nov. is a very large and timaius. 
dark-coloured race with light blue submarginal patches, but never light violet according to the material before 
me. 2 as in that of juno with elongate subapical strigae, which distally enclose large white dots. Under 
surface darker and with smaller dots than in Javan examples. Bawean, apparently rare. — relucida subsp. relucida. 
nov. is a race with brown ground-colour, closely approximating to leucostictos from Java in the colouring of 
the upperside: cd with light violet, 2 with light blue subapical and submarginal patches. The under surface 
forms a distinct transition to tisais Fruhst. from Lombok in the strikingly light coffee-brown patch in the cell 
of the forewing and the median area of the hindwing. Bali. — tisais Fruhst, (83b), described from Lombok, tisais. 
where it is fond of visiting flowers at elevations of 2000 ft. and was met with by me as one of the first 
butterflies immediately after sunrise. The upper surface is shown in the figure, the under surface is characterized 
by delicate light blue submarginal spots, and light brown patches in the cell of both wings, which gradually 
shade off into the somewhat darker marginal area. — kandaon subsp. nov. bears as a rule even larger and kandaon. 
lighter blue submarginal spots on the forewing and is beneath easy to distinguish from tisais by the sharply 
defined dark brown marginal area, distinctly shot with violet-blue, on both wings. The white dots of the 
under surface are commonly replaced by small black dots with scarcely appreciable blue centres. Sumbawa. 
— meizon Doh. is an extremely pronounced geographical form, somewhat inferior in size to kandaon, but meizon. 
nevertheless with the marginal spots of the fore wing almost larger and always light blue. The under surface 
similar to that of phane, i. e. much darkened, with a slightly lighter brown area in the median part, and 
both wings either entirely without dots or only with a few small blue spots in the subapical part of both 
wings. Sumba. — syra Fruhst. (79c), from Borneo and Palawan, is an exceptionally large form with dark sgra. 
velvety blue ground-colour and as a rule only three to live subapical patches on the forewing. The Salpinx- 
