RAHINDA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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R. aurelia Stgr., originally described from Malacca, advances northward as far as Assam, and is found aurelia. 
as a great rarity in Tenasserim. Waterstradt discovered it on Kina-Balu, and in 1908 I established its occurrence 
in Sumatra. Beneath the forewing resembles that of par aka, the hindwing with its delicate violet irroration 
in the postdiscal area that of hordonia. 
R. tricolor Stgr. (125 d wrongly named bella ) approaches above more the forms of cyrilla, but tricolor. 
plainly betrays in the fine red dotting of the under surface its relationship with the Rnhinda group, and in parti¬ 
cular with hordonia. Palawan, January. 
R. cyrilla is found throughout the Philippines, where it breaks up into a number of sharply separated, 
insular forms. — cyrilla Fldr. (125d $ instead of <$) closely approximates R. dama, as already Semper has cyrilla. 
showed, but differs not only in that the bands are yellow instead of white, but also in that the subanal patches 
on the forewing are larger and placed farther distally. The hindwing has the bands more oblique and the sub¬ 
marginal band also on the upper surface quite distinct. So far only known to exist in Luzon and Polillo. 
- — • phrygia Fldr. is remarkable for the fact that the patches on forewing are yellow throughout instead of par- phrygia. 
tially white, which places it between commixta and athene Stgr. of the Southern Philippines and cyrilla Fldr. 
Its home is Mindoro. — athena'is Fldr. is related to cyrilla in the same way as R. heliobole Sernp. to R. epira athenals. 
Fldr.-, it is a very dark southern form, in which not only the black markings are greatly increased at the cost 
of the yellow areas, but the latter are rather more fulvous than in the northern forms. I possess specimens 
from Bazilan, and Semper reports it from all over Mindanao with the exception of the eastern portion, where 
a highly specialized seasonal or local form has developed: — commixta Fruhst., described from Semper’s commixta. 
figure, from Dugang, Eastern Mindanao, is not identical with athene Stgr. from Palawan, from which it is separated 
by the smaller white spots and bands on both wings as well as the much narrower streak in the cell of the fore¬ 
wing ; these differences appear much more evident on the under surface, where athene Stgr. has the median band 
on the hindwing more than twice as broad, the streak in the cell of the forewing extending beyond the limits 
of the cell, and the subapical patches nearly to its apex. Eastern Mindanao. — - attica Semp. stands midway attica. 
between cyrilla and athena'is ; judging from Semper’s figure it has narrower bands than the forms from Ba¬ 
zilan and Mindanao and displays, especially underneath, the melanotic colouring of an insular form. Camiguin 
de Mindanao. — athene Stgr. (125 d) shows throughout a close resemblance to commixta and on the under athene. 
surface alsoto cyrilla, from which it differs beneath only in having the median area of both wings somewhat paler, 
whereas the upper surface deviates widely from the Luzon form. Palawan, not very abundant, according to 
Semper also in the islands of the Jolo Archipelago. - —- camotesiana subsp. nov. appears, from the specimens camofesiana. 
contained in Semper’s collection, to be a very distinct insular form, inferior in size to Mindanao specimens, 
unlike which it shows not a trace of any white irroration on the transverse bands above; an albino form 
with chiefly white stripes. From the Camotes. 
R. dama Moore, a rare, small-sized species, so far only found in Luzon, where it flies from March until dama. 
May. Its chief characteristics are the broad white patch at the apex of the cell on the forewing and the sharply 
defined, broad, white median band on the hindwing. 
R. antara takes the place of cyrilla in the Celebian Subregion, whence so far two local forms have become 
known, altough we may expect several others from its satellite islands. — ailtara Moore (125 c) is smaller than antara. 
Neptis tawayana Fruhst (125 c) from which it moreover differs in that the red streak in the cell of the forewing 
is above not dentate, that the subapical patch consists of 4 coherent spots which are not separated by the 
veins, and that the 3 small yellowish costal spots above the apex of the cell are absent. The reddish sub¬ 
marginal band is on forewing coherent, on hindwing much narrower. On the under surface the black markings 
are diffuse, and besides a very fine white band there appears another violet one, which is continuous, 
margined on both sides with black and sharply elbowed in the middle and on the submedian. Hindwing with 
whitish instead of yellowish median band and 2 violet, slightly opalescent, postmedian fasciae. Northern 
Celebes. —• pytheas subsp. nov. refers to specimens from southern Celebes, differing from antara in having the pytheas. 
bands on the upper surface broader and of a lighter shade of yellow, and the general colouring of the under 
surface paler yellow. Flies in May; collected by Dr. L. Martin. 
R. mysia is an interesting melanotic species replacing R. cyrilla and antara in the Moluccas. Above 
it greatly resembles Neptis miah disopa Stvinh. and miah digitia Fruhst., underneath it is distinguished by a 
peculiar, delicate design of diffuse, rich black and grey markings. 4 subspecies deserve being mentioned: mysia mysia. 
Fldr. ( zenica Sw.) resembles sannians (125 c), but has on both wings the transverse stripes essentially narrower 
and on the under surface the marginal borders the richest black. Batjan, quite common. —- serpentina Fruhst. serpentina. 
has the yellow bands much broader than mysia, underneath the black spots reduced and the yellow markings 
correspondingly broader. The hindwing has the submedian band very much broader, straight instead of elbowed, 
and yellowish instead of gray. Halmaheira, August—September. — In sannians Fruhst. (125c) the fulvous sannians. 
markings are paler, rather yellow instead of brown, the median band on hinclwing transparent. Under surface 
