356 MYGALESIS. By H. Fruhstorfer, 
Kansirei June 15 th to 30 th; Taihanroku July 1st to 7 th 1908; Shinchiku and Hokuho, July till September. 
M. Dohertyi appears in Macromalayana (but not in Java) and is one of the rarest butterflies. Dr. Martin 
only netted four in Sumatra in 13 years. I received from Waterstradt the one $ out of a collection contai¬ 
ning 20 000 specimens; from Perak only two pairs are known, viz. the pair discovered there by Doherty in 
dohertyi . 1889 or 1890 and a pair in my collection. There are two geographical races: dohertyi Elw. (93 a) reminds one 
by the design of its. un. s. of the Genus Ragadia and forms as it were a transition. M. dohertyi and Ragadia 
crisia have the un. s. of both wings crossed by three bands, the outermost of which touches the marginal 
row of eyespots; lighter spaces lie between the dark bands. Ragadia has in addition on the f. w. a fourth 
excelsior . basal dark band. January, April, September. — excelsior Fruhst. $ Up. s. paler, all eyespots bigger, lighter 
and more clearly ringed with yellow gray than in dohertyi from Malacca. Un. s.: The dark bands narrowed 
and the pale gray broadened, also ringed with a paler yellow and on both sides having a broader gray margin. 
North-Borneo, Kina Balu, 1 $ Coll. Fruhstorfer. 
air aha . M. atrata Rbr. from the Spice Islands, somewhat resembles messene on the under-side but thanks to 
the scent marks on submarginal of h. w., up. s. belongs to the oroatis group. Mr. Roeber remarks that besides 
the usual scent tufts atrata exhibits a hair pencil on the submarginal of h. w. Whether the f. w. possess a scent 
patch or not is not specified; I surmise however that it is wanting otherwise Roeber would have mentioned 
it. Batjan, very rare. 
durga . M. durga, the only Papuan representative of this peculiar and widely spread group, in form and colour 
very near shiva Bsd., bazochi Over. (92 d), maladeva Bsd. and other species from New-Guinea, but easy to dif¬ 
ferentiate through a pencil of long black hairs on subbasal region of h. w., shows also on costal border a yellow 
jobina . scent tuft. Three geographical races: jobina Fruhst. (93 a). Bigger than durga 8m. \ darker red brown with 
rounder h. w. Eyespots of f. w. smaller, merging rather into the black ground colour of wings. Up. s of both 
wings otherwise just like durga. The un. s. of jobina is much nearer to bazochi, for the eyespots are quite as 
big as those of bazochi and far bigger than durga's. The distal median band shows a very broad black 
exheredata . brown like bazochi instead of the red brown of dunga. Jobi island, discovered by Doherty. — exheredata 
Fruhst. (93 a) from Emperor Williams Land, according to Hagen flies close to the ground and is fairly common 
in shady woods. Up. s. with bigger eyespots, un. s. distinguished by its dark brown bands and intense yellow 
ochre instead of gorgeous red yellow ringed eyespots. The ground colour is also of a darker gray throughout 
than in durga from the Bay of Humboldt and from Dorey. $ bigger than noticeably paler un. s., the red 
brown bands on both sides lightened by an admixture of yellow gray, eyespots above larger than in B, brighter, 
ringed with more orange yellow, the black apical margin wanting and the upper eyespots thus standing out 
better. 
Subgenus Lohora Moore. 
Easily distinguished from Subgenus Culapa by the second subcostal nerve branching off on the further 
side of the cell, f. w. Discoidal cell of f. w. bent out strongly basally, that of the h. w. pushing nearly 
onto the furcation of the first and middle median. F. av. rather long and straight, h. av. bent basally inwards 
and notably longer. A well defined group and with richly varying exception confined to the Celebes. 
a) H. w. without subbasal hair pencil 
a. F. w. without androconial patch and without scent pencil. ( Lohora Moore). 
dexamenus . M. dexamenus. This species peculiar to Celebes occurs on the island itself in three local races: dexa- 
menus Hew. Type taken by Wallace at Tondano. Specimens from Toli-Toli give one the impression that 
they are darker than those from Minahassa and those from the island of Lembeh. are still gloomier, with up. 
s. h. av. a deeper broAvn reel, dexamenus is a true wood dweller and in common with the other yelloAv Lohora 
from Celebes is easy to catch if lured by bananas alongside running brooks or particularly shady spots in the 
forests . The dainty butterflies in their, for the genus, strikingly bright attire, settle by ones and twos on the 
fruit and suck so greedily that they seldom notice the approach of their enemy. 1 took many hundreds in this 
dinon. Avay. Minahassa, Toli-Toli, November, December, Island of Limbeh. dinon Hew. has been considered up 
till now no variety but a species on account of the broad pale yelloAv discal region of its f. av. I have met with 
it up to an altitude of 3000 ft. and believe that it flies the A\ r hole year round. Makassar, Patunuang, January 
transiens and Lompa-Battan, 3000 ft., March. — transiens Fruhst. (91 e). This peculiar form combines the characte¬ 
ristics of dexamenus from N. Celebes for its uppersides with those of dinon from S. Celebes for its undersides. The up. s. 
differs from dexamenus through the somewhat lighter more sharply defined black at apex of f. av., in which 
the black eyespots are more clearly marked than in dexamenus . The hind AA r ings seem a. trifle paler; 
