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Show 658 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [DEC 6, PLASTINGIA NOEMI. P. noemi, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. 1885, pt. ii. p. 120, t. xi. 15 6*. A single male from the Karen Hills agrees with the plate, and seems quite distinct. I have a very closely allied if not identical species from Pulo Laut, Borneo. PLASTINGIA NAGA. Hesperia 1 naga, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. 1883, p. 89, t. x. 2 $ . A single specimen from the Karen Hills, which I believe to be a male, agrees with the plate except that the discal and apical spots of the fore wing are double. I have the same species from Pulo Laut. According to de Niceville this species is the same as P. tessellata, Hew., which name has priority. NOTOCRYPTA FICULNEA. Hesperia ficulnea, Hew. Descr. Hesp. p. 37 (1868). Plesioneura signata, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 360, t. xxxiii. 8. Notocrypta signata, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. vi. p. 380. n. 26 (1891). Four specimens from Perak which agree with Hewitson's type from Borneo and also with Druce's description; they are not unlike the spotless var. of N. alysos, but have no apical spot on fore wing, the transparent band shorter, and are of a deeper brown, almost pure black, with bluish instead of yellowish tinge in tbe band. NOTOCRYPTA ALYSOS. Plesioneura alysos, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 789. Notocrypta alysos, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. iv. p. 189 (1889). Most of the specimens from Perak which I refer to this species have no spot beyond the band, and would by some be considered another species. I have, however, similar ones from Sikkim, and one Perak female has a single spot as usual in N. alysos, another having the additional spots which are found in P. paralysos, Moore. An allied species has been described as P. monteithi by Wood-Mason and de Niceville in J. A. S. B. iv. p. 391, t. xviii. 3, 3 a $; another as P. albifascia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 843, t. liii. 3 ; in neither of which can I discover any characters justifying their separation. NOTOCRYPTA NE^ERA. Notocrypta necera, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. vi. 1891, p. 379, t. G. 27 2 • A single female from Perak was described by Mr. de Niceville, who has others also from Perak in his collection. I have also a small worn male from the Karen Hills which agrees with a specimen from Singapore unnamed in the Hewitson collection. |