Publ. 15. X. 1912. 
PANTOPORIA. By H. Fruh storeer. 
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in Staltdinger’s collection, but not mentioned in his List of Butterflies of Palawan (Iris 1889). The $ has the 
cellular stripe reduced to a minute, comma-like streak, but the median band on hindwing much broader than 
in the other forms. Palawan, very scarce. — - pravara Moore from North Borneo has the white markings of the pravara. 
upper surface much narrower than in esrn (123 d), the brown median spots beneath only slightly developed. 
From North and South-East Borneo in my collection. —■ helma Fruhst. ( = pravara Dist. Rhop. Malay, p. 160, hetma. 
PI. 16, fig. 11). Sumatra specimens differ from those from Borneo in the greater extent and brillancy of all 
white markings, especially beneath. Padang, West Sumatra, Deli, North-East Sumatra, Banka ? Malay 
Peninsula. — varina Fruhst. has all the white spots greatly reduced, also the streak in the cell of forewing very varina. 
much narrower. In the subapical row of white spots on the forewing the upper and lower of the three spots 
are greatly diminished in size; but the brown-black postdiscal row on hindwing is larger, almost as con¬ 
spicuous as in indosinica Fruhst. — esra Fruhst., the palest form, as is usual for Java; my specimens differ esru. 
from Moore’s figure, Avhich is otherwise pretty exact, only in the presence of three subapical whitish spots 
on the forewing against two in the figure, esra has all the bands and spots larger and more conspicuous 
than in any of the remaining forms, the greatest contrast appearing with regard to indosinica. Beneath it 
differs from pravara and helma etc. in the paler ground-colour. East and West Java, at altitudes of from 
1500—4000 ft. Doherty described a species from Sumba, which he places near amhara, but which, judging 
from his description, rather belongs to pravara, and may therefore be described in connection with it. 
P. karita Doll. above deep brown, median bands greenish-white, cell without a vestige of a white karita. 
streak. Hindwing with two greenish-yellow bands, the second being composed of 6 isolated spots. Under surface 
dull brown, on hindwing the abdominal margin broadly suffused with blue. Island of Sumba at an altitude of 
about 1600 ft. Also in the Philippines we meet with a well-differentiated form of the pravara group, which 
must be exceedingly scarce, since it has not been found these past 30 years. It was discovered by Dr. Jagor 
who travelled in the Philippines early in the seventies of the last century. In his honour it was given the name 
P. jagori Fruhst. Above resembling pravara, but all white markings, with the sole exception of the submarginal jacjori. 
band, considerably broader. The discoidal streak in cell of forewing is suffused with fulvous from base to middle 
of wing, not clear white in its upper half as in pravara, but dusted with blackish-grey, which gives it a peculiar 
appearance. Under surface dark coffee-brown, costal fold dusted with yellowish basally, discoidal streak clear 
white, of uniform width, not broadening out distally. White discoidal streak interrupted shortly beyond the 
branching off of spot 1 by a brown, irregularly curved, transverse line which on superficial examination 
with the naked eye gives the impression of closing the cell; the same effect is produced in pravara by a streak 
of black or brown. The white submarginal spot between upper and middle median veins is not placed nearer the 
base as in pravara, but in a straight, vertical line with the others. Subapical spots elongate and narrow, the middle 
one only a trifle longer than the upper and lower. Subanal spots rather of uniform size, close together. Basal 
spot between third median nervule and submedian red-brown. The hindwing is along the precostal more broadly 
scaled with white; the white median and red-brown postdiscal bands very broad, the submarginal band more 
rectilinear, narrower, somewhat diffuse. Antennae as in pravara, tipped with red-brown. $*, Luzon, collected 
by Dr. Jagor, tye in Berlin Museum. 
Beside jagori we meet in the Philippines a second species of the pravara group already described by 
Felder in 1863: P. alcamene, with yellowish instead of white macular bands on both Avings; thus Ave notice in 
the Philippines also the pravara group represented by a species AAdth white and an other Avith dark bands, the 
former inhabiting Luzon, the melanotic form Mindanao, in like manner as Ave have seen in gutama and kasa 
Moore, alcamene has developed two local forms: alcamene Fldr. (124 a §), beneath grey-brown, striped and alcamene. 
shaded with dark brown. Hindwing has the submedian area suffused with greenish-blue, as in pravara. From 
the latter alcamene is at once distinguished by the reduced size of the spots and bands; the under surface has 
a cast of brownish, and all markings paler than above. It seems to prefer mountainous regions; very scarce; 
flies according to SeuAIPKr from January until November, in East and South-East Mindanao. From Bazilan, 
February, March (Doherty) in my collection. —- generosior Fruhst. $ with all spots and bands still narrower generosior. 
than in alcamene Fldr., of a brillant yellowish-brown tone. The yellowish postdiscal band on hindwing more 
strongly curved anally and moved farther up. Beneath ground-colour pale coffee-brown instead of grey-brown, 
spotted with dark red-brown. Subapical spots on foreAving more roundish. The whitish-grey subbasal band on 
hindwing essentially narrower; Mindoro, presumably similar forms also in Cebu, Bohol, Panaon. 
