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Show 620 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. [June 18, SITHON, Hiibn. SITHON NEDYMOND. Papilio nedymond, Cram. Pap. Exot. vol. iv. p. 19, pi. ccxcix. figs. E, F, cf (1780). Theda chitra, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 97, pi. i. fig. 5, $ (1829). S.E. Borneo, near Banjarmasin (Wahnes); S. Borneo (coll. G. 4- S.). I quite agree with Mr. de Niceville that P. nedymond, Cr., and T. chitra, Horsf., are respectively male and female of one species. Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains a female from Bankasoon, Burmah (Hume), which on the underside is exactly intermediate in colour and markings between the usual forms of the two sexes. SITHON MICE A. Murina micea, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. Supp. p. 6, t. 3. fig. 81, (1S69). Sithon valida, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 352, pi. xxxiii. fig. 4, 2 Kina Balu (Waterstr.); Labuan (Low). The male of S. micea is easdy distinguished from that sex of S. nedymond by tbe coloration of the underside, by the blue area of the fore wing reaching close down to the outer angle, and by tbe blue band on the outer margin of hind wing being much broader. The tuft of hairs attached to the inner margin of fore wdng on the underside is a darker shade of buff than in S. nedymond, and both wings are narrower and longer. The female, however, is so close to that sex of /S. nedymond that I am unable to state how it can be distinguished. The inner black band on the hind wing below is generally broader than in S. nedymond, but this is a variable character in the 4 specimens I have examined, including the type (a female), which are in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection. There can be, I think, no doubt that S. valida is the female of S. micea, as both have been sent together from Labuan and Kina Balu, whilst true S. nedymond appears only to occur in Southern Borneo. The original description of S. vediela is quite incorrect, the insect being on both surfaces practically indistinguishable from S. chitra, Horsf. The figure also is indifferent and does not show the marks at the ends of the cells nor the median darker lines. The expanse of the type specimen is 1-^ inch, not 1 inch as stated, whilst other specimens measure li inch. DEUDORIX, Hew. DEUDORIX EPIJARBAS. Dipsas epijarbas, Moore, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. vol i. p. 32 (1857). Deudorix epijarbas, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 353. Labuan (Low and Waterstradt). Several specimens quite typical. |