130 RHOPALOCERA MALAYANA. 



•2. Tanaecia supercilia. (Tab. XV., fig. 8 J .) 



t'liiiariu, .vi)>crciliit, JJutli-r, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18GS, p. 010, n. •!, t. 45, f. 7. 



This si)ocics or variety is ibuiulotl on a Penaug specimen contained in the collection 

 of Lieut. Roberts. As I have not seen this type, nor met with an example in any other 

 collection, I have had Mr. Butler's figure reproduced, and copy his original description. 



"<?. Valde affinis T. vanntti' ; al;f supra velut in T. pdca coloratas, at fascia posticaium lunulari 

 magis arcuata et characteribus basalibus punctiforraibus ; ala; subtus pallicle fuscse, area intemo-basali 

 anticarimi fliivesconte, fascia soricc.'O-albicla discab, maculis posticarum latioribus uigris ; aliter vebit in 

 varnna. 



"Exp. abir. unc. 2|." 



Had. — iMalay Peninsula." " Penang" (colL Eoberts). 



I have followed Mr. Butler in treating this as a distinct species, and append the following 

 remarks of his own in justification of that course: — "Lieut. Roberts has assured me that the 

 nearly-allied species of the Adolias group are quite constant to their localities; otherwise 

 I should have considered this to be a variety oi varuiia."* 



;5. Tanaecia violaria. (Tab. XV., fig. 9 J .) 



Tanaecia violaria, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. 012, u. 11, t. 45, f. 8; Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, 

 p. 345, 11. 4. 



This species is only known to me, and figured and described here, under precisely the 

 same conditions as apply to T. aupcrcilia {aupra). 



" 5 . AliB supra fuses ; autica3 velut in pelcd, at margine toto fusco ; posticffi fascia lunulari ad 

 angulum ani increscente submarginali apud apicem lunulis niveis, apud augulum ani pin-pureis, a lunulis 

 fuscis intus limitatis, extus a maculis sagittatis fuscis extra albido terminatis prscipue apud apicem." 



"Ala- subtus velut in palamni at area basali fusco-flavida (nee ocbreo-albida) sagittisque posticarum 

 violaceis ct longioribus." 



" Exp. alar. uuc. 3;^." 



Kab. — Malay Peninsula. " Singapore" (coll. Roberts). — Borneo (Druce). 



4. Tanaecia pulasara. (Tab. XIX., fig. 6 <? ; Tab. XIV., fig. 13 S .) 



Ailulia.'i j,iil„s„ni, Moorcj (Horsf. & Moore), Cat. Lep. Mas. E.I. C. i. p. 190, u. 882 (1857); Trans. Ent. Soc. 



scr. 2, vol. V. p. 71, u. 10, t. 0, f. 2 (1850). 

 Tanaecia pulaumi, Bull. Trans. Liuu. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 540, n. 2 (1877). 

 Taiiacria raniiia, Butl. (uec Volleuliov.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 1808, p. Oil, u. 5. 



Male. Wings above fuliginous-brown. Anterior wings witb tbe cell crossed by four blackisb lines, 

 followed by a similnr but waved line a little beyond apex; between tbe last two lines tbe colour is 

 somewbat violaceous, tbe markings beneath cell being much as in tbe preceding species ; a transverse 

 series of six large oblong greyisb spots on apical lialf of wing, placed between tbe nervules, tbe upper five 

 of wliicb are margined witb fuscous and conieally rounded inwardly and acutely excavated outwardly, 



? ''IY'..^'^?"" writi-r, liowcver, ilocs uot jilways follow this course, as in describing tbe large coUeetion of Lepidoptera 



nia.lp m (-hili by Mr. Edmonds, be remarks tbat iu some instances be bad described as distinct species wbat tbe collector 



eyiilently only regarded as varieties, but it would indeed be remarkable if tbe collector should be always correct in his views 



as to tlie extent of variability m each species" (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1882, p. 113). This is good evidence as to how our 



so-called species depend upon the synthetic or analvtic bias of the mind of the describer. 



