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this species, but his Pseudelpis, in " Butt, of India" is no other than Elpis. 

 Fruhstorfer considers Pseudelpis as the race of Kondulana of the Malay 

 archipelago, and Ladeata as that of Ceylon. The Java variety he takes to 

 be the subspecies Sydra. 



The differences between this species and L. Elpis Gdt. have been already 

 discussed in the description of the latter. 



The butterflies are very common in Batavia, both in the rainy season and 

 in Sept. and Oct. that is in the middle of the dry season. Moreover I found 

 the larvae in the end of Aug. and in Nov. The larvae eat the young red 

 leaves and also the flowers and seeds of the nam-nam (Cynometra Cauliflora L.) 

 They are dark brown of various shades, with a broad, light, toothed dorsal 

 stripe ; the ventral side light brownish grey. The black head retires behind the 

 first segment. The small pupa is light brown, also varying in shade; with 

 black dorsal line and marbling, attached to a leaf by a fine girdle-thread. 

 Larvae from Jan. 13"^ and Aug. ig'*^ produced butterflies on Jan. 19''' and 

 Aue. 2 1 ^'. 



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13. Kankena Felder (PL XXI, 44). 



Felder, Vcrli. Zool. Bot. Vcr.,^\\, S. \^\, No. 106(1862) Lycaena Kankena. 

 Novara Lcp., S. 270, A'^o. 331, //. 34. /a"- 37 



(1864) 



Y)KVCE,Proc. Zool. Soc. of London, iS"]^, p. 2,^9, t^- :!)i^ fin- 6 Cupido Caerulea. 



„ „ „ 1895,/. 582,//. 32, j%-. 19 Lampides „ 

 Moore, Ann. & Mag. of N. //., IV, 5". 20,/. 341 (1877) „ Coruscans. 



DE NiCEViLLE, /, Bombay A^. H. S., VI, 3, /. 367, //. /^ i 5 



(1891) „ Bochides. 



SwiNHOE, Lc/>. Lid., VIII, /. 62, //. 653, fig. 4, 4^:, \b 



(1910 — 11) Jamides Caerulea. 



This species appears to be rare. I possess only one 6 from Buitenzorg 

 (265) in W. J.; Fruhstorfer possesses them from Lawang (54?) in E. J. 

 The underside is much darker than given in Felder's reproduction, and in this 

 respect corresponds entirely to a c? in my possession from East Borneo. It 

 would seem, therefore, that the darker colour of the underside is characteristic 

 of this species, at all events of the male. In general appearance it greatly 

 resembles that of L. Kondulana Felder, but the glossy blue is of a much 

 darker shade; darker even than in Suidas, and approaching nearest to that of 

 CuNiLDA, which however is not so glossy. 



