TANAECIA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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spots; on the costa it bifurcates, sending two long, pointed spots toward the apex of the cell. Under surface of 
hindwings with two rows of black dentate spots, isolated in <J, in $ united.into a band. Found throughout 
the Macromalayan Region excluding Java, in the plains and lower hills. Genitals characterized by the sharply 
falcate, though delicate uncus; valve uncommonly slender, pointed, the distal extremity curved upwards. 
The species varies individually in that on nearly all the islands where it is found, we observe beside the main 
form with uniform grey-brown upper surface also a more luxuriant modification having the white band of the 
hindwings more or less broadly suffused at the periphery with pale blue or violet; still others appear from their 
small size and pointed wings like a separate species, having the outer margin of the hindwing nearly entirely 
blue or violet. In the two latter types the blue colouring frequently],also continues to the inner margin 
of the forewing. The colour of the under surface varies from ochreous to pale yellow; frequently the entire 
lower surface of the|$$ is faded whitish-blue, pelea F. (= pulasara Moore) has among all known forms on the pelea. 
forewings the broadest helmet-shaped spots; in some $$ the entire marginal area of the forewing is moreover 
laved with whitish-violet. — consanguinea Dist. refers to a small-sized form with pointed instead of roun- consdngui- 
ded wings. — robertsi Btlr. is another albino form of dwarf size having the entire outer discal area of the fore- ne( !' , . 
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wing pearly white; the sagittate spots are distinctly separate. — violaria Btlr., originally described from Singa- violaria. 
pore, designates a form having the hindwings richly suffused with blue-violet. Specimens with extremely nar¬ 
row, elongate wings found in Sumatra arec ailed phintia Weym.) they remind us of Euth. salia decorata Btlr., 
having the pale area on the forewing often altogether obsolete, but on the hindwing nearly always clear white, 
on either side margined with a gorgeous violet. Under surface as a rule dark ochreous with whitish-blue 
submarginal zone. Malay Peninsula. — supercilia Btlr. was based on the form from the island of Penang supereilm. 
which I think is identical with a series of pelea from Singapore contained in my collection. Inferior in 
size to pelea, ground-colour deeper brown, especially the median area of hindwings deeply obscured. The 
black submarginal dentate spots on the forewings sometimes imperceptibly scaled with grey-white distally. 
Singapore, Penang. —- djataca subsp. nov. surpasses pelea as well as supercilia in the extent of the clear djataca. 
white median band of the hindwing and in the sharp-pointed shape of the submarginal sagittate spots. Both 
wings, moreover, distally adorned by prominent white intranerval spots. $ type in the Fruhstorfer col¬ 
lection; with uncommonly broad light median area, laved with pale whitish-pink. The hindwings have the 
black arrows still more distinct than in super cilia Btlr. and violaria Btlr., almost as heavy as in heliophila 
Fruhst. (132 a). Several $$ from Bunguran of the Tring Museum have also the white portions flesh-coloured. 
Natuna Islands. —- crowleyi Btlr. designates the very scarce form of North Borneo, based on uncommonly crowleyi. 
pale specimens. My collection contains, however, only dark specimens, resembling the sombre grey-brown 
from Singapore. The $$ are easy to recognize, having the hindwings almost entirely brown, whereas 
the forewings contain large, elongate intramedian spots resembling in shape those of valmikis Fldr. Under sur¬ 
face brown with pale ochreous clouding. Hindwing with light brown submarginal undulate and zigzag stripes. 
North-Borneo. — producta Btlr. circumscribes an excellent insular race, resembling pelea robertsi Btlr., but of producta. 
larger size and with nearly obsolete sagittate spots. The faded white colouring indicates the Sulu Islands to 
the North of Borneo, whereas Butler mentions the Philippines as its home. $ type in the Godman collection 
of the British Museum. — - vordermani Snell, from the island of Billiton is a violet form, of which only vordermani. 
3 are known which, judging from Snellen’s figure, are closely allied to violaria Btlr., with very distinct 
double rows of black submarginal spots on the hindwings and very broad white area of the forewing. — yaso- yasodara. 
dara subsp. nov. appears to be the smaller form of the island of Banka adjacent to Billiton, judging from a 
number of specimens in the Tring Museum, the Adams collection of the British Museum and in the Munich 
Museum. The forewings have the bands broad as in vordermani, the hindwings suffused with pale blue. — 
vikrama Fldr. is the form occurring in the low-lands of Deli in the north-eastern part of Sumatra. Ground- vilcrama. 
colour paler brown than in Singapore specimens, the white median area of the hindwing as a rule less densely 
shaded with brown. underneath pale grey-yellow, $$ varying from faded greenish to red-brown. The 
name-type has the white median band on the hindwing narrow, margined with blue-violet. —- The British 
Museum and the Felder collection contain a large series of specimens having the entire outer portion of the 
hindwings blue: myosotina form. nov. Since similar specimens have not been received in Europe for some time, myosotina. 
it is likely that the locality whence they came from, has been subjected to cultivation. —- dukha form. nov. dukha. 
is a very common variety with uniform grey-brown upper surface resembling palguna from Java. —- phintia phintia. 
Weym. (= superba Btlr.) refers to an alpine form of very small size, with pointed hindwings which have the 
upper surface lovely blue or violet. $ with blue or purplish longitudinal bands, occasionally having the entire 
upper surface suffused with purple. — paryanya subsp. nov., the larger form from near Pandjang, differs above paryanya. 
from the form of the north-eastern part of Sumatra in the uncommonly broad white bands which even in the 
