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Show 278 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 2], of male dimorphism in which the male and female are different in some localities and resemble each other in others. Two names also exist, of which siva is the one most generally used, though doubledayi has priority. It is a curious fact that the extremely rare female sex should have first been sent to England, whilst I have never been able to procure one, and de Niceville had never seen one when the second volume of his book was published. A specimen in Mr. Crowley's collection, however, is exactly like the plate of A. doubledayi. L I M E N I T I S AUSTENIA. Lebadea austenia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 560, t. xxxii. fig. 1. Limenitis austenia, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 157. Four males and a female of this rare SDecies were taken at Marg-harita in M a y 1889 by Doherty. According to his observations it is a low-country species. EUTHALIA TAOOANA. Adolias taooana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 831 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 197. Seems abundant in the Karen Hills at 4000-5000 feet, but only males were sent by Doherty. The female remains undescribed, but probably does not differ materially from the male. There is some variation in the small spots near middle of the hind margin of fore wing above. Normally there are two, but in some specimens one or both are wanting. On the hind wing above the two uppermost spots are present, but of the lower ones one or both are sometimes absent. The ground-colour of the underside is paler than in any other of the group. This is nearly allied to E. confucius of Westwood, from China, a species which I have not been able to examine. EUTHALIA NARAYANA. E. narayana, Grose Smith, Rhop. Ex. pt. xv. p. 6, t. ii. 4, 5 (1891). I have two males from the Naga Hills differing from each other as well as from E. nara. One of them is the same as the form described from the Ruby Mines as E. narayana, the other is more like E. iva, Moore. I am not able to say without seeing more specimens from different localities whether this should be considered a good species or not. EUTHALIA NARA, var. 1 Adolias nara, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. v. p. 78, t. viii. 1 2 (1859). E. nara, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 197. Two males sent from the Naga Hills by Doherty differ from a pair from Sikkim and others from Khasia in having the spots in the band of fore wing of a greenish rather than a bluish shade. The seiies of spots on hind wing below are rounder and arranged in a more curved line than in nara. |
