SCROBIGERA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 7 
apex of the cell a small quadrangle with the cross-vein; in the 8 the hindwing above traversed from 
the base by a deep median fold which bears modified scales and long black radiating hair; this fold is very 
prominent on the underside. Genitalia of similar to those of Fleta. Larva only kown of one spe¬ 
cies ( proximo, , cf. below). — Distributed from North India and China to Celebes. The costal edge of 
the forewing is narrowly yellow in the 86 of all the species. 
S. amatrix. Body black; head, breast and abdomen in. the 8 more, in. the $ less extended orange, 
in the $ the head edged with white behind and sometimes the abdomen entirely black, in the 8 the 
pronotum orange. Wings with a blue gloss, forewing with a median row of three yellowish spots separated 
by the black veins, in. the $ usually one or two sti'eaks between the cell-spot and the costal margin, 
three or four short, narrow, yellowish, or white spots. Hindwing with a broad orange-red. or orange- 
yellow band which usually reaches the costal margin in the 8> is abbreviated anteriorly in the $ and 
bears a black discocellular spot. Length of forewing 8 31—35, $ 34—41 mm. Indo-Chinese. — amatrix 
Westw. (2 c). Abdominal segments 4—7 also above for the greater part orange; the orange-red band 
of the hindwing broader at the lower angle of the cell, in many $$ somewhat narrower than the black 
marginal band; the black, discocellular spot of the 8 isolated beneath, being only connected with the 
black basal area if the spot is nearly as large as the cell-spot of the forewing. Sikkim, Bhutan and 
Assam. In some $$ the fringes of the hindwing are entirely white (= ab. aruna Moore). — media subsp. 
nov. 8 : Abdominal segment 7 almost entirely black, the preceding segments bearing yellow belts; the 
orange band of the hindwing narrower than in amatrix and the black discocellular spot united with 
the black basal area; fringes entirely white. Chiem-Hoa, Central-Tonkin, found by Fruhstorfer in 
August—September. The $ not known; the orange colour of the abdomen is presumably much reduced 
in that sex. — The Chinese form is chinensis Jord ., cf. vol. 3. p. 6, pi. 1 c. 
S. proxima. Smaller than amatrix. Body and legs orange, uppersid.e of head and thorax, as well as 
the base and apex of the abdomen black, claspers of 8 orange; abdomen without distinct black rings, 
but above often with diffuse black spots; markings of head and pronotum orange in yellowish 
white in. $. The yellowish median band of the forewing interrupted at the median vein or complete; 
on the disc a short narrow yellowish band parallel with the median band and either entire, or 2 or 3 times 
indented, or sometimes absent. Hindwing with orange or orange-red median, band, which is sometimes reduced 
to a triangular spot, without black discocellular spot. Found from North India to Java and Borneo. 
Larva black; head, pronotum, thoracical legs and anal segment yellow with small black hairs, a median 
stripe and. a stripe on each side white; intersegmental incisions white or red. On Cissus. — pro¬ 
xima Walk. (= amatrix Walk, pt.). Forewing also on the uppersid.e always with a short discal band, 
which, however, is sometimes very thin; hindwing orange, rarely orange-red. The bands of both wings 
vary in width and in tone of colour. The median, band of the forewing is interrupted, at the median, vein 
in f. clymene Bdv. (2 c), and entire in f. proxima Walk. The two forms are not separated, geographi¬ 
cally. Assam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Penang, Sumatra, Batoe Islands, West and East Java. — hes- 
perioides Walk, is the Bornean subspecies. The short discal band is absent from the upperside of the 
forewing or is at most indicated, by a few pale scales, being frequently wanting also beneath; the 
median band is straight and. the median area of the hindwing orange-red. The markings vary rather 
strongly. In f. hesperioides Walk. ( = tricolor Butt.) (2 c) the band of the hindwing is more or less strongly 
reduced, being sometimes only a few mm wide and, usually deeper red than in the broad-banded f. 
pulchra Butt. (= stauclingeri Oberth.) (2 c). The fringes frequently entirely white in both sexes of f. 
hesperioides, the white colour sometimes obviously extending on. to the wing as in 8 . albomarginata. 
Some $$ of f. pulchra have likewise entirely white fringes. The median band of the forewing is occas¬ 
ionally very narrow in f. hesperioides and interrupted at the veins. The two forms occur together, 
but f. pulchra predominates in North Borneo and f. hesperioides in the Dutch portion of the island, 
Dr. Martin obtained hesperioides at Sintang in all the months from December to April, but only a small 
number of specimens. 
S. vacillans. Sexually dimorphic. The 8 similar in markings to 8 . amatrix, but the short discal 
band of the forewing not separated into spots and the median band of the hindwing much paler yel¬ 
low and, on its proximal side, much more diffuse, especially beneath. In the $ the abdomen quite 
black, at most a little orange ventrally at the apex; forewing as in 8> but the posterior portion of 
the median band more oblique and. all the spots rather more whitish; hindwing entirely without me¬ 
dian band. Celebes. — vacillans Walk. (= eudamoides Butt.) (2d). Median band of forewing separated 
into 2 or 3 spots; in. $ the fringes of the hindwing entirely white. South Celebes; fairly abundantly 
met with by Fruhstorfer at Samanga in. November. — taeniata B. u. J. (2d). The median band of 
the forewing not or only very feebly interrupted at the median vein, the posterior portion of it much 
more oblique than in. vacillans', the fringes of the hindwing only white at the apex in $ as well 
as 8- North Celebes: Tondano and Sawangan, our series collected in. May-June and September-October. 
amatrix. 
aruna. 
media. 
proxima. 
clymene. 
hesperio¬ 
ides. 
pulchra. 
vacillans. 
taeniata. 
