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Show 1891.] THE NAGA AND KAREN HILLS AND PERAK. 265 remarkable that this genus, which is so well represented in Sikkim, where eight of the nine known Indian species are found, should have produced no species peculiar to the more eastern hill-tracts, except Z. andersoni, which Mr. Doherty did not take. Several other species occur, however, in Western China. NEOPE PULAHA. Lasiommatalpulaha, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 227. Neope pulaha, Butt. Ind. i. p. 170. Very abundant in the Karen Hills at 4000-5000 feet, and occurs also in the Naga Hills. The Burmese form of this species differs from that found in the Himalayas and Naga Hills slightly but so constantly that it might almost be separated. A series of six pairs from Sikkim and the same number from the Karen Hills show the following points of distinction are constant:- Above, the spots in the Karen-Hill specimens are paler. Beneath, all the markings are lighter in tint, especially the ocelli of the hind wings and the broad lunules outside them, which are fulvous instead of dark brown. A single male from the Naga Hills does not show these differences so clearly, but is nearer to the Burmese than to the Sikkim form. Until I see more specimens from intermediate localities to prove that the transition is not gradual, I think it will be best to allow this form to remain unnamed. Neope agrestis, Oberthiir, from Ta-tsien-lo, is a smaller species, which seems nearly allied to pulaha, but distinct. NEOPE BHADRA. Lasiommatal bhadra, Moore, Cat. E.I. C. i. p. 227. Neope bhadra, Butt. Ind. i. p. 171. Occurs in the Karen Hills at 4000-5000 feet, but, except that the markings of the hind wings are somewhat paler, does not differ from Sikkim and Khasia specimens. NEOPE ARMANDII. Satyrus armandii, Oberth. Et. Ent. ii. p. 26, t. 11.5 S (1876). Neope khasiana, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 306 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 1/2. Doherty sent two males from the Naga Hills and one from Ber-nardmyo. I should have been inclined to refer these to two species if I had not seen a large series of specimens from Western China in Mr. Leech's collection, showing with some variation the same differences of colour on the hind wing as the Naga specimens, which are undoubtedly khasiana, Moore, do from the Bemardmyo one, which is inseparable from armandii and differs in having the outer part of the hind wing yellowish instead of brown. The Chinese specimens in Mr. Leech's collection belong to both forms, and seem by their labels to occur in the same localities; there are also some |