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GYGLOSIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
pieroides. 
chartacea. 
curiosa. 
distant/'. 
imitans. 
danaides. 
rhada- 
mantha. 
inornata. 
tristis. 
sobria. 
cuprea. 
are broader and purer white than in the other forms; resembles small ??. Forewing of the ? broader than 
in the two preceding forms and somewhat more extended black; the stalk of the club-shaped spot placed 
between the 1. and 2. radials very thin. — Whilst the ?? of the two northern Continental forms resemble 
Pierids, the Malayan ?? are a strikingly faithful copy of Ideopsis daos, which Danaid has also served as 
model to some other Lepidoptera (e. g. Papilio delesserti, Elymnias kuenstleri ?). 
C. pieroides Walk, (cf = lactea Btlr. ; ? = ficta Walk. = pandemia Eothsch.) (2h) is a rather rare 
species, which resembles Pierids; the ? is distinguished by a 1 nigh I red spot near the base of the hindwing 
beneath (Delias- patch), cf white, apex of the forewing black with white spots, hindwing beneath yellow 
from the hindmargin to the cell. ? larger than the cf; both wings above black from the cell to the distal 
margin, or the forewing almost entirely black; hindwing from the hindmargin forwards slightly, beneath 
distinctly pale yellow. — Borneo, Malacca and Java. Commonest on the Kina Balu in North Borneo. 
C. chartacea Swinh. (2i).*) cf and ? similar (according to Semper). Basal half of the forewing 
except the veins, a macular band behind the middle and a row of submarginal dots on both wings white, 
as well as the hindwing from the base to the hinder angle and beyond the apex of the cell. — Described 
from Manila; Semper found the insect only on Mindanao and Bohol; Doherty took the species on Basilan. 
In our 3 specimens (??) the 2. subcostal of the forewing is united with the costa for a short distance; the 
two Basilan specimens are “ Cyclosia ”, the 3. subcostal being placed distally to the 5., the third, labelled 
“Luzon”, which comes from the Felder collection, is on the contrary “ Isbarta ”, the 3. subcostal being here 
far proximal to the 5. 
C. curiosa Swinh. (= aspasia Snell.) (2 h). Mimics Danaids of the aspasia group. Black-brown, the 
body above very slightly bluish; the wings striped and spotted with yellowish white, the yellow tint especially 
distinct in the cf on the under surface, in the ? on the upper surface of the hindwing; upper surface of 
the cf much darker than in the ?. — Java. — Larva dirty yellow, head black, 7.—9. segments including 
the tubercles grey-green, marbled with black, the tubercles of the other segments ochre-yellow. 
O. distant! Druce (2i). Body brown, spottet with white, abdomen posteriorly bluish. Wings white, 
the -veins brown, these vein-stripes broad from the cell to the distal margin. — Malacca; 1 cf in coll. Druce. 
C. imitans Btlr. (2 i). cf and ? very similar. 3. subcostal nearly always branching off proximally to 
the 5. Body above blue, an interrupted dorsal line on the abdomen and some thoracic dots bluish white, 
under surface white. Upper surface of the wings purple-brown, forewing somewhat glossy in a side view, 
hindwing sometimes slightly blue, both wings with white stripes and spots. Underside except the margin 
more or less with blue sheen. — In North India (Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam), in the spring in the warm valleys 
of the larger rivers. Resembles Danais aglea. 
C. danaides. cf and 2 similar. Brown: forewing beneath blue at the costal margin, a large costal 
patch occupying the apex of the cell and a few spots behind it on the disc white; on the hindwing a large 
patch from the base to the apex of the cell and sometimes also streaks between the veins white. Hitherto 
only known from Borneo, Penang and Sumatra. — Sumatra produces the form danaides Walk., in which 
the hindwing is striped with white posteriorly from the base nearly to the outer margin: only 1 cf known. 
— In rhadamantha Btlr., from Borneo and Penang (doubtless also occuring in Malacca), the hindwing has 
a large patch reaching from the base to the apex of the cell, but is not striped with white distally to the 
cell. — The resemblance of this insect to Euploea rhadamanthus is very striking. 
C. inornata. Likewise Euploeid-like. Wings brown; forewing with or without white submarginal spots, 
which are sometimes merged together to form a marginal band; hindwing with white submarginal stripes, 
which are occassionally in parts prolonged to the base of the wing. Borneo and Sumatra to North India and 
Hainan. — In the island-form inornata Walk. (3a) the 4. subcostal of the forewing is almost straight; the 
white margins of the segments of the abdomen beneath are interrupted in the middle, forming two rows of 
spots. Borneo and Sumatra, ab. tristis Jord. (3 a) is a Borneo cf which belongs here, although very different 
in aspect; the forewing has a posteriorly narrowed marginal band, intersected by the brown veins. — sobria 
Walk, is the Continental form, which is also found on Hainan. In this subspecies the 5. subcostal of the 
forewing is strongly curved, as well the stalk of the 3., 4. and 5. subcostals, and the white margins of the 
abdominal segments beneath are not interrupted; in ab. cuprea Swinh., from Assam and Burma, the hindwing 
is striped with white from the base to near the margin. — C. inornata and also rhadamantha are only rarely 
taken; perhaps they are overlooked in consequence of their similarity to Euploeids. 
C. papilionaris. cf and ? very different. 5. subcostal of the forewing almost always placed proximally 
to the 3. cf: body above black-green, not glossy, beneath white. Forewing above purple-brown, with dirty 
white oblique macular band distally to the apex of the cell; hmdwing anteriorly brown, posteriorly slightly 
green, a row of spots on the disc and sometimes a cell-streak dirty white. Beneath more extended white, 
the dark colour on the hindwing confined to the veins and the costal and distal margins. ?: body blue- 
*) On the plate (2) charitacea is printed by mistake. 
