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Show 644 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Dec. 6, RAPALA SUBGUTTATA, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 1, 3-) Above, both wings dull purple, darkening towards apex and outer margin, which are nearly black. Below dull vinous brown, with a short double bar at the end of cell in both wings ; a single basal spot and cluster of three other spots beyond the bar on hind wing ; a double streak from near these towards inner margin. On one side there is an additional spot beyond the bar on the fore wing, on the other a similar one near the costa of hind wing. Frons and underside of body and abdomen whitish ; above black. Expanse 33 mm. Described from a single male taken in the Karen Hills at 4000- 5000 feet. The peculiar spotting of the underside makes this very distinct from any species in the genus known to me. RAPALA SEOUEIRA. ? Deudorix sequeira, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 278, t. xxiii. 21 §. R. sequeira, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 466 note. A single specimen without head, body, or anal lobe from Perak agrees best with the figure above cited, but seems by the shape of the wings and absence of any sexual mark to be a female, whilst Distant's plate would give one the idea of a male. RAPALA UTIMUTIS. Deudorix utimutis, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 279, t. xxiii. 22 3. R. utimutis, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 466 note. A single male from Perak agrees with Distant's description and figure better than with Hewitson's description of D. pheretima. It has the antennae black ringed with white, and a broad white band just below the rufous tip. BlNDAHARA PHOCIDES. Hesperia phocides, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1, p. 282 $ (1793). B. phocides, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 473. A single large male from the Naga Hills, another from the Dhansiri Valley, and two from East Pegu. SlNTHUSA NASAKA. Thecla nasaka, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. Co. p. 91 (1829). S. nasaka, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 484. Two males from Margharita and one from Momeit. SlNTHUSA AMBA. 1 Hypolyccena amba, Kirby in Hew. 111. Di. Lep. Suppl. p. 32, t. v. b. figs. 44, 46 3, 45 $ (1878). S. amba, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 485; Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 461, t. xliv. 12 d,19 $. A male from East Pegu and another from Perak agree perfectly |