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Show 274 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, ClRRHOCHROA BAJADETA. C. bajadeta, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. p. 150, t. iii. a. 3 (1857). Two specimens from Perak agree with a Sumatran one in my collection. ClRRHOCHROA ORISSA. C. orissa, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 399 (1860) ; Reise Nov. t. 49. 7, 8. A few examples of this distinct species from Perak. NEPTIS DINDINGA. IN. dindinga, Butl. Trans. Linn. Soc, 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 542, t. 68. 6 (1879); Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 151, t. xvii. 5 $ ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 80. I have a pair from the foot of the Karen Hills, of which the female agrees with Distant's plate ; the male is much smaller, and has the outer fulvous line on the hind wing almost absent, whilst in a specimen from Moulmein, from whence the type came, it is quite gone, and the markings of the underside are much more diffuse. In this specimen also the orange band on fore wing above extends below the median nervure. I have another specimen from Bemardmyo, and one from Pyanyoung in the Shan Hills collected by Dr. Manders, which agree above with the Karen-Hill female, but are much paler below, and have the markings partly obsolete. After studying de Niceville's key to this genus in the second vol. of the 'Butterfliesof India,' I am inclined to think that some of the characters used by him are too variable to be relied on, and that there are not nearly so many species of Neptis as he allows. The group requires to be studied with much larger material than he possessed, and the actual types would then be of very little importance, as they represent individuals rather than species. NEPTIS RADHA. N. radha, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 166, t. iv. a. fig. 4 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 84. A single male, very pale in colour, from Bemardmyo, and two or three more from the Naga Hills at 6000 feet. NEPTIS MIAH. N. miah, Moore, 1. c. p. 164, t. iv. a. fig. 1 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 85. Occurs in the Naga and Karen Hills, and seems to vary a good deal in the breadth and position of the bands of the hind wing; a single male from Perak has much less of the purplish colour below, and may be another species. NEPTIS ANANTA. N. ananta, Moore, 1. c. p. 1 66, t. iv. a. fig. 3 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 85. Occurs in the Naga and Karen Hills at 4000-6000 feet. |