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spots of the hindwing. The red-brown longitudinal bands of the under surface are essentially broader than 
in the other ita races and the white-grey distal part of the hindwing contrasts vividly with the dark grey 
basal half. Flies in January, collected by Doherty on Palawan. 
M. itys replaces the preceding species in the Celeban subregion, and is easy to distinguish from ita 
by its more rounded wings, more pronounced sexual dimorphism, the colouring of the which more recalls 
that of anapita, and the larger apical ocelli on the underside of the forewing in both sexes. — itys Fldr., itys. 
with the forewing 26 mm. in length, is the largest subspecies known, and inhabits the Minahassa. — remulina remulina. 
Fruhst. (91 d), the $ figured came from southern Celebes; this differs beneath from the $ in the more 
extended light yellow bordering of the relatively narrow red-brown longitudinal band, which is slightly el¬ 
bowed beyond the cell. The apical ocellus of the forewing bears a smaller accessary eye-spot. The d'd differ 
from those of itys in the smaller size (forewing 24 mm. in length) and are traversed by somewhat broader 
red-brown longitudinal stripes on the under surface. The $ was collected by me in March on the Lompa 
Battan at about 1000 m., and probably belonging to it at Toli-Toli in the plains in November and De¬ 
cember. — sulensis Sm. differs from remulina in the lighter red-brown ground-colour, the almost inappreciably sulensis. 
bordered distal margin of the hindwing and the more sharply defined black apical spot of the forewing. 
The shows only a distinct subanal ocellus on the upperside of the hindwing, the longitudinal bands of the 
under surface are brown-black and the apical ocellus of the forewing considerably smaller. Discovered by 
Wallace’s collector Allen on Sula Mangoli. 
With M. terminus, better known as remulia, begins an extensive group of Australian and Moluccan 
species, of which terminus especially shows a tendency to develop local races, terminus and remulia , for¬ 
merly regarded as separate species, I think should be treated as branches of one collective species, for re¬ 
mulia has not only the same colouring as terminus, but also especially all the same secondary sexual charac¬ 
ters. remulia can only be separated from terminus, apart from some unessential, partly even individual dif¬ 
ferences in the ocelli, by the curved (instead of straight) red-brown median band of the forewing beneath, 
which is distally bordered by a broader yellow area (the foreground of the ocelli), but on the other hand 
shares with terminus even the light yellowish ground-colour. — All the terminus-remulia forms in common 
develop a broad area of black scales at the lower margin of the scent-patch of the hindwing, reaching from 
the base almost to the distal margin and already distinctly figured by Cramer. At the subcostal is placed 
a shallow, grey-filled cavity, which is completely covered by an unusually thin black-grey scent-pencil. The 
posterior part of the forewing beneath contains no central scale-cavity, but is bordered above by a concave 
area of black-grey scales. The terminus-remulia group has a natural continuation in the Celeban subregion, 
where it is represented by itys Fldr., whilst we find a representative again on the Philippines in ita Fldr. 
and its races and on Borneo as anapita Moore. The most westerly outposts extend to Ceylon ( patnia Moore) 
and South India ( patnia junonia Btlr. ) ; no representatives are yet known from Java. On Celebes the remulia 
colouring is still well preserved, and the scent-characters of the hindwing remain unchanged, on the other 
hand the posterior part of the underside of the forewing is without the upper bordering of black scales. In 
anapita and some forms of ita the scent-tuft already changes its colour, becoming yellow, and at the same 
time the cavity of the scent-patch is filled up with light grey or yellowish, instead of blackish, anapita 
and marginata Moore still bear no central spot of scales in the posterior part of the underside of the forewing, 
but in one form of ita, from the Jolo Islands, it is already slightly indicated, while in other races of that 
species the patch is well filled with red-brown scales and hence at once catches the eye. — wakolo Fruhst. wakolo. 
(91 d) differs from the well-known remulia in the lighter yellow colour of the disc of the forewing in both 
sexes and in having the basal part of the upperside of both wings only slightly shaded with grey-black. Hind¬ 
wing of the $ light red-brown, distally changing into yellow, with the eye-spots bordered with light ochre- 
yellow. Under surface as in kyllenion (91 c), but with light yellowish distal area on both wings. Named from 
the Wakolo Lake in the interior of B- urm* *. where the form is common from March to October. From re¬ 
mulia in particular ivakolo further differs as follows: upper surface: the yellow spot in the cell and the 
ocellus between the medians smaller than in remulia, ocelli of the hindwing with smaller black pupils, but 
broader and lighter yellowish bordering. Under surface: the grey-black shade at the apex of the forewing 
and that which connects the ocelli on the hindwing wanting. Antemarginal band of both wings lighter yellow. 
All the ocelli smaller, with lighter rings and proximally with more extended and lighter yellow bordering. 
— remulia Cr. is one of the commonest butterflies of the South Moluccas, being sent in hundreds with remulia. 
every contingent from Amboina and Saparoca. On Ceram it is apparently not very common; according 
to Rober it also occurs on Goram, but a specialized island race may probably be expected from there. 
The differences from the Buru branch have already been given in the description of wakolo. — From Batjan 
we meet with a further form, pseudasophis Fruhst., which erroneously passes in collections as asophis. Hew- pseuda- 
itson, however, gives Mysol as the habitat of his asophis (Exot. Butt-erfl., 111, 1862) and figures (pi. 4, so P hls - 
fig. 20, 21) an example with two ocelli on the hindwing. But its allies from the North Moluccas, and in 
particular pseudasophis, always bear three ocelli on the hindwing, the examples are larger and more brightly 
coloured, the ocelli of the hindwing more broadly bordered with red-brown and the blue apical dots more 
prominent. — anteros Fruhst. is the Halmaheira form; this differs from pseudasophis in the larger and a u Zeros. 
the pale colouring. Base of the forewing blackish instead of reddish. Anal ocelli smaller, the foreground 
