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Show 1891.] THE NAGA A N D K A R E N HILLS A N D PERAK. 269 at about 1500 feet, of which several females and one male by him supposed to be, and marked as, a distinct species. These correspond to the female taken in the Thoungyeen forests by Major Bino-ham and described by Marshall and de Niceville, Butt. Ind. i. p. 237, as nearer to E. medura of Java than to E. angularis. After examining the series closely and comparing them with one Javan specimen, I do not see how to separate the two species, for, though in the supposed new species the ocelli on the upperside of the hind wing are much larger than in the other form from the same localitv, whilst on the underside both the ocelli and the bands are almost obsolete, I am rather inclined to suspect seasonal dimorphism, and to think that this form is the last of the first brood, and the others, among which males are far more numerous, are the first of a second brood. In the Javan specimen we have the hind wing like one form below and the other above. Further observations are requisite in order to decide the question. CALLEREBIA ORIXA. C. orixa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 555 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 245. Erebia polyphemus, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. ii. p. 33, t. ii. 2 S (1876). Several specimens from the Naga Hills agree with those I took in the Khasias, and cannot be separated from Chinese examples, of which I have two from near Ichang, two from Ta-tsien-lo, and one from Moupin. The female, which is undescribed, does not differ from the male except in being slightly paler in colour. CYLLOGENES JANETJE. C.janetce, de Nicev. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 453. A single male was taken by Doherty in the Naga Hills, and agrees with a specimen from Bhutan in m y collection. ELYMNIAS PENANGA. Melanitis penang a, Westw. Gen. D. L. ii. p. 405. E. penanga, Butt. Ind. i. p. 269. One specimen was sent from the low country of East Pegu, another from Perak. ELYMNIAS OBNUBILA. E. obnubila, Marsh. Butt. Ind. i. p. 272. Rare in the Karen Hills at about 2000 feet in April; Doherty says that he has also taken it west of Bassein. ELYMNIAS PEALI. Elymniaspeali, Wood-Mason, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, xi. p. 62, t. ii. (1883). Dyctis peali, Butt. Ind. i. p. 276. A single specimen of this distinct species was taken at Margharita in May. |