PANACEA. By Dr. A. Seitz. 
splendens. 
salomonis. 
malayana. 
automedon. 
dohertyi. 
tiridates. 
variolosa. 
sinuata. 
metallica. 
perfccta. 
tselcoui. 
my don. 
clcgantulus. 
septentrio- 
nctlis. 
its resting-place, whilst the centre of the body remains raised in a high bend, the wings being steeply raised. — 
Adult larva above green, in front and laterally brown; on the 4th ring behind a neck-like strangulation a vertical 
longitudinally oval ocellus which, however, is so distorted that it resembles more the place from which a branch 
has fallen off. On the Aracea Pothos seemanni, in some places common. — From North India to the north 
as far as Southern China, to the south as far as the Nicobars, in the west to Borneo and in the east to Annam. 
P„ splendens Rothsch. (= automedon Misk. nec Wkr.) (64 b). Size of busiris, but somewhat more 
squatly built, also the A ; as in the following species the whole forewing is here wood-coloured brown, in Australian 
specimens often covered with a beautiful moss-green; the dent above the centre of the margin of the forewing 
is by no means so prominent as in busiris. Hindwing with an ochreous, proximally dentate postmedian band 
which may also be divided into spots by the dark veins. North Australia, New Guinea to the Moluccas. — 
In the typical form the apical portion of the forewing invariably shows a number of hyaline spots dimmed by 
whitish, whilst in the form from the Salomons Is., salomonis CU\, these small hyaline spots are much narrower, 
and the thorax and forewing are more variegated and more contrastingly coloured. 
Po nialayana R. <£• J. (64 a). Body and wings very plainly nut-brown. Forewing with a blackish 
oblique stripe and central dot, dark lines in the marginal and basal areas. Hindwing towards the apex smoky 
blackish. Sunda Is. Rare. 
P. automedon Wkr. (64 a) is very similar to malayana and not larger, but the oblique streak through 
the forewing also in the distinct, and the inner-marginal portion of the hindwing as far as the base yellow. 
Some of the finer discal lines of the forewing invariably reach the costa, which is not the case in malayana. 
From North India to Java and Borneo. 
P. doliertyi Rothsch. (64 b) is as large as automedon , but considerably darker; forewing with a black 
central dot in the yellowish-brown halo, the margin more obtusely angled, the wood-marking above more 
darkened; hindwing dark brown, with a much inferior yellowish antemarginal band. Malacca across Borneo 
to Nias. 
P. tiridates Bsd. (56 C b) is like dohertyi. The discal lines of the forewing are in front less curved. On 
the outside of the bifurcation of the subcostal vein at the costa there is a black spot, behind it a small costal 
dot. The 2nd white spot before the apex is triangular, not so regularly angled as in dohertyi. — Larva of 
the shape and size of Cel. oldenlandiae, dark green, the thoracal rings laterally below, and the penultimate 
ring with the horn quite brown, the 4 th ring with an ocellus; on Pothos pinnata. Philippines. Rather rare; 
only 4 specimens are before me. 
P. variolosa Wkr. (= busiris Swh. nec Wkr., hamiltoni Rothsch., vagans Btlr.) (64 b) is very similar 
to tiridates and separated from dohertyi by the non-angular margin of the forewing; the two principal oblique 
streaks of the forewing are almost exactly straight, parallel to each other and roundly incurved before the costa; 
hindwing with a very dull anteterminal band which is broken up into spots. North India to Java and Borneo. 
Apparently very rare like most of the Panacra. 
P. sinuata R. <£■ J. (64 b), from Sikkim and Assam, is quite similar to variolosa, but discernible by the 
slight indentation of the margin of the forewing below the apex; fringe distinctly dotted dark. In the forewing 
a bundle of 5 discal lines, the two proximal ones of which form stripes. 
P. metallica Btlr. (64 c) is of a much lighter colour, particularly on the body and the distal half of the 
forewing. The oblique lines on the forewing are decidedly steeper and disappear, before they reach the costal 
margin. Beneath not so completely brown, basal portion of forewing lighter. Sikkim, Bhutan. 
P. perfecta Btlr. (56 C b) is extremely similar to metallica, but the distal 3 oblique lines are quite equi¬ 
distant from each other. Lines straight, the submarginal stripes are not interrupted, in the hindwing the 
anteterminal yellow spots are confluent, forming an equal curved band. North India to Tonkin. tsekoui 
Clk.. from southern West China is described from a damaged <$ in the Coll. Oberthur; it. is said to be lighter 
above, the oblique lines of the forewing less prominently marked, and the darker area in the centre of the inner 
margin less prominent. 
P. tnydon Wkr. (= arachtus Bsd., frena Swh. , —scapularis Wkr., jasion Bsd.) (64 c). This is the most 
common species of the genus in collections, recognizable by the steeper course of the oblique lines, all of which 
distinctly extend near to or even into the costal margin. The lines in the basal portion of the forewing are 
also distinct. Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Tonkin. - Whereas in continental Indian specimens the upper 
surface is rather uniformly tinted dark brown, the somewhat smaller form elegantu’us H.-Schdff. (— regularis 
Btlr., variegata Rothsch., perakana Rothsch.) (64 c) is above brighter and more contrastingly marked; the dark 
places at the centre of the costa, the centre of the distal margin, and before the end of the inner margin are 
much more prominent. Particularly in the Sunda Is., also in Malacca and as far as the Philippines. — 
septentrionalis Mell is the northernmost form, from South China. The tint of the thorax and forewings is less 
red, the yellow anteterminal band of the hindwing extends nearer to the apex, so that the margin and the discal 
