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Show 646 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Dec. 6, CALLIANA PIERIDOIDES. C. pieridoides, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 687, t. xiv. 2 3 • C. pieridoides, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. N. H. Soc. vol. vi. no. 3 (1891), p. 377, t. G. fig. 25 $ . Two males of this remarkable insect from Margharita. The female, which has been described and figured by de Niceville, is very unlike the male. CHOASPES BENJAMINI, var. Thymele benjamini, Guer. Del. Voy. Inde, ii. p. 79, t. 22. 2, 2a (1843). There are two forms of this which may be distinct, but I have a series of them only from Sikkim. The one I take to be the typical form is of a greenish shade, but not constant, some specimens being lighter and some darker; and this I have from the N.W. Himalaya, Sikkim, the Khasias, Nilgiri Hills, and Japan, and Moupin in East Tibet. Another is metallic bluish on the thorax and base of both wings, sometimes with a tinge of green, and the rest of the wings, except anal area and fringe, black. This I have from Sikkim and the Naga Hills. These differences may be sexual; but it is very difficult to be sure of the sex in this genus. CHOASPES HARISA. Ismene harisa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 783. Choaspes harisa, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 439. A single female from the Naga Hills agrees with the Sikkim females described by me. CHOASPES AMARA. Ismene amara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 783. Two from the Naga Hills, which have rather less yellow at base of costa than Sikkim specimens. CHOASPES VASUTANA. Ismene vasutana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 782. A single male from the Naga Hills. CHOASPES CHUZA. Ismene chuza, Hew. Ex. Butt. iv. Ism. t. 14. Choaspes chuza, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 373, t. xxxiv. 27. A single specimen from the Ruby-mine District at 2000 feet and another from the Naga Hills agree with Bornean examples. CHOASPES CRAWFURDI. Ismene crawfurdi, Dist. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, x. p. 247 (1882). Choaspes crawfurdi, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 372, t. xxxiv. 26. A specimen from Perak agrees with one from Province Wellesley in my collection, identified by Distant, and with two others from |
