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Show 282 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [APR. 21, ATHYMA ZEROCA. A. zeroca, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 564 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 177. Several males from the Karen Hills have the apical white spots larger and better marked than in the Himalayas. ATHYMA CAMA. A. cama, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 14 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 178. Two males from the Karen Hills. ATHYMA AMHARA. A. amhara, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 344, t. 32. 2; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 181 ; Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 162, t. xvi. 5 6- A pair from Perak. What I take to be the female of A. amhara agrees precisely with the male on the underside, which is by far the safest guide in this group, but on the upperside differs from the female described by Druce and Distant. It is almost exactly like a small female of A. selenophora, but that species is not known to occur so far south, and the underside is also quite different in colour, being dark grey instead of rufous. SYMBRENTHIA NIPHANDA. S. niphanda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 559 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 243. Not common in the Naga Hills, where the specimens are larger than in Sikkim, but otherwise quite similar. CYRESTIS NIVEA. Amathusia nivea, Zinken-Sommer, Nova Acta, xv. t. xiv. 1 (1831). Cyrestis nivea, Butt. Ind. p. ii. 252. C. nivalis, Feld. Reise Nov. iii. p. 414. Common at Perak. I quite agree with de Niceville that the Indian form is not separable from C. nivea, of which I have both Javan and Bornean specimens. CYRESTIS COCLES. Pap. cocles, Fabr. Mant. ii. p. 7. C. cocles, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 254. C. formosa, Feld. Reise Nov. iii. p. 412. C. earli, Dist. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, xi. p. 174 (1883); Rhop. Mai. p. 141, t. xiii. 5. Doherty took both C. cocles and C. earli at Perak, and a form intermediate between them at Momeit. I quite agree with de Niceville that these varieties all belong to one species and are too variable to be separated. CYRESTIS PERIANDER. Pap. periander, Fabr. Mant. ii. p. 9. C. periander, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 255. Seems common at Perak. |
