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ASOTA. By Dr. A. Seitz, 
AH the specimens before me from Bang-Haas and my collection deviate from each other. Most of the specimens 
are distinctly veined white on the fore wing, the white median spot being reduced or entirely absent. The body 
is of a bright orange, the abdomen banded black. — doryca Bsd. (= lanceolata Kir.sch, nec Wkr., leuconeura 
Ribbe) (28 f) from New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Entrecasteaux, Fergusson Island, shows the white median 
spot of the forewing mostly connected with the base of the wing by the broad white median, the veins of the 
forewing being not always and often only in the basal part white; thorax brown, abdomen orange, banded 
black. —- albivena Wkr. (= vitessoides Snell, nec Pag.) in the colouring so exactly resembles certain heliconia- 
forms, that it was often regarded as identical (e. g. with the form ghara), but Jordan called our attention to 
anatomical differences. The harpe is much broader, at the apex flatter, much less bent upwards etc. Celebes 
— dama F. (28 f) from North East Australia is most similar to albivena and in fact only differs by its bright yellow 
thorax. — kiriwinae Rothsch. resembles dama, the veins of the forewing are extremely fine white and visible 
only in the basal half, except the median being more distinct; at the lower cell-end the white spot is extraordinarily 
small as in ghara from the Key Islands (where it may sometimes be absent altogether); the small spots at the 
base of the forewing are scarcely noticeable. Hindwing above black with a rather small, white discal brightening 
behind the cell, which may vary in extent, though it never attains that of the preceding form. — leuconeura 
Btlr. nec Ribbe from the Bismarck Archipelago, has a bright ochreous-yellow head and thorax, the sheaths 
without small, black spots and those on the mesotliorax quite small; the small, black spots at the base of the 
forewing are not confluent, the white markings between them not nearly so bright as in doryca or dama. At 
the cell-apex a round, white spot, not or scarcely extended on vein 3; the marginal band of the hindwing is 
mostly broader than in the preceding forms, the distal band not dentate on the veins and usually convex at 
vein 2. — semifusca Btlr. from the Salomons Islands exhibits the white spot of the forewing extended on vein 
3, the sheaths mostly with black spots, otherwise as leuconeura ; the median often white. 
A. subsimilis Wkr. (28 f). Forewing similar as in dicta, but the ground-colour of the hindwing yolk- 
coloured. Malay Peninsula. 
A. plana differs from the preceding group by its mostly larger size and preponderantly white forewings. 
— persecta Btlr. (= plana Wkr., complana Hmps. p. p.) (28 g) from Ceylon and the southern part of India, 
has the small black spots at the base of the forewing mostly separated, only the two distal ones being sometimes 
connected; the white area of the forewing is rather deeply notched on the veins 3 and 4, and the submedian 
fold in most of the specimens more or less conspicuously marked with small, brown scales; the white spot behind 
the upper angle of the cell is separated from the white discal area; on the hindwing the black spot in the middle 
of the cell is sometimes quite small, sometimes as large as the spot at the cell-end. -— lacteata Btlr. ( = persecta 
Btlr. p. p.) (28 g) is the North Indian form distributed across Assam and Tonkin to Formosa and the Lincliots, 
though it no more proceeds into the palearctic region. The upper surface is almost quite white, the small spots 
at the base of the wing several times flown together, the dark margin of the hindwing narrow. •—- intermedia 
Rothsch. resembles persecta, but it differs by the distal basal dots of the forewing being combined to a transverse 
band and also the two proximal ones behind the median being combined to one, the submedian fold being shaded 
brown, the black spots of the thorax larger. In the $ the black band defining the yellow base of the wing is inter¬ 
sected on the median and submedian, the hindwing less distinctly spotted black than in the the spot in the 
middle of the cell absent. Nias. -—- albifera Fldr. (28 h) from Borneo and the Philippines shows the white macula 
behind the upper cell-angle smaller than lacteata does, and the white hindwings less spotted, but more broadly 
marginedwith dark. — transiens Rothsch. from Engano has on the forewing only a minute and narrow spot at the 
cell-end, otherwise only some faint dark traces in the cell, thus forming a transition to the forms with unspotted 
hindwings. — centralis Rothsch. on its forewings exactly resembles albifera, but the distal ones of the black, 
small basal dots flow together as in transiens. Hindwing above with a small spot at the cell end, beneath another, 
large, variable one in the middle of the cell. Celebes. -— plana Wkr. (= complana Wkr., albifera Piep. & Snell.) 
is the form extending from Java across the Lesser Sunda Islands and Pulo Laut to the south of Borneo. It 
is recognizable by the hindwing being above unspotted, beneath provided with very minute spots at the cell-apex; 
only very rarely there is beneath another minute spot in the middle of the cell. The white spot behind the 
upper cell-angle on the forewing is mostly not separated from the large white area of the forewing. The distal, 
small black spots of the basal area flow together to a transverse band. -—- cincta Rothsch. from Burn shows 
the black basal dots of the forewing flown together to two transverse bands, the white spot at the upper cell- 
apex of the forewing is broadly separated from the white discal area, the latter being shorter, the submedian 
fold marked with small, brown scales; the black marginal band of the hindwing almost quite equally broad, from 
the apex to the submedian fold and about 2 y 2 mm, thus broader than in any other subspecies of plana. — 
commixta Rothsch. is the form from New Guinea; in the $ the costal ones of the small black basal dots on the 
forewing are confluent, as well as the three small dots at the base of the cell, whereas the distal small black dots do 
not form a transverse band, but they are separated. The white spot behind the cell-end is about 2% mm long, 
separated afar from the white discal area, the latter as in plana, but on the submedian fold it shows brown 
shading as in cincta. Hindwing with a faint brown postmedian spot behind vein 2 and a small spot at the cell- 
doryca. 
albivena. 
dama. 
kiriwinae. 
leuconeura 
semifusca. 
subsimilis. 
persecta. 
lacteata. 
intermedia 
albifera. 
transiens. 
centralis. 
plana. 
cincta. 
commixta. 
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