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Show 402 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM SIKKIM. [May 2, 1 C. edusa, Gray, Lep. Ins. Nepal, t. 5. fig. 2. C. edusa, var. myrmidone, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 49-. Of this species I received a very large number, mostly fresh and in good order. I agree with Kollar in thinking that it is inseparable from C. myrmidone of Europe, though perhaps Sikkim specimens are as a rule brighter, and the black spots on the underside of the fore wing larger and more distinct. An individual specimen from the Himalaya could not be distinguished ; but I think a series might be known as from India without seeing the labels. 1 DERCAS WALLICHII, Doubl. Proc. Ent. Soc. v. p. 47. Gonepteryx urania, Butl. P. Z. S. 1865, p. 458, t. 26. fig. 5. I received a single specimen which I can only doubtfully identify with this species, though if I had a series which agreed with it I should be inclined to say it was distinct. It differs from Butler's plate in the shape of the fore wings, which are more arched on the costa and much less pointed at the apex; the hind wings also appear rounder at the anal angle; the colour is much brighter, especially on the costa and near the apex of the fore wing, and the markings beneath differ slightly. D. wallichii is found, I believe, in the Khasias; but I never saw a specimen from Darjeeling, where D. verhuellii is found, but not commonly. A specimen in the British Museum, from Shillon, nearly agrees with m y example. LYOENA PHERETES, lib., var. ASIATICA, n. var. I was at first disposed to consider this a new species, as it differs from L. pheretes in the narrower and more pointed fore wing, and in having much more green gloss on the underside; but noticing that Dr. Staudinger, in his list of the Lepidoptera of Tarbagatai in Central Asia (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 263), mentions that L. pheretes has the same difference of colour there, I do not think the small number of specimens I have received (four females and two males) justify me in separating the species at present, though the difference, if constant, is considerable. I know no Lycana at all like it in the Himalayas, but have received a very beautiful new species from Major Marshall, L. ellisi, which occurs at high elevations in the N . W . Himalaya, and seems allied to, though very distinct from it. ILERDA SAPHIR ?, Blanch. (Plate XXV. figs. 9, 10.) Ilerda saphir, Blanch. Compt. Rend, lxxii. p. 811 (1871)1. I am at present not able to say with certainty what is tbe proper name of this species, of which I received a fair series of both sexes. I have examined the specimens in the British Museum aud in the Hewitson collection, as well as Mr. Moore's. In that gentleman's opinion it is a new species between I. moorei, Hew., and /. hewit- 1 There is a specimen from Bhotan in the British Museum whirh agrees with mine, and as far as I can judge, it is the same as Thecla saphir from Mounin in Last libet. * ' |
