1892.] L. de Niceville — Note on three North Indian Butterflies 145 



1. Euthalia NARA, Moore. 

 Adolias nara, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soo. Lond., new series, vol. v, p. 78, n. 35, pi. 

 viii, fig. I, female (1859) ; id., Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. 602, n. 17 ; Eu- 

 thalia nara, de Niceville, Butt, of India, vol. ii, p. 197, n. 493 (188G) ; id., Ehvcs, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc Lond., 1SS8, p. 357, ". 175 ; Adolias anyte, Hewitson, Ex. Bntt., 

 vol. iii, Adolias pi. ii, fig. 5, male (1862) ; id., Bntler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1868, 

 p. G03, n. 23; Euthalia anyte, de Niceville, Butt, of India, vol. ii, p. 198, n. 494 

 (1886) ; id., Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1891, n. 279. 



Habitat: E. vara: — Unknown {Moore and Butler); Sikkim ; N. 

 Kliasi Hills (de Niceville) ; Sikkim; Buxa, Bhutan, July and August; 

 Khasia, 4,500 ft., September (Elwes) ; E. anyte: — East India (Heicitson 

 and Butler); Sikkim; Nepal (de Niceville); Sikkim; Bhutan ; Naga 

 Hills (Elwes). 



The female of E. nara may be known from that sex of E. sahadeva 

 by its smaller size ; by its more golden (less greenish) bronzy colour 

 on the upperside ; by the posterior spot of the discal white band in the 

 first median interspace of the forewing being very narrow and therefore 

 appearing to be more elongated ; and on the underside of both wings 

 being more greenish (less golden) bronzy ; and in the hindwing " in 

 the submarginal small black spots " present in the true female of 

 E. sahadeva " being replaced by a diffused line darker than the ground- 

 colour," this line being characteristic of the male of E. nara (E. anyte), 

 while both sexes of E. sahadeva have a series of rounded black dots on 

 the underside of the hindwing, one in each interspace except the sub- 

 median, which has two ; these dots, moreover, being further removed 

 from the outer margin than the diffused line is in both sexes of E. nara. 



In Colonel A. M. Lang's collection a female of this species from 

 Sikkim is correctly named. 



2. EOTHAIJA SAHADEVA, Moore. 



Adolias sahadeva, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., new series, vol. v, p. 80, n. 39, 

 pi. viii, fig. 3, male (1859) ; id., Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1S68, p. 601, n. 11 ; 

 Euthalia sahadeva, de Niceville, Bntt. of India, vol. ii, p. 199, n. 495 (1S86) ; id., 

 Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 357, n. 176; E. nara, var., id., Proc. Zool. 

 Soc. Lond , 1891, p. 278. 



Haiiitat : Unknown (Moore) ; Nepal (Butler) ; Nepal ; Sikkim ; 

 Assam (de Niceville); Sikkim (Ehces) ; E. nara, var.: — Naga Hills 

 (Elwes). 



Female (hitherto underscribed). Expanse : 3*9 to 4'1 inches. Dif- 

 fers from the female of E. nara, Moore, in its larger size. Uppers! LiE,/ore- 

 winij with the posterior spot of the discal band, broad, twice as broad as 

 in E. nara. Underside, hindwing with a series of small round submargi- 

 nal black spots, one in each interspace except the submedian, which has 



