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ELYMNIAS. By H. Frtthstorfer. 
scent brushes red-brown. 3 with broad, whitish longitudinal band on the fore wings with a slight violet ed¬ 
ging. The submarginal bands on the under surface are also purer white and more extensive than in the Ja- 
albofas- van forms. North Borneo. — albofasciata Stgr. has grey scent tufts, is smaller than dara, has less distinct 
cHthi. pi ac p submarginal spots on the upper surface of the hindwings, but which are much more prominent on the 
under surface and placed in a pure white discal zone, which again is narrower than in dara. Palawan, Janu¬ 
ary, scarce. 
E. patna formerly known only from the Himalayas, was discovered by me on my travels in Tonkin, 
and has recently been found by Dr. Martin in the Singapore Museum from Perak. There is also a similar form 
in Sumatra, which, however, has probably already attained specific rank, patna is not common, it recalls 
Stictoploea binotata, and is characterized by elongate triangular pointed submarginal streaks, on the fore¬ 
wings, and in the $$ by a large, distal pointed blue spot before the apex of the cell, which is also sometimes 
patna. present in the 33 in a rudimentary form. — patna Westw. extends from the Kumaun Himalayas to Assam, 
and is one of the largest Elymnias. Upper surface of hind wings with four white submarginal spots, which re¬ 
appear on the underside as a complete series of 7 small spots, accompanied externally by groups of small white 
patnoides. striae. — patnoides Moore, of which I has a cotype from the author, is a dry season form, it is not restricted 
to Burma, as Moore assumed, but occurs in the same livery in Assam and Sikkim. The blue on the upper 
surface of the hindwings is less intense, the red-brown colour being more predominant, and with the smaller 
form the blue streaks on the fore wing are also diminished. Niceville states that patna flies from April to 
stictica. October on heights up to 1000 m. •— stictica Fruhst. (88 c) smaller than patna, with reduced blue spots on the 
forewings, white centred in the 3 and still more distinctly in the $. June to August at about 500 m in Ton- 
hanitschi. kin. Rare. — hanitschi Mart. The only known specimen of this subspecies is from the Maxwell Hills in Pe¬ 
rak, where it was taken in April at a height of 3500 feet. Smaller than patna with rather more even wing-con¬ 
tours, this new subspecies has the six submarginal metallic blue spots on the upper surface of the forewings greatly 
reduced, the three subapical being well separated, whereas in patna they are united into a band; on the 
other hand there is no blue spot in the cell of the forewing, as is usual in patna. None of the six sub¬ 
marginal spots are white or outside the line as are the lower three in dohrni. On the under surface of the 
hindwings there are on the distal and inner margins pure white striations, which are brownish in patna and 
in dohrni far more numerous and even showing through on the upper surface. In patna the apex of the upper 
median branch is produced into a distinct, prominent tail, in dohrni the hindwing is completely rounded, in 
the new subspecies from Perak the contour of the hindwing shows a distinct toothing at the ends of the 
veins, but these projections are not sufficient prominent to be called tails. The new subspecies is distinguis¬ 
hed from patna. stictica. Fruhst.. from Tonkin by the absence of the series of large white spots on the upper 
surface of the forewings. 
dohrni. E. dohrni Nicev. hitherto known only from one 3 ' 11 the Tring Museum, forms the southermost re¬ 
presentative of the patna. series; but if the figure is correct, and I can only judge from that, then this form 
is probably entitled to rank as a species, on account of the rounded shape of the wings, which have no tails, 
the three submarginal spots on the forewing which are moved far inwards, and also from the presence of 
white antemarginal striation on the upper surface of the hindwings. In place of the large blue submarginal 
streaks the forewings have four fine subapical darker striae. North Sumatra. September, from the plains. 
E. beza has also on the upper side of the hindwings a series of blue spots, a colour character which does 
not appear elsewhere in the patna, group. In size it equals patnoides Moore. The under surface is charac¬ 
terized by a series of five submarginal spots on the forewings, and seven on the hindwings, which are of a 
delicate violet blue colour, instead of white as in patna. Idle anteterminal striation on the hindwings is wan- 
heza. ting. Hindwings roundish, lightly scalloped, not dentate. - — beza Hew. differs from patna only by the $$ 
being in no way different from the 3 , excepting in the smaller spots. In South-east Mindanao there are two 
plateni. forms, namely specimens with normally sized dark blue submarginal spots on the forewings, and form pla- 
teni Fruhst.., belonging probably to the dry season, with more or less pure white subapical and median spots 
kochi. on the forewing, which are repeated on the under surface, plateni provides a connection with kochi Sem.p., 
of which only one 3 has yet been received in Europe, the resemblance of which to Trepsichrois megilla Er. 
has been already noted by the author. Upper surface shining steel blue with a tripartite white spot at the 
apex of the forewing and a sreies of bluish dots running parallel with the distal margin, of which four Are on 
the forewing and two on the hindwing. Middle Luzon. Elies probably from June to August. The two 
above described forms of beza are analogous to the two species of Euploea , which ivere dealt with 
in detail in this volume, p. 277, El. beza, resembling the hitherto unnoticed Euploea, praeelymnias Fruhst,. and 
El. plateni the well known Eupl. dufresne. 
b. Hindwing with two hair-pencils. 
byperm- E. hypermnestra, better known by the name of undularis L. may be considered the commonest species 
nesira. 
