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Show 1895.] MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. 625 BINDAHARA, Moore. BlNDAHARA PHOCAS. Sithon phocides, Fab., var. phocas, Staud. Iris, ii. p. 114 (1889). Sithon sugriva, Druce (nee Horsf.), P. Z. S. 1873, p. 351. Labuan (Low and Waterstr.). Dr. Staudinger has sent me his type, male, for examination, and I find that Bornean specimens are identical with it. B. phocas is perhaps nearest to B. isabella, Feld., but the hind wing is less produced apically, and the cyaneous patch extends down to the first median nervule, and besides the black spot in the lobe there is usually a rather large black spot in the first median interspace close to the margin. The female on the upperside is rich cupreous, and on the underside tbe bands and spots are pale reddish brown. It is as much worthy of specific distinction as any other species in the genus. Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains B. phocas from Celebes and from the Philippine Islands. SINTHUSA, Moore. SlNTHUSA NASAKA. Theda nasaka, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 91 (1829). Hypolyceena terna, Staud. M S . Kina Balu ( Waterstr.). Dr. Staudinger has sent both sexes from Kina Balu, the male being identical with Horsfield's type in the British Museum. I quite fail to see how S. amba, Kirby, can be distinguished from S. nasaka, and in my opinion should be placed as a synonym of it. Mr. Doherty (J. A. S. B. vol. lviii. 1889) has possibly mistaken the next species (S. amata) for S. nasaka, as the whole of the hind wing of that species, except the basal portion of the costal margin, is cyaneous. SlNTHUSA AMBA. Hypolyccena amba, Kirby (Hew.), 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. Supp. p. 32, pi. v. 6. figs. 44-46 (1878). Sinthusa amba, Distant & Pryer, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xix. p. 268 (1887). Sandakan (Pryer). Included here only on the authority of Messrs. Distant and Pryer. SINTHUSA AMATA. Sinthusa amata, Dist. Ehop. Malay, p. 461, pi. xliv. fig. 20, $. cf. Upperside differs from S. nasaka d by being less densely black, by the purple area of the fore wing being duller and less extensive, by the blue of the hind wing, which is sharply bordered by the subcostal nervure, being paler and of a decided violaceous shade, and not resplendent when held at an angle. The hairs which P R O C ZOOL. Soc-1895, No. X L . 40 |
