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Show 396 MR. H. J. ELWES ON S O M E [May 6, In the female the three black spots are smaller, and more widely separated than in B. arama or B. molleri, resembling those of B. signa 6 • I took this species on Tonglo, at 10,000 feet elevation, in Julv, where it was rare; there was also a male in Moller's collection. d. Pure white, without bands. 22. B I Z O N E C A N D I D A . (Plate XXXII. fig. 2 6*, 3 2 0 Chionama Candida, Feld. Reise Nov. t. 10 6. fig. 17. I had described this species already under the name of Candida, when Mr. Butler called m y attention to Felder's figure, which appears to be the same insect and has the same name. As, however, it has not been described, I annex a short diagnosis. 6 2 • Pure white, with crimson band across the thorax ; a crimson spot in its centre and on the tegulse (these are absent in a specimen taken at Rala), A crimson line along both sides of the costa as far as the sexual fold above and the large lobe below ; the base of the costa is also pale crimson. The male has, in addition to the three black spots in a triangle, a fourth partially concealed by the fold as in B. signa. Tarsi white banded with black. Palpi white below, black above. Hab. Sikkim, 8000-10,000 feet elevation ; Kulu, in Indian Museum (fide Swinhoe) ; Rala, N.W. Himalaya, 6000 ft. (McArthur). I have received several males and one female of this species from native collectors on Tonglo, and have no doubt it is a good species. Species of doubtful position. 23. ? B I Z O N E TRIGUTTATA, Walk. Char. Undescr. Lep. p. 89, $ (1869). I cannot identify this species with certainty, as the description of the female only might do for B. molleri. The type is in the Devon and Exeter Museum, where, on application to the curator, I have not been able to see it. It was said to have come from Benares. There is in Mr. Moore's collection a male labelled N.W. Himalaya, which may be of this species, and which differs from B. guttifera only in the pure white hind wings, and from B. dohertyi only in the absence of the lunule on the hind wing. For the present tbis species must remain obscure. 24. BIZONE SUBORNATA, Walk. Cat. ii. p. 550, $ (1854); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. ii. p. 60, t. 103. 4. The type of this is a single female in bad condition from Ceylon; the male is unknown. Mr. Moore has one from Ceylon, another female from the Andamans, and a third from Borneo. Col. Swinhoe has a female from Khandalla, near Bombay. All these appear to belong to one species, which may be described as like B. puella, but with the bands straighter, as in B. pallens, Butl., and with three spots instead of one. |