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Show 266 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, more or less intermediate specimens. The pattern of the underside in this, as in most other Satyridse, is the surest guide. NEOPE MUIRHEADI. Lasiommata muirheadi, var. bhima, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 28 (1862). Neope bhima, Marsh. J. A. S. B. xlix. pt. ii. p. 246 (1880) ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 172, t. xi. 26 $ . I have several specimens taken by Doherty in the Karen Hills and at Momeit, Upper Burmah, at 1500-2000 feet, also two from Dr. Manders taken in the Shan Hills, which seem to show that this species cannot be specifically separated from N. muirheadi. Of the latter I have three males from Ningpo, the original locality, which are easily distinguished by the small ocelli almost obsolete on the upperside and the less distinct markings, and in some cases almost obsolete white band on the hind wings below. But three males and two females from Kiukiang and a female from near Shanghai show that these characters are not at all constant, and the ocelli of the Chinese females are like those of the Burmese males. The Burmese female I have resembles the plate but is larger, whilst the males have only one or two small brown marks on the upperside of the fore wing instead of the three well-marked ocelli beneath. These four species are all the Neopes known to occur in India, as I think that N. moorei, Butl., may be dropped from the list altogether, as a very doubtful species of still more doubtful origin. RAPHICERA SATRICUS. Lasiommata satricus, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. D. L. t. 64. 4. Raphicera satricus, Butt. Ind. i. p. 175. Occurs in the Naga Hills at 6000-7000 feet. SATYRUS LOHA. Aulocera loha, Doh. J. A. S. B. Iv. pt. ii. p. 118 (1887). Satyrus loha, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 18«8, p. 323, t. ix. 6 S. Two females from Mao on the Manipur frontier of the Naga Hills, taken at 8500 feet in August by Doherty, and marked by him " loha apparently," also seem to me to belong to this species, but without the male sex it is not possible to distinguish it certainly from S. padma. RAGADIA CRISIA. Euptychia crisia, Hiibn. Zutr. ex. Schm. t. 675, 676 (1832). Ragadia crisia, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 420, t. xix. /. Seems to be common at Perak. RAGADIA CRITO. Ragadia crito, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. p. 199 (1890). Several specimens from Margharita in Upper Assam agree with typical specimens from Bhutan. |