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1. Astictopterus jama. 



A^tictoptenis juimi, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 101. ii. 2!) (IH(iO); I'.iitl. 'I'miis. Liim. Soc. sor. 2, Zool. 

 vol. i. p. 555, n. 1 (1877). 



Wings above ami beneath iiuifonu dark fusuous. liody above concolorou.s with wings: ahilonien 

 beneath and legs somewhat grej-ish-brown. 



Exp. wings, 3'i to 84 millim. 



Hab.— Mahxy Peninsula; Perak (Townsend— coll. (jodm. & Salv.) ; Sungei Ujong (Durnford— coll. 

 Dist.); Malacca (colls. Feld. & Stand. ; Pinwill— Brit. Mas.).— Sumatra (coll. Stand.).— .Java : Bantam 

 (coll. Dist.). 



This is apparently a very widely distributed species, but on aecouiit of its small size 

 aud obscure appearance it probably frequently escapes the collector's net. it has not lieen 

 considered necessary to tio-ure this species, as its uniform eob)ratiou renders it easily 

 distinguishable. 



2. Astictopterus salsala. (^Tab. XXXI\ ., tig. 21.) 



yixii'iiiailfs Sdlsdhi, Moore, i'l'oe. Zool. Soc. 18(55, (). 78(). 



<)/rh)/iiflcs Sal.sida, Butl. Trans. Jjiiiii. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 555, n. 1 (1877). 



Wings above dark fu.scous ; anterior wings with a transverse curved series of rufous spots crossing 

 wing beyond cell, the so-called spots consisting of scattered groups of scales. Wings beneiith rufous- 

 brown ; anterior wings with the rufous spots above bluish-grey beneath, and generally with a small 

 cluster of similarly coloured spots (variable in number) in cell; posterior wings with some discal 

 spots of the same colour, also \ariable in number in different specimens. Body and legs concolorous 

 with wings. 



Var. (I. 



Astictiiptenis stellifcr. Butler, Trans. Linu. Sou. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 555, n. 7 (1877); Moore, Lep. Ceyl. 

 vol. i. p. 163 (1881). 



This variety simply differs from what is understood as the tyjiical form of A. salsalu by the absence 

 (and probably accidental obliteration) of the scale-like spots on the upper surface of the anterior wings. 



Exp. wings, 26 to 28 millim. 



Hab. — Continental India : Bengal (Moore). — Ceylon (Thwaites — coil. Dist.). — Malay Peninsula ; Perak 

 (Townsend — coll. Godm. & Salv.) ; Malacca (Pinwill — Brit. Mus. ; Biggs — coll. Dist.) ; Singapore (Kerr — 

 coll. Dist.). — Nias Island (coll. Dist.). 



There is little doubt that this proposed species of Mr. Butler (A. stclli/er) is simply 

 a variety of A. sah<da. In fact, the process of reunion has already commenced, as, though 

 they were originally enumerated by Mr. Butler in different genera, they now — or rather did on 

 the 29th March last — appear arranged in the same genus in the National Collection. It is no 

 doubt a variable species. Mr. Moore cited his Ceylonese species as A. stcllifcr, Butl. ; but on 

 my visit to the British Museum (on the above-named date) Mr. Butler had separated the 

 specimens received from Ceylon as distinct from his A. slclli/n: It is therefore not beyond 

 possibility that the Ceylon forms may yet be described as a " new species." 



April 30, 1886. 5 K 



