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RAHINDA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
R. consimilis inhabits the Papuan Region and North Australia, where it has developed into a number 
stenopa. of forms among which stenopa Fruhst. (125b) most frequently finds its way to Europe. My 5 specimens from 
all parts of New Guinea have the yellow bands, compared with specimens from Waigiu and especially also 
from Key, much narrower and more vertical; this applies also to the yellow subapical patch on the forewing. 
Type from New Guinea, where according to Hagen stenopa is quite common, and from Dorey in my Collection. 
continua. —continua Stgr. refers to specimens with confluent yellow markings on the forewing, probably belonging to a dry- 
season form. Staudinger’s type came from Jobi; Grose-Smith reports it from the islands in Geelvink Bay. —- 
eurygraphci. eurygrapha Fruhst. of which I possess 5 specimens from Waigiu, is an intermediate form between stenopa 
and affinis , with broader bands than the former, with narrower yellow bands than affinis from Key. The 
submarginal bands on hindwing more delicate and finely undulate than in stenopa and darker in colour than those 
affinis. of affinis. Waigiu. — affinis Fldr. Specimens from the Key Islands have the broadest and at the same time 
palest median bands among all the forms of consimilis ; they probably do not differ much from the true affinis 
found in Aru with which, however, I amnot acquainted in natura. All ante-and submarginal bands on the under 
surface of the hindwing are reddish-brown instead of black. Kuehn discovered the gray-green larva upon a 
species of Papilionacea. Egg according to He Niceville currant-shaped, pale yellow, covered with fine hair 
and provided with 7 rows of tubercles. Larva feeds on a species of Acacia; it always sits on the under side of 
the stem of a leaf which it gnawes through after fastening it with a thread, and which drying up rapidly soon assu- 
consimilis. mes the colour of the larva. When touched the larva shakes the dried-up leaves. —- consimilis Bsd. differs from 
stenopa in having the submarginal lines straight, not undulate, being, moreover, as a rule larger than spe¬ 
cimens from Neu-Guinea. Type came from Neu-Mecklenburg; also found in Neu-Pommern and Neu-Hannover. 
pcdia. — pedia Fruhst. approaches most closely affinis Fldr. from Key, with somewhat narrower, although much 
paler, yellow bands which in $ are toward the anal angle more deeply constricted. Beneath it resembles 
stenopa. having all bands and spots grey-fuscous instead of reddish as in affinis. From stenopa and eurygrapha 
it may be distinguished by the much more abundant yellow markings. Australia, Queensland. 
R. paraka appears notwithstanding its great range of distribution rather constant, which renders it 
almost impossible to divide this delicate species into local forms. But to climatic influences it is highly 
susceptible, occurring even in Sumatra and Borneo in several horodimorphic forms. Specimens from Java 
differ from the other Macromalayan forms of paraka in that all the seasonal forms have the antemarginal lines 
on the upper surface more delicate and in that and $ of the dry-season form have the yellow bands broader. 
paraka. —- paraka Btlr. resembles above aigilipa, but has on the forewings always two yellowish submarginal lines, 
and the under surface lacks the violet and reddish-brown marmoration. Occurs from Tenasserim through 
sandaka. Macromalayana, Palawan, Banka and the Batu Islands. —- sandaka Btlr. refers to an individual aberrative 
assamica. form having the yellow patches on the forewings confluent.— -assaniica Moore should according to my judg¬ 
ment comprise all the forms of paraka occurring north of Tenasserim, the differences among which are 
exceedingly slight. Like paraka, also assamica is subject to climatic variation, two quite distinct seasonal 
forms being known: a) that of the dry-season, having the black median bands on the forewings nearly as much 
reduced as in dahana Kheil and confluens Hagen, in consequence of which the ochreous colouring prevails; found 
by me in Siam, b) that of the wet-season differing from paraka only in the somewhat broader yellow bands and 
the more prominent antemarginal line on both wings. Assam, Burmah, Tenasserim, Siam (Hinlap in January 
dahana a t an altitude of about 1000 ft.), Tonkin (collected by me at Chiem-Hoa in August and September). — dahana 
Kheil resembles the dry-season form of assamica, but has as a rule the black stripe beyond the cell of the fore- 
confluens. wing obsolete, and the blackish transverse stripes on the under surface paler. Nias, Batu Islands. -— confluens 
Hag. is an insular form from Mentawej, in which the black markings on the forewing are rather reduced and 
the under surface is of a monotonous pale tint. 
R. dindinga approaches so closely paraka that if the species did not occur in Tenasserim in two distinct 
horodimorphic forms, I should, like Bingham, treat it as a pronounced rainy season form of paraka ; but besides 
dindinga. the differences enumerated below, its wide range of distribution gives it specific rights. — dindinga Btlr., di¬ 
stinguished from paraka by its larger size, the grey instead of yellow antemarginal lines and the broader black 
bands on the under surface which latter has the median area marked with grey instead of yellowish. 
elea. Upper Burmah as far as the Malay Peninsula, Borneo. ■— elea Fruhst. $ equalling in size the largest $$ 
of dinginga from Borne, but with greatly reduced ochreous bands and patches on both wings. Forewing with 
relatively broad, fulvous, submarginal band, sharply elbowed proximally in the median region, and with a thread¬ 
like, rather indistinct, reddish antemarginal line. The hindwing has the outer submarginal band fulvous instead 
of grey, somewhat sembling paraka Btlr. The subanal spots on the forewing are isolated, not confluescent 
as in paraka which, however, it slightly resembles in the yellowish submarginal band on the forewing, although 
the latter is more than thrice as wide. Beneath like dindinga, but with all the black bands on tke forewing 
narrower, on hindwing more uniformly black. West Sumatra, Padang Bovenland; a similar form also in the is¬ 
land of Banka. 
