356 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



Amboyna ; and that the form from Celebes differs considerably in 

 markings, and may be distinct. 



Mr. W. Doherty states that in Eastern Java he found that the 

 female of S. hippoclus is dimorphic, one form having- the yellow 

 spots replaced by white ones, so that it resembles a white Neptis 

 instead of a yellow one. No intermediate forms were seen. 



Dr. 0. Staudinger in " Iris," vol. ii, p. 49 (1889), mentions 

 incidentally the occurrence in Java of a white female form of 

 8. hippoclus, in describing his S. hypatia, AVallace (?), var. dissoluta, 

 from Palawan, which is said also to have a white female. Dr. 

 Staudinger is evidently quite unacquainted with the true S. hypatia, 

 which is, perhaps, the most distinct species in the genus ; and should 

 have made his dissolata a local form of S. hippoclus rather than of 

 S. hypatia. 



These are all the references I can find to the white female form 

 of 8. hippoclus, which I take this opportunity to figure from one 

 of two Eastern Javan specimens very kindly given to me by 

 Mr. Doherty. I think Mr. Wallace must have meant Java when he 

 said that the form in India has a white female. I cannot agree with 

 him that the Indian and Javan forms are distinct and should bear 

 separate names. The males of the two are quite indistinguishable, 

 and the white form of the female (which is the only one I have seen 

 from Java) differs from the ordinary form only in having all the 

 yellow markings replaced by white. Dimorphism in the family 

 Nymphalida} is extremely rare, and I am glad to prominently direct 

 attention to Mr. Doherty's discovery of the phenomenon in this genus. 



9. SYMBKENTHIA HYPSELIS, Godart, PI. F, Fig. 8, $ . 



Vanessa hypselis, Godart, Enc. Meth., vol. is, Supp]., p. 818, n. 5—6 (1823); 

 Laogona hypselis, Boisduval, Sp. Gen., vol, i, pi. x, fig. 3, male (183G) ; Symbrenthia, 

 hypselis, de Niccville (part), Butt, of India, vol. ii, p. 241, n. 535 (1886). 



Habitat : Java (Godart, and coll. de Niceville). 



Expanse : 6 , 2'0 to 2*2 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, loth icings black, with rich dark 

 fulvous markings. Forewing with a discoidal streak, its upper edge 

 irregular, its lower edge very irregular and extending well below 

 the discoidal cell ; a short subapical streak divided into two portions 

 by the lower discoidal nervule ; a discal oblique broad band from the 



