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Poritiinoi. 



193. Poritia heioitsoni, M. In the Tharrawaddy District I have taken 

 three insects that I take to be this, (10th February and 21st March 1912), 

 but they are not constant among themselves and they all three differ from 

 my other specimens in the possession of a large, isolated, black mark in the 

 blue area in interspace 1 of the fore wing. All three have very little in the 

 way of blue apical spots, and one has a broad black submarginal band on 

 the hind wing, upperside, reaching from the anal angle to veiu 4. These, 

 however, would appear to be typical heivitsoni as they agree with Moore's 

 description as given by de Niceville. 



I am considerably puzzled over P. heioitsoni and erycinoides. It seems 

 easy to divide the males among these two species, heioitsoiii being recognized 

 by its greener colour, its black cell and the small sub-apical blue marks on 

 the forewing. The distribution seems curious ; I have the following : — 

 3 males from Tharrawaddy, elevation 800-2,000 feet. 

 2 males and 2 females from the North Shan States at low elevations. 

 1 male from Manipur. 



The males from the Shan States and Manipur lack the solid black 

 mark in interspace 1. 

 Of erycinoides I have : — 



A quantity from Maymyo (3,000 feet) both sexes. 

 A long series from Thandaung (Karen Hills, 4,200 feet) all males. 

 Of the Maymyo females, (one pair was taken in Coitu) there are two kinds, 

 those with and those without orange streaks on the upperside of both 

 wings. 



Thus nowhere have I found the two flying together, and if anything 

 heivitsoni would seem to be the low level (or Assam) form and erycinoides 

 the high level (or Malayan) form. 



194. P. phalia, Hew. Two specimens from the Kyanktada hill, 2,640 

 feet, on 16th November 1911. 



195. P. phalena, Hew. One specimen from the same hill on the same 

 day which agrees exactly with the description of Harterti, Doh. 



196. Cicretis Indis, Db. and Hew., Common. The form occurring is 

 malayica, Fd., and has a white female. 



Thedince. 



197. Ilerda epicles, God. One good female specimen from the Takavvpi 

 stream on 3rd February 1913. In Tharrawaddy this insect must reach its 

 southern limit. 



198. Aphnceus syama, Hors. This is local in Tharrawaddy, but I found 

 one spot where it was plentiful. The insects alighted on tall blades of grass, 

 as ictis also does, and were of the form called peyuana, M. 



199. A..lohita,Hoxa. One specimen of this, 3rd February 1913. A. ictis, 

 Hew., does not seem to occur, but I have a specimen from Henzada taken 

 in March at an elevation of 3,800 feet. This appears to be typical, but a 

 long series obtained in the North Shan States in March and April is not 

 as the orange patch on the fore wing is much smaller and the area glossed 

 with blue is larger. 



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200. Mahathalti ntkinsoni, Hew. I found these conmion, when I had no 

 net with me, by the Mimbu stream in July, flj'ing around lopped trees and 



