PR0BLEPS1S. By L. B. Prout. 
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P. maxima Th.-Mieg (Vol. 4, p. 50; Suppl.-Vol. 4, p. 221), said to come from Japan, must he mentioned 
here, as I suspect it is really Malaysian. A large $, with shortly pectinate antenna (which therefore, it may 
be anticipated, will be found to be the case also in plenorbis $) and black vertex, according to the description 
(confirmed by Mr. Schaus in litt.) very close to plenorbis but with the ocellus of the forewing only reaching 
the subcostal vein and probably some small differences in its maculation, perhaps also in that of the hindwing 
and in the subterminal spots. It is perhaps still closer to insignita, but the ocellus has a diameter of 7 mm, 
as in plenorbis. 
P. insignita sp. n. (19 k). In general coloration and markings (including the bicoloured abdomen above) 
akin to plenorbis, yet remarkably distinct. Antennal and hindleg structure similar. On an average decidedly 
less large. Wings less broad and with termen more strongly waved or crenulate. Forewing with cell-spot 
considerably less large (diameter 5 mm), its black markings less thick, the central thickening of the blackish 
costal edge of the wing well separated from it; postmedian line and subterminal spots greyer, not evanescent 
anteriorly; terminal line more thickened between the veins. Hindwing with median and postmedian less thick¬ 
ened. Underside of the forewing much more weakly marked. Gunong Tompoe, Paloe, W. Celebes, 2700 feet, 
February 1937 (J. P. A. Kalis), a fine $ in Tring Museum; a few further GG subsequently received from higher 
altitudes (3100 and 3700 feet). 
P. apollinaria Guen. (19 k). I have accepted this spelling (in Guenee’s index) as a legitimate ortho¬ 
graphical emendation of the appollinaria of the text, seeing that both w r ere published simultaneously. Widely 
distributed and, notwithstanding its variability, easily recognized by the oblique, oval ocellus of the forewing 
and the well pectinate antenna and extremely short hindtarsus of the Probably a fuller analysis of sub¬ 
species is desirable than has yet been made, but some forms are so outstandingly distinct that they have al¬ 
ready been separated off. The type, from Borneo, is rather large and strongly marked; similar forms inhabit 
N. India, Burma, Siam, Celebes, Bali, New Guinea and Queensland. candidior Prout , from S. India, is con¬ 
spicuously cleaner white, the ocellus of the forewing more produced distally about the 1st and 2nd radials, 
containing near its distal margin two (partly confluent) black marks instead of the one which apollinaria 
shows. As the <J hindtarsus seems scarcely so extremely short, this may- prove a separate species. - hemi- 
cyclata Warr. is a small and w r eakly marked race from the Kei Islands. A single $ from Ansus, Jobi, seems 
similar. — wilemani West. On an average less small than hemicyclata (though variably), not quite so weakly 
marked; generally best distinguishable by the narrowed central markings. Luzon. The only 2 apollinaria 
which I have seen from Bali resemble some wilemani on the forewing, but have the silvery transverse markings 
farther apart on the hindwing. Probably another race. - deparcata Prout is also less small than hemicyclata 
(36—37 mm), the “fillet” (between the antennae) less blackened than in the other races, the face white excep¬ 
ting a narrow band above, the wings purer white, the lines and subterminal shades weak, the silvery ocellus 
entirely unaccompanied by dark markings. St. Matthias Island. aphylacta subsp. nov. Fairly large, other¬ 
wise probably transitional to deparcata. Face about % white, median shade fairly strong, ocellus of forewing 
shown chiefly by its silvery element, postmedian line distinct, though not broad. Manus, Admiralty Islands, 
only $$ known. Single $$ from Dampier, Vulcan and Rook Islands and New* Britain perhaps represent some 
other intermediate races. 
P. ocellata Friv. cinerea Bull., supposed to come from Campbellpur (Punjab), is so closely like the 
Palaearctic ocellata Friv. that I have not been able to find even a racial difference, that which was suggested 
in Vol. 4 (p. 49) being inconstant. I therefore feel strongly inclined to challenge the locality, since T have no 
further records south-eastward of Syria. 
P. metallopictata Pagenst. (= venus Th.-Mieg) (19 k). So distinct from all the rest that no detailed 
comparison is necessary. The <$ has the pectinations moderate, the hindtarsus about half the length of the 
tibia. Amboina (both the types) and Ceram. 
P. achlyobathra ProtU. <3 pectinations rather short, hindtarsus not greatly shorter than tibia. Fore¬ 
wing marked nearly as in transposita (20 a) but with the ground-colour more tinged with brown, the proximal 
half heavily suffused with purplish-grey and with indications of a darker antemedian band much as in metallo¬ 
pictata; ocellus rather broad, its 2 black posterior lines longer than in transposita, postmedian band broader 
than in that species. Hindwing also with some appreciable -differences. Barisan Range, S. W. Sumatra, founded 
on a 3) afterwards seen from Perak and from N. Celebes. - violescens Prout (19 k) was founded on the $ (as 
here figured) and the opinion expressed that it might well prove to be a race of achlyobathra; “body and wings 
more suffused with violaceous, the forewing less dark-clouded, with the ocellus and its accompanying markings 
more constricted (more recalling those of transposita, though with the black marks at the 1st median more 
slender), the distal area in consequence broader. E. Java: Nongkodjadjar, 4000 feet”. The J 1 , received later 
from the same district, almost lacks the violet tone and confirms the specific unity. 
maxima. 
insignita. 
apollinaria. 
candidior. 
hemicyclata. 
wilemani. 
deparcata. 
aphylacta. 
ocellata. 
metallopic¬ 
tata. 
achlyo¬ 
bathra. 
violescens. 
