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Show 640 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Dec. 6, NEOMYRINA HYEMALIS. Myrina hiemalis, Godman & Salvin, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 640, t. xl. figs. 5, 6 d1. N. hiemalis, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 406. Two males of this beautiful species from Perak. TlCHERRA ACTE. Myrina acte, Moore, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. i. p. 47 2 (1857). T. acte, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 407, t. xxviii. fig. 225 3, wet-season form. Sent from Margharita, the Naga and Karen Hills. CHERITRA FREJA. Hesperia freja, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1, p. 263 (1793). C. freja, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 409. Sent from the Karen Hills and Perak. NEOCHERITRA AMRITA, Myrina amrita, Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 395 (1860). N. amrita, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 402 note. A single female from Thandaung in the Karen Hills, taken at 4500 feet. PURLISA GIGANTEA. Iolaus (Purlisa) giganteus, Distant, Ent. M o . Mag. xvii. p. 245 (1881). P. gigantea, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 385. A perfect male from Perak, taken at 1000 feet. HORAGA ONYX. Thecla onyx, Moore, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. i. p. 30 (1857). H. onyx, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 416. A single specimen from the Karen Hills which agrees with others from Sikkim, as does one from the Shan Hills taken by Dr. Manders. CATAPOXCILMA SUBOCHREA, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 10, 3 .) Two males of this lovely species were taken by Doherty at Thandaung in the Karen Hills at about 4500 feet elevation in April 1890. They appear to be quite distinct from C. elegans, which was found in the same locality, and may be distinguished best by the colour and arrangement of the beautiful markings of the underside, which are easier to figure than to describe. On the upperside the colour is a little brighter than in C. elegans, the black border of the fore wing not broader at the apex. From C. bubases, Hew., it is distinguished by the absence of a costal border on the fore wing, its smaller size, and the different markings below. |