APATURA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
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lippines, of which I only know the specimen from the Babuyanes in the Semper Collection at Francfort. A 
paler brown than those from farther South, with broader white median band than in $ fa. nilka Fruhst. 
from Java. Found in the Babuyanes and Luzon from January to October. —• mindora Fruhst. <$ differs from mindora. 
Semper’s fig. 2, PI. 15 (Philippine Butterflies, 1886) in the larger size and the pale brown marginal border 
both above and beneath. Before the anal angle of the hindwing a red-brown wedge-shaped spot. The black 
anal eye-spot broadly ringed with red-brown, likewise the much larger black ocellus between the 2. and 3. 
median nervure of the fore wings beneath, on which latter we notice a white discal band below the cell and a 
white submarginal band. The hindwings have before the apex of the cell a red-brown spot. The eye-spot 
as above, but the anal wedge almost absent. Mindoro; similar forms also in Bohol, Leyte and Siargao. — 
danae Fruhst. has the white discal band narrower, on the forewing the submarginal band shorter, but more danae. 
prominent than in rhea Fldr. Mindanao. — pagenstecheri Nicev. (115 a). One $ taken by me at Toli-Toli in pagen- 
Northern Celebes during December. The type came from Dongala, where it was discovered by Prof. Kuken- siechcru 
thal; (J not known to me. — macar Wall. (= athalia Btlr.) is a smaller form of Southern Celebes, which I maear. 
encountered in November near the Falls of Maros. The whitish median band reduced, the yellow antemarginal 
proration of the hindwings more faded and indistinct. 
A. parvata Moore represents a transition to the true Apatura, retaining, however, underneath en- parvata. 
tirely the colouring of Rohana camiba. Known only from Sikkim, Bhotan and the Khasia Hills, it ascends in 
the former locality to about 5000 ft. The $ approaches in size the largest of A. parisatis staurakius; 
red-brown, the fore wings with yellow median spots, the hindwings with an oblique median band of pale yellow 
colour, shading into reddish distally. ^ duller brown than the on the forewing distinct traces of a 
pale median area. 
A. nakula, a delicate species with polychromic $$, shows a peculiar range of distribution, being 
hitherto known only from Sumatra, Java and a few of the Philippine Islands. — artaxes Nicev. somewhat artaxcs. 
resembles nalcula (115 a), but has in the A a narrow band of red-brown before the apex of the forewing and 
underneath both wings marked with contiguous grey-violet median streaks. $ smaller than rana $ with uninter¬ 
rupted white median area. Very scarce, Dr. Martin capturing within 13 years only 2 or 3 whereas the $$ 
seem to be somewhat more abundant, but to be only found on the Battak Tableland. -— Of nakula nakula. 
Moore (115 a) I have observed in Java 3 different chief forms of $$. Groundcolour dull brown, both 
wings with distinct, broadly white discal bands. East-Java, Tengger Mountains, 2000 ft. $ fa. camiboides camiboides. 
Fruhst. Groundcolour pale ochreous, with basal half darker; discal band pale yellow. In its pale colouring 
it approaches light $$ of camiba Moore and javana Fruhst. East-Java. —• £ fa. nilka Fruhst. (116 a $). nillrn. 
Groundcolour dull pale brown, with dark brown spots in the cell of the fore wings and black submarginal 
bands. The discal band is white only underneath, being above densely dusted with grey. This is the commonest 
form, occurring in East- and West-Java, approaching the $$ of the dry-season described as nakulina Fruhst. nakulina. 
(115 a as nakula $). The are smaller than those of the rainy season, and not black, but of a peculiar 
pale brown, beneath dark brown, almost devoid of any markings. $ grey-brown, with slightly paler discal band, 
scaled with dark grey. Under surface of a peculiar pale coffee-brown, the discal bands reddish-white. A 
similar form was found by Doherty in Bali. ■—• rana Stgr. (115 a) differs in $ from the pale Javanese $-fa. rana. 
nakula in having on the forewing the white median band narrower and divided, the anteterminal spots of the 
hindwings above yellowish instead of whitish. $ more abundant than <$. Flies in January. 
2. Group: Apatura F. 
Antennae with heavier clubs than in Rohana. 
A. sordida Moore (= phaecia Heiv.) (114 e d $) is a rare species limited to Sikkim, where it was sordida. 
observed in October and November. The figured $ in the collection of Prof. Dr. Seitz. Under surface 
of a peculiar fish-grey with nacreous transverse bands of the fore wings. — modesta Oberth. refers to a form modesta. 
lately described from Tseku, Yunnan. 
A. plesseni spec. nov. A above like that of subalba Poujade ; but the pale costal spot on the hind- plesseni. 
wing not rudimentary, but continuing to the middle of the wing. Under surface silvery-white with a post- 
discal band formed by a row of white spots edged with black and distally accompanied by a row of yellowish- 
brown submarginal spots. The basal and median area of both wings with a few pale blue dashes. Formosa; 
a (J in the collection of its discoverer Baron v. Plessen at Munich. 
A. ambica is a continental species highly susceptible of local as well as seasonal influences, a fact 
which was only lately recognized. Among the islands it is only Sumatra which produces the species; on the 
other hand we do not know yet the form from Perak, which remains to be discovered. — ambica Roll, from ambica. 
Cashmere and Masuri is not represented in my collection; I think, however, it should be separated from the 
more eastern form namouna Dbd. Occurring at altitudes of from 5—8000 ft., the $3 stated to be always 
common, the $$ extremely scarce. The larva was first described by NicevillE; from his figure it appears 
dark green, with dorsal ledge, the head with short horns, the abdomen ending in a sharp red-brown point; the 
