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ated areas here and there; forewing with cell-spot grey, large but not strong; a slightly interrupted and irregular 
yellow line about 2.5 mm from termen, thickened between the radials and with a tapering distal projection 
behind the 2nd radial. Hindwing subcrenidate and with a slight tooth at 3rd radial; a thick yellow line just 
beyond middle, running from abdominal margin in the direction of the apex, arrested about the 1st radial, 
but throwing out some irregular branches; a yellow subterminal spot or dash about the 2nd radial. Fringes 
chequered. Founded on a <$ from Perak. Since received from N. Borneo, but only singly. 
Ft. notata Warr. (= insolita Warr.) (15 f). Recognizable at a glance by the reticulated appearance, 
position of the dark suffused parts and “scorched” look of the lighter suffusions. Founded on a from Fergusson 
I., which its author seems to have forgotten when he redescribecl it from Milne Bay 3 years later. Also known 
from Mt. Goliath. 
Ft. miniosa Warr. (Vol. 4, pi. 5 d). Easily known by its pink colour and deeper pink, yellow-edged lines. 
As explained in Vol. 4 (p. 47) and its Supplement (p. 29), it jjrobably got into the Palaearctic fauna by error. 
Described from Penang, its normal range embraces Lower Barma, Tonkin, Hainan, Hongkong and other local¬ 
ities in S. E. China. 
Pt. medioplaga Swinh. (16 k), only known from Pulo Laut (1 d 1 ), has the forewing as square as the apex 
as in ozophanes, the hindwing straighter on each side of the (blunt) central angle; larger and brighter than 
ozophanes, with some violet-grey cloudings, a conspicuous one just outside the cell of the forewing; an angular 
yellow mark beyond the anterior part of this adds to the variegated aspect of the wing. 
Pt. sanguinipuncta Swinh. (16 k). Rather bright yellow, in part irregularly irrorated with vinaceous, 
the clearer yellow spaces being more or less central, that of the hindwing shaped much as in togata <$. Cell- 
mark of forewing large, oval, more or less pupilled; subterminal and terminal markings irregularly macular. 
Margins almost rounded, very different in shape from togata. Borneo (loc. typ.) and Kuala Lumpur. 
Pt. porphyrochlamys Prout (16 k) was founded on a collected at light on Kedah Peak (3300 feet) by 
Pendlebury and a $ from Bukit Kutu, Selangor (3400 feet). Larger and still brighter yellow than sanguini¬ 
puncta, much more evenly irrorate, with only a few very small spots and very conspicuous purple basal patch, 
thorax, head and antennal shaft. 
Pt. oophora Prout (16 k). Unique and again quite outstanding in its design. Head, body and wings 
bright pink with a tinge of violet, the very pale yellow outer half of the forewing bearing a large oval patch 
of the ground-colour, spotted with yellow. Matang Rd., Sarawak. 
Pt. flavipuncta Warr. (16 k), founded on the is similar to the same sex in togata but with the yellow 
borders narrower and less irregular, the cell-dot of the hindwing yellow, not white. Samar (type) and Penungah. 
- westi nom. nov. (= rothschildi West nec Warr.). It is almost certain, by analogy with the sexual dimorphism 
of togata and permutans, that this is the (or a) d'-form of flavipuncta-, but as there may be a separable race on 
Luzon (West’s type locality), and as in any case it is customary to give distinctive names to the sexes in di¬ 
morphic species, I propose a new name for the “primary homonym”, which was an unfortunate result of the 
reference of the form to Chrysocraspeda. Very similar to togata (17 b), the wing-shape not so extreme, the 
yellow median patch differently shaped, on the hindwing containing additional rosy spots and succeeded by 
a more definite yellow subterminal patch at the radials. 
Pt. permutans Hmps. (17 b, $ $). Considerably larger than togata and much more variable; there is 
no known species with which it could be confused. $ generally somewhat more variegated than that of togata, 
though with the purples strongly predominant ; yellow borders generally less ample. predominantly yellow. 
The cJ-form which Hampson selected for his holotype is the most striking one, having intensely darkened apical 
patch on the forewing and central hindmarginal patch on the hindwing, the latter patch partly bordered with 
bright red. — ab. devia nov. (17 b), perhaps commoner, has more nearly the aspect of togata <$, the mottlings 
reddish or purplish (very inconstant in depth of colour) and leaving free an irregular central patch on each 
wing as Avell as smaller spots proximally and distally. Nilgiris (loc. typ.), Palnis and Ceylon. 
Pt. togata F. (= faganaria Guen., amoenaria Snell., auricincta Hmps.) (17 b) was founded on the $, 
which is almost uniform purple or vinaceous, with broad (but strongly constricted or cleft about the 3rd radial) 
yellow borders and yellow fringes, the hindwing with a white cell-dot; there are usually weak traces, at least 
on the forewing anteriorly, of a dark postmedian line. — d'-f. deviaria Walk. ( = rhodinaria Walk.) (17 a) has 
on each wing an irregular pale yellow patch, also irregular yellow transverse lines and longitudinal terminal 
streaks. Fairly widely distributed and showing litle variation. The first descriptions of both sexes were based 
on Indian specimens; the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Sambawa are other known localities. 
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notata. 
miniosa. 
medioplaga. 
sanguini¬ 
puncta 
porphyroch¬ 
lamys 
oophora. 
flavipuncta. 
westi. 
permutans. 
devia. 
togata. 
deviaria. 
