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Show 656 MR. H. J. E L W E S O N BUTTERFLIES F R O M [Dec. 6, variation in the spots of the fore wing, in the marking of the but all seem to me to belong to one species, as I have the two forms also from Pulo Laut. TAGIADES TRIPURA. T. tripura, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1891, p. 392, t. G. 39 2 • A single specimen of this small species from Perak (the type specimen), which agrees with several from Pulo Laut, also sent by Doherty. ABARATHA SYRICTHUS, var. (Plate XLIII. fig. 2, var., 3.) Pterygospidea syricthus, Feld. Reise Nov. iii. p. 530, t. lxxii. 22, 23. Four specimens from Bernardmyo are so very small that they might be supposed to be another species, especially as the white marks at the base of the hind wing above are almost obsolete; but the identity of the position of all the spots and the peculiar shaped hind wing incline me to believe that they are only a form of A. syricthus, which I also have from Bhamo, the Shan Hills, and Java. ABARATHA PYGELA. Pterygospidea pygela, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 53 (1868) ; Ex. Butt. v. t. i. fig. 3 (1873). A.pygela, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 390, t. xxxiv. fig. 18. Of this remarkable species only two specimens were received, one from the Karen Hills and one from Perak. CTENOPTILIUM MULTIGUTTATUM. C. multiguttata, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. p. 221, t. E. 10 3 (1890). A specimen from Akyab, taken by Major Adamson in April, 1883. CTENOPTILIUM VASAVA. Achlyodes vasava, Moore, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 786. Ctenoptilium vasava, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. (1890) p. 221. Common in the Karen Hills. ERIONOTA THRAX. Pap. thrax, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 794 (1767). Erionota thrax, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 393, t. xxxiv. 17. Sent from East Pegu by Doherty and taken at Akyab by Major Adamson. Specimens from Java, Borneo, and the Andamans agree. |
