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Show 638 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Dec. 6, brown of their ground-colour and indistinctness of their markings. They are larger than any other Aphneus I have seen, the male measuring 27, the female 34 m m . in expanse. APHNEUS SYAMA. Amblypodia syama, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 107 (1829). Aph. syama, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 355. Aph. himalayanus, Moore, J. A. S. B. liii. pt. ii. p. 26 ; Butt. Ind. iii. p. 358 note. I received from Margharita, the Naga and Karen Hills, Momeit, and Perak specimens which vary considerably, but are no doubt all forms of what de Niceville calls A. syama and A. lohita. H e separates these by the shape of the mark at base of fore wing below, which is entire and clavate in A.syama, and T-shaped, hook-shaped, or absent in A. lohita. I found, however, in a series of Sikkim specimens, this character too variable to be used as a distinguishing feature ; and though the males are distinguished by the bright dark purple of their upperside, yet one from Momeit is entirely without a trace of this, as the females usually are, though agreeing below with the rest . A P H N E U S SANI, var.? (Plate XLIII. fig. 6, 2 0 A. sani, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. Ivii. pt. ii. p. 282, t. xiv. 7 $ ; Butt. Ind. iii. p. 307. Three females from the Karen Hills most resemble the female of A. sani from Sikkim, having the same grey-blue on both wings, but the orange patch in the fore wing is entirely wanting. Below they also resemble A. sani, but are lighter in colour. It is impossible to separate them without a larger series and comparison of both sexes. TAJURIA JAN GALA. Amblypodia jangala, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 113, $ (1829). T.jangala, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 380. A few from the Karen Hills. SUASA LISIDES. Myrina lisides, Hew. 111. Di. Lep. p. 33, t. xiv. figs. 28, 29 o* (1863). S. lisides, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 386, t. xxviii. fig. 220 3. A single male from Perak. THAMALA MIN I ATA. T. miniata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 834, t. Hi. fig. 6 3 ; Butt. Ind. iii. p. 388, t. xxviii. figs. 212 o*, 213 2 • ? T. marciana, Hew. 111. Di. Lep. p. 34, t. xvi. fig. 44 3, t. xii. figs. 12, 13 2 (1863). Five males and two females from the Karen Hills. I have no doubt that this species is, as de Niceville says, very near 1 Mr. de Niceville, in a letter, maintains the distinctness of A. syama and A. lohita, which were defined by Horsfield ; and as his material is far larger than m y own in this genus, and has been most carefully studied by him, I a m not disposed to dispute his opinions. |