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Show 280 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, ?EUTHALIA ALPHEDA. ? Nymphalis alpheda, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 384 (1823). Euthalia alpheda, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 213. 1 Adolias parta, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. p. 185. Euthalia porta, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 437, t. xxxvii. 7 6 • I received from the Karen Hills many examples of a species which 1 name alpheda with doubt, as the type of Godart is not available, but it is not the same as what I received from Java named E. alpheda by Snellen. The male is exactly like the one figured by Distant as E. parta, which he says was identified by Moore, though it does not agree with his figure. It is the darkest and most uniformly black of all the species known to me, having only a trace of pale blue at the apex of fore wing below. The female is dull brown, with the usual markings of the group, and a curved series of six pale spots across the fore wing reaching the costa, showing with equal distinctness on both surfaces. Below, the greater part of the hind wing is pale lilac and the outer series of spots faint. This does not agree with Moore's description of parta 2 , but it is almost certainly the female of m y species, as the number of both sexes showed that it was far commoner than any other in the locality where they were taken. EUTHALIA ZICHRI, var. 1 1 Adolias zichri, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 6 (1869). Euthalia zichri, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 438, t. xliii. 6. A single male from East Pegu, at the foot of the Karen Hills, agrees well with Distant's plate. The type in the British Museum from Borneo is the same above, but differs on the underside ; it may be a distinct race, but I cannot judge from one specimen. EUTHALIA APPIADES. Adolias appiades, Men. Cat. xMus. Petr. ii. p. 120, t. ix. 4 6 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 207. 1 Adolias xiphiones, Butl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 609, t. xiv. 6 6 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 209. Adolias parvata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 831, t. Iii. 3 2 • Euthalia balarama, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 766, t. xli. 3 6. This seems abundant in the Karen Hills, but I am not able to see how to distinguish it with certainty from A. xiphiones, Butl., or A. balarama of Moore, which latter Col. Swinhoe also considers distinct. There is much variation in the size and tint of the males, and still more in the females. The points relied on by Butler and de Niceville are variable in the male sex ; of these I have 6 from Sikkim, 4 from Bhutan (of which 2 are named balarama, Moore, by Col. Swinhoe), 1 from Cachar, 2 from Araccan and Moulmein, 1 from Tenasserim, and 3 from the Karen Hills. The southern form is somewhat smaller and darker, but the difference is trifling. Among the females, 1 from Nepal, 7 from Sikkim, 1 from Bhutan, and 1 from Cachar have the pale band and white spots at apex of |
