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Gents NOTOCRYPTA l-'eWi-r. 



1:50. N. feisthameli (Boisduval), Vo>j. AstroL, Lep. p. 159. t. 3. f. 7 (1832). 

 Plesioneura chimaera PlOtz, Jh'rl. Ent. Zeitch. p. 202 (1881); Pagenst., Jalirb. 

 Nass. Ver. ^^at. XXXVII. p. 211. t. 4. f. 1 (1884). 



This species was originallj' described b}' Boisduval from specimens coming 

 from Amboyna and Bnrn, and the form found in this part of the Indo-malayan 

 region may be taken therefore as typical. The figure given by Boisdnval is quite 

 characteristic. There is some variation in the number of the snbapioal spots, the 

 ma/t' specimens before me all have these spots exceedingly minute, the one between 

 veins 4 and o alone being distinctly observable, though quite small, the others 

 requiring a glass to bring them into view. In the/emales the spots below the apex 

 are more distinct. I cannot separate y. /-himaera Plutz from the tyjiical form. 

 The tignre given by Pagenstecher is that of & foiiMtr. Specimens just like it are 

 contained in the collection made by Doherty; and compared with the long series of 

 N.feisthameli in uiy collection from all parts of the Indo-malayan region, I see no 

 possible reason for the separation of the insect described and figured by Pliitz and 

 Pagenstecher from its fellows. Chiiivicra is an absolute synonym oi feistliameli. 



Genus TELICOTA Moore. 

 137. T. aug-ias (Linnaeus), Syst. Xat. I. ji. 7'.i4 (1767). 

 Three poor males. 



13S. T. bambusae (Moore), Pro,: Zool. Soc. LonJ. p. (iOl. t. 45. f 11. 12 (1878). 

 Apparently scarce. 



]3lt. T. prnsias (Felder), Sitzber. Ak. Wissensch. Wien, Math. Sat. CI. 

 XLIII. p. 44 (1861). 



Only three specimens, notably darker on the underside than specimens coming 

 from Amboyna and Batchian contained in my collection, agreeing in this with 

 specimens coming from New Guinea and Northern Australia.* 



14(1. P. palmarum (Moore), P/w. Zool. Soc. Lorn/, p. (i'.ii). t. 45. f. 6. 7 (1878). 

 A good series of mules, but no females. 



141. T. dara TKollarJ, in lingers Kaschmir IV. p. 455 (1848). 

 I accept, in the attitude of one who desires more light, the synonymy of this 

 species as recently worked out by Elwes in the Transactions of the Zoological Society. 

 Perhaps it is correct to gather together under the name given by Kollar the various 

 forms described by other writers, and I am willing for the time to let it be so, but 

 my critical sense rebels in a measure against the procednre. The specimens before 

 me as I write were originally determined by me as belonging to macsokles Butler, 

 but are larger and brighter than specimens coming from India, Burmah, and other 

 more northern localities, and contained in my collection. 



• It is worth noting just here that T. simplex Elwes, Trans. Xool. Sop. Land. vol. XIV, p. 2j3. t. IB. 

 f. 15, is identical in every respect with the insect described by me in the Proc. Bott. Sec. Xat. Hist. 

 XXV. p. 7i). t. 4. f. 4, as I'elicota snhruhrti. I do not wonder that Mr. Klwes, with the wretohcd 

 o.iricftture ^iven in the plat*^, which is a reproduction of a photojrraph. was unable to recognize it. 



