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face the bands more distinctly yellow, and a paler colouring beneath. - — disopa Swinh. (Vol. I, p. 178, pi. disopa. 
54 c, d) is the largest and also darkest of the Continental forms. Western China. — nolana Druce (125 c), nolana. 
originally described from Siam, occurring in an identical form also in Tonkin and Ann am. with nearly twice as 
broad fulvous spots as in disopa, and a richer violet irroration on the under surface. Abundant in January 
and February in Siam and Annam up to about 1000 ft., the rainy-season form very common in Northern 
Tonkin during June and July. According to Moore also in Upper Burma and Tenasserim. — miah Moore miah. 
with broader, diffuse black bands on upper surface than in nolana, beneath characterized by the narrower 
whitish-violet median band. In Sikkim, Bhotan and Assam up to about 3200 ft.; often on the moist sand in 
the beds of mountain-streams. The dry-season form deviates but imperceptibly from that of the wet- 
season by the paler colouring. —- sarochoa Fruhst. represents a transition from nolana to digitia, with conside- sarochoa. 
rably narrower bands than in batara Moore from Sumatra and nolana Druce, but with somewhat paler and broader 
bands than digitia Fruhst. (125 d). On hindwing the bands are beneath much paler than in batara. and digitia 
Elwes mentions a $ from Perak which has much less purple on the under surface than we see in specimens 
from the Naga-Hills and might therefore belong to a separate species (better subspecies). Perak. — digitia digitia. 
Fruhst. (125 d) approaches above disopa Swinh. from China and batara Moore from Sumatra, but with still 
narrower red-brown bands. This reduction of the light-coloured bands is repeated also on the under surface, 
which in its rich reddish-brown tinge comes closest to miah Moore from Sikkim, although differing in the much 
narrower width of the yellowish median and of the grey-violet submarginal bands. Kina-Balu. — javanica javanica. 
Moore is distinguished by having the broadest ochreous and narrowest brown bands. It is very scarce, occurring 
in Java at altitudes of from 2000—4000 ft. — batara Moore is recognized by the sharply defined, broad bands batara. 
of black and the relatively narrow fulvous bands. Forewing has the submarginal stripe as in disopa, but more 
curved than in digitia. Under surface paler than in the latter, more profusely shaded with fuscous than in 
nolana. North-Eastern and Western Sumatra, at about 3000 ft. 
N. pata resembles beneath N. viraja Moore, but was on account of the shape of its wings and the 
markings of the upper surface placed by Semper close to miah which it presumably replaces in the Philippines. 
Since I have never seen pata, I can only judge the three described forms from the figures and descriptions 
Semper gave us: pata Moore (= isabellina Fldr.) is distinguished by displaying in $ as a tertiary sexual mark pata. 
a strong silky gloss on the costal margin which is also slightly dusted with grey. The arrangement of the 
yellow bands is about the same as in nolana Druce (125 c). Very scarce, Semper knowing only of three speci¬ 
mens, taken in April, November. —• pataliiia Semp. has the markings of the upper surface narrower than in paialina. 
pata, but broader than in the South-Philippine forms. Along the edges the bands shade into white. The longi¬ 
tudinal streak in the cell on forewing more deeply notched than in pata and semperi. Mindoro, March. — sem- semperi. 
peri Fruhst. (= isabellina Semper nec Fldr.) differs from patalina in having the bands yellow instead of partially 
white, and narrower than in pata. Mindanao, Bohol. 
N. illigera is, like N. pata, confined to the Philippines, but is one of the commonest species, being found 
everywhere and all the year round. Characteristic of this species are the grey-yellow, occasionally whitish, cellu¬ 
lar stripe, the clear white oblong intrameclian spots on the forewing and a broad, oblique median band on hind¬ 
wing. Ground-colour black-brown with paler anteterminal stripes. In addition on the forewing a number 
of small white subapical dots which are not visible in our figure of pia (126 c). -— calayana Fruhst. from the ealayana. 
island of Calayan of the Babuyanes Group is the most northern form. $ beneath with bands shaded with grey 
instead of clear white, and much narrower than in the typical form. —■ illigera Esch. has on the forewing also illigera. 
above the cellular streak almost pure white, and on the hindwing the median band nearly double the width as 
in illigera pia (126 c). —- On the small island of Alabat near the east-coast of Luzon we find an insular sub¬ 
form (alabatana Fruhst.) with narrower white bands on the underside of both wings. — hegesias subsp. nov. alabaiana. 
from Guimaras, an island which is known to produce many distinct local forms, is smaller in size, with more hegesias. 
rounded wings and still broader white markings than in illigera. — pia Fruhst. (126c) differs from illigera pia. 
of Luzon in that the streak in the cell of the primaries is yellowish-grey instead of white, the submarginal 
bands on the hindwing dark grey instead of yellowish-white, further that on both wings the white bands and 
spots are greatly reduced and in the subapical area of the forewing dusted with dark grey. Beneath it has on 
the hindwing the black subbasal band much narrower than in illigera and calayana. Bazilan, February-March. 
N. eschholtzia Semp. has the wings more pointed than illigera, the ground-colour jet black, the grey eschholtzia. 
anteterminal lines darker and narrower. On the forewing the white spot which is dissected by the second 
median nervule, is nearly circular and smaller than in illigera. The white median band on the forewing 
closer to the anal angle. Unknown to me in natura; possibly it is only a seasonal or other form of illigera. 
From Majaijay, Luzon, February. 
N. illigerella^r. (= calliplocamaFm/ii'h) (126c). above black, with cellular streak drawn out toward illigerella. 
