GYGLOSIA. By Dr. K. Joe,dan. 
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black, thorax clotted with white, abdomen (with the exception of the South Indian subspecies) ringed with 
white; wings white, sometimes somewhat yellowish, the veins purple-black, costal margin of the forewing 
blue. Distributed from South India to China and Java, not found in Borneo, commoner on the Continent 
than in Sumatra and Java. Larva in Java on Solanum ardisio'ides Bl. Head black, pronotum with black 
patch, anteriorly margined with white; the body otherwise uniformly pearl-grey, the tubercles golden yellow, 
only the subdorsal tubercles of the three first abdominal segments light red: before pupation the larva, 
which is then 22 mm long, becomes black. Cocoon red. The moths fly together with Danaids in the hot 
sunshine on open places, especially at the edge of second growth jungle. — australinda / lamps. (cf — latipennis australinda. 
Hamps.), from South India; cf and ? less unlike in size than in the other subspecies, cf: wings broad, the 
white spots on the upper surface weakly developed, under surface without blue costal streak and without 
distinct blue submarginal spots. ?: abdomen not ringed with white above; hindwing with sharply defined 
marginal band. — venaria F. (= parvulus Btlr.), from North India, has in the cf distinct white spots on venaria. 
both wings; in the ? the hindwing is not striped with black from the base to the hinder angle and to the 
apex of the cell and has always a row of white submarginal spots. Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam, from 
1 — 3000 ft., common. — In adusta subsp. nov., from Tenasserim and the Shan States, the marginal band adusta. 
of the hindwing (?) is broad and the white submarginal spots are wanting or are very small. — nigrescens nigrescens. 
Moore is the form from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands; in the cf the upper spot of the band of the 
forewing is more rounded than in North Indian specimens; in the ? the marginal band is deeper black, the 
blue spots before the margin are on the whole more conspicuous, the white submarginal dots of the hind¬ 
wing are wanting or are quite small and the veins which intersect the tripartite spot placed distally to the 
end of the cell of the forewing are only very finely blackish. -— The first described subspecies, papilionaris papilionaris. 
Drury (cf = ferrea Walk., ? = enodis Swinh .) (3a) is in the ? broadly striped with white on both wings, 
on the hindwing also the posterior stripes usually reach nearly to the base. In the cf the under surface 
of the wing is somewhat more extended brown-black than in the North Indian form venaria, especially the 
patch placed behind the cell of the forewing is narrowed from the hindmargin. South China, Hainan, 
Tonkin, Malacca, Sumatra and Java. 
C. spargens. Similar to C. papilionaris. cf above on the forewing with yellowish white 8-shaped 
spot. Abdomen of the ? above blue-black, with greenish sheen; wings striped with black, forewing with 
large black patch in the apex of the cell, often the greater part of both wings black; hindwing without 
submarginal dots. — spargens Walk, (cf = celebensis Bothsch.) (3b) is the form distributed over the whole spargens. 
of Celebes, in which the abdomen of the ? is ringed beneath. luteago subsp. nov. is from Bangkei Island, luteago. 
Ground-colour of the wings yellowish white; distal margin of forewing straighter, truncate, the light streaks 
extending nearer to the margin; hindwing from the base to the apex of the cell yellowish white, but the abdominal 
margin broadly black beneath. Abdomen beneath umcolorous yellowish white, not ringed. 1 2 in the Tring Museum. 
C. sordidus Walk, (cf = insularis Swinh.) (3b). c? similar to that of C. papilionaris; much smaller, sordidus. 
wings more rounded, hindwing above glossy blue. ? above purplish or greenish black; a transverse band 
on the forewing and the hindwing from the base to near the margin white: no submarginal dots; abdomen 
beneath white. Mimics Nyctemera. — Penang, Malacca, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. — Larva on Aroideae. 
Yellow, head spotted with brown, 2. and 3. thoracic segments and the two last abdominal segments with 
red spots, 4 rows of yellow tubercles, which are edged with black. 
C. macularia. Larger than C. sordidus, forewing of the cf more pointed, some of the veins greenish; 
a whitish macular band before the apex, indistinct on the upper surface; hindwing less glossy than in 
C. sordidus. ? similar to that of sordidus, with white submarginal spots, at least on the forewing. Abdomen 
beneath ringed with white. Java, Bawean, Sumatra, Nias, Malacca and Borneo. Larva found on Pierardia 
racemosa. Dirt}" yellow, the tubercles bright yellow, the middle segments greenish. Cocoon red. — purpurea purpurea, 
subspec. nov. cf: hindwing above with black margin; forewing beneath with white macular band as far as 
the 2. median and a white dot before the hinder angle; white discal spots of the hindwing remote from the 
margin. ?: above purple-red on the forewing from the' base to the band, the veins outside the band broadly 
blue; hindwing entirely black, slightly blue or in the distal third white; under surface black-green, forewing 
distally to the band blue, as also the costal margin of both wings and the line placed before the margin of 
the hindwing. Nias. — metachloros Walk. (3 c), from Java and Bawean. cf: wings rather obtuse, hindwing metachloros. 
black at the distal margin. Forewing beneath with a somewhat curved macular band, which runs from the 
costal margin to the hinder angle and is faintly visible also on the upper surface. ?: costal margin of the 
forewing not more metallic than the rest of the upperside of the wings; beneath both wings without a blue 
line before the margin. Forewing with white band, hindwing white from the base to beyond the cell. 
Snellen figures an entirely green-black specimen, which is said to be from Java; we know such black 
examples only from Borneo: as Snellen’s specimen, which is without more precise indication of locality 
(simply “Java”), has a blue line before the margin on the under surface, he is perhaps really dealing with 
a Borneo example, — macularia Guer. (cf = cyanea Btlr.) (3 b), from Sumatra, Malacca and Borneo, cf: macularia. 
forewing rather pointed, hindwing above entirely blue; under surface sometimes without white spots. ? very 
