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Show 272 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, Cl.EROME GRACILIS. C. gracilis, Butl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xx. p. 401 (1867) ; Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 81, t. viii. 1 6- A good species, of which four males and two females were sent from Perak by Doherty. The female, which was unknown to Distant, differs only in the shape of the wings. CLEROME ARCESILAUS. C. arcesilaus, Fabr.; Butt. Ind. i. p. 313. Also taken at Perak by Dohertv, and constantly distinct from the last, which is smaller and of a different colour below. MELANOCYMA FAUNULA. Cleromefaunula, Westw. Gen. D. L. ii. p. 334, t. 54. 1 § (1851) ; Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 81, t. viii. 2 2 • Clerome (Melanocyma) faunula, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. iv. p. 186, t. 21. 2 2 (1858). A good series of this fine species were sent from Perak by Doherty. As the male does not seem to have been described, I may note that it has a curious sexual character in the shape of a large tuft of grey hairs between the submedian and internal veins of the hind wing near the anal angle. The same tuft exists, but in a much less developed form, in the male of Clerome assama, Westw., and seems to have been overlooked in the ' Butterflies of India' as well as by Westwood, though it has been remarked as occurring in Xanthotcenia busiris. On this account and on account of its very different appearance from any other of the genus Clerome known to me, I think Westwood's genus should be adopted. XANTHOTCENIA BUSIRIS. Clerome (Xanthotcenia) busiris, Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. iv. p. 187 (1858). Xanthotcenia busiris, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 82, t. v. fig. 7; Butt. Ind. i. p. 284. A pair sent from Perak by Doherty. EURYTELA HORSFIELDII. E. horsfieldii, Bdv. Faun. Ent. Mad. p. 54, $ ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 12, t. xviii. 69. Two males were sent from the Karen Hills by Doherty, and I have another from Singmo in the Shan States taken by Dr. Manders. EURYTELA CASTELNAUI. E. castelnaui, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 401 (1860) ; Reise Nov. t. 61. figs. 5, 6. Seems not common at Perak, as Doherty sent four males only, but no female. They are somewhat larger than, but otherwise identical with, a specimen from Borneo. |