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NOTES ON SOME BUTTERFLIES FROM TENASSERIM 

 IN BURMA. 



By Lionel de Nickville, f.e.s., c.m.z.s., &c. 



With Plate BB. 



{Readhefore the Bombay Natural Histonj Society on 2Sth of Feb., 1899.) 

 In October and November, 189(S, I visited Mandalaj and other 

 places in Upper Bnrnia, and at Taungoo, on the northern borders of 

 Tenasserim, esannned the collection of butterflies made by Mr. T. A, 

 Hauxwell, Deputy Conservator of Forests, during the last few years 

 in Tenasserim, with that gentleman. As the collection contains many- 

 rare and interesting species, I made notes regarding all such which 

 notes are embodied below, together with some field notes by Mr. 

 Hauxwell, the latter being given in quotation marks. 



Family NYMPHALID^. 



S ul ifamily Satyrin.e. 



1. Anadebis himachala, Moore. 



Occurs rarely in the Chin Hills, Upper Burma, in April. The usual 

 pale outer marginal area in these specimens is " almost obsolete " 

 Mr. Hauxwell notes. 



2. Neorixa crishna, West.vood. 



This species was described from Java and Northern India. Mr. 

 Moore in " Lep. Ind.," vol. i, p. 227 (1892), says that the type specimen 

 is from Java and is now in tlie British Museum. N. crisJuia is quite 

 distinct from iV. loestivooJii, Moore, from Assam. N. crishna occurs in 

 the Ye Valley, Lower Tenasserim, in February and March, and in the 

 Ataran Valley, Middle Tenasserim. " Found in high bamboo juno-Je 

 only. Rests chiefly on the ground, occasionally settles low down on 

 bamboo sprays. Is very rare." Tenasserim specimens agree absolutely 

 with Javau ones in my collection. 



3. Ccelites binghami, Moore. 



" Crepuscular, flies only in the evening along open [lalhs throuo-h 

 evergreen jungle." 



4. Zophobssa sura, Doubleday and Hewitson. 



One male from the Daunat Range, Middle Tenasserim, taken 

 in March. 



5. Blanaida bhadra, Moore, 



