AMNOSIA. By H. Fruhslorfer. 
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flower. The larva is cylindrical, golden-brown, covered with fine hair, and with 9 rows of long, reddish, 
branching spines. The head is black, armed with two long, diverging, black and branching spines. It lives 
on Strobilanthus callosus Nees and Eranthemum malabricmn Clarke, both of the family of Acanthaceae. - 
horsfieldi Koll., the oldest name of the collective species, which is found from Bombay southward, presumably horsfieldi. 
commencing where K. inachus disappears; it is rather large, nowhere scarce, in some places quite common 
and ascends in the Nilgiris to elevations of about 4000 ft. It represents the dry-season form, resembling in 
its general appearance philarchus (111c). — wardi Moore (= doubledayi Moore) is the occasionally very small wardi. 
form of the wet-season, having on the under surface of the f. w. nearly always two ocelli or, more correctly, 
translucent spots. The ground-colour is dusky, resembling the fall tints of leaves, occasionally coffee or yellow- 
brown. According to Aiken it abounds in all the wooded parts of the Canara district, generally swarming 
about the flowers of Strobilanthus; it is chiefly found between March and May and again in July and August; 
sugar and brandy attract them to such an extent, that they lose all fear and can be seized with the lingers. 
The larva is found in July. — philarchus Westw. (111c) is one of the most sought-after butterflies of Ceylon; philarchus. 
our figures represent the cf of the wet-season (macwoodi Moore ) and the ? of the dry-season. Beneath it macwoodi. 
resembles K. inachus , but has broader brown or brown-green longitudinal bands, generally of the foliacea or 
uredinophora- design. Moore’s figures represent also ?? displaying the acerifolia- type. The colour of the oblique 
band on the f. w. varies in the ? through all shades from nearly white to light blue; the hyaline spots may 
or may not be present. In Ceylon I first encountered them near Wellawaja, in the southern part of the island, 
circling around the crowns of those gigantic trees that overhang the borders of the Kinindi-Ganga; they only 
appeared at the hottest time of the day, alighting in an ostentative manner with folded wings on the upper 
surface of the leaves on some projecting branches. Although they were far up in the air, I could easily recognize 
them from where I stood, both when they were at rest, or leasurely sailing through the air in their amorous, 
coquettish play. Some time afterwards 1 again found them in the northern part of the island, in the dense 
jungle bordering the dried-up river-courses, in some places not at all scarce. Here they knew indeed how to 
use their protective colouring; chased they would disappear like a flash before my eyes, and although they 
settled down within a short distance from me I never succeeded in finding them again, especially as they 
remained motionless for about a quarter of an hour, as if conscious of the danger. 
K. albofasciata Moore should perhaps be united with horsfieldi as an insular form, but the sharply albofasciala. 
defined, pure white and very narrow band on the f. w. appears somewhat more oblique, and the ground-colour 
is deeper blue and has a more intense lustre. The under surface is greenish-gray, having the delicate, greenish 
median line proximally irrorated with whitish. Andaman Islands, not very scarce. 
K. alompra is a rare species, only occasionally met with in European collections. It. resembles spiridiva 
(111 c) which, however, has the wings rather more elongate, and the hindwings are produced into a tail like that 
of K. inachus. On the f. w. the white transverse band which is bordered with blue, resembles that of pilarchus; 
but the subapical spot is smaller. The h. w. is above of a peculiar olive-green tint, bordered at the margin 
with brown. 3 cTed contained in my coll, display underneath the dark type of fa. foliacea. ? only distinguished 
from cd by the far-projecting apex, the lighter blue band and the larger hyaline spots. It is still doubtful 
whether alompra Moore which, originally described from Burmah, had after a long interval of time been alompra. 
rediscovered by Hauxwell in the Dannatranger in March 1895, differs from the better known form knyvetti Jcnyvetli. 
Nicer., originally described from Buxa, Bhotan, of which occasionally considerable numbers are captured by the 
natives during August. Doherty was fortunate enough to collect quite a number in the Naga-Hills at an elevation 
of 5000 ft, where they occur from June until September. If both forms are identical, the name alompra has 
prior rights. I have only specimens from Bhotan available. 
K. spiridiva Sm. (= spiridion Sm.) (111c) has the same characteristics in comparison whith alompra spiridiva. 
as K. buxtoni Moore with inachus ; the outline of the wings is more rounded, the h. w. shorter and broader, 
and the general colouring richer and darker, corresponding to its insular character. In the cf the band on 
the f. w. is not so broad and more violet-blue, resembling Zeuxidia , with barely a faint touch of white; the ? 
is rather larger in size, has the wings more rounded and the band milky-white, with light blue iridescence 
and a blue irroration at the margin. In the cT the upper side of the h. w. displays a dark violet iridescence, 
in ? it is more brown, having only the cell very faintly irrorated with violet. Beneath the c? is nearly always 
red-brown with purple irroration, as is seen in reddish specimens of buxtoni; the ? which we figure for the 
first time, has the colouring of foliacea. In both sexes the translucent spot on the f. w. is surrounded by a 
rather large, circular disc. It was discovered in western Sumatra by Forbes; Dr. Hagen met with it once 
during April on the slope of the Barisan Mtns near Benkulen, and again in May on the table-land of Karo; 
My coll, contains specimens from near Padang-Pandjang, and Martin has received a number of specimens from 
the Batlak Plains in the north-eastern part of the island, where they fly from April until July; quite scarce. 
30. Genus: Amnosia Westw. 
This genus which is not found outside of the Macromalayan Region, agrees almost completely as to 
neuration, palpi and fore feet of the cfcT with Hypolimnas , differing but very slightly from that genus as well 
as from Kallima. Also in Amnosia we notice two subcostal nervules arising before the end of the cell; but 
