274 NVMPIIALID.-'I-. ELYMNIIN.E. ELYMNIAS. 



265. Elymnias sauori, Distant. 



E. saiieri. Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 65, pi. ix, fig. 3 (1882), viale. 



Habitat : Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula. 



Expanse : $ , 3'55 inches. 



Description : " Male : Upperside, y^r^T^/rt^dark violaceous, with paler suffusions on 

 the apical area, and with the following very pale violaceous spots : — Three discal ; one 

 large, placed between the third and second median nervules, the others exceedingly small and 

 indistinct, and situated between the discoidal nervules, and between the second and first 

 median nervules ; five large submarginal spots divided by the nervules, of which the two 

 upper, inner, and largest are contiguous and separated by the lower discoidal nervule, the fifth 

 being situated between the first median nervule and the submedian nervure ; there is also a 

 very faint indication of a spot at the end of the cell. Costal area with the basal third 

 minutely spotted with greyish, the remaining portion with three or four pale bluish spots. 

 Bindwing castaneous, with the basal area fuscous. The extreme margins of both wings are 

 alternately fuscous and white. Underside pale ferruginous, thickly mottled with dark 

 chocolate-brown strigre, irregular in shape and size. Forezmng \\\\\\ a number of pale greyish 

 spots on the costal area ; the upper portion of the cell and tlie apical area somewhat paler 

 in hue, and with indications of a dark waved fascia near the end of the cell. Ilindiviiig 

 somewhat darker, the strigse being more numerous and contiguous, with indications of a 

 much-waved and irregular dark fascia crossing the wing about the end of the cell, and a 

 more or less distinct, broad, submarginal fascia, followed by several waved, broken, and in- 

 distinct lines. Body and legs more or less concolourous with the wings." 



" This fine species is somewhat intermediate between E. casif/ione* and E. leiicocyma, 

 agreeing best with the latter above, and with the first beneath. It appears to be a mimic of 

 a species of Euplaa belonging to the midamzes group, though the female still remains to be 

 discovered. Since this description was written, a specimen collected by Captain Bingham 

 in Tenasserim has been presented to the British Museum." {Distant, 1. c) 



We have never seen this species, and the above record is the only one of its occurrence 

 within our limits. 



The next species, E. iimandia, is of very different style of colouration and outline. 

 The type of the group is E. lais, Cramer, from Java, Sumatra and Borneo, and also from the 

 Malay Peninsula. The upper.side has on both wings the nervures and the outer margin 

 broadly defined with blackish brown, and the interspaces white tinged with creamy or yelIowi.sh 

 or grey or verditer blue. They mimic species of Danais of the Lininiace group, E. tiniainira 

 chiefly differs from E. lais in the more dentate outline of the outer margin of the forewing, 

 and the basal area of both wings on the underside is much darker. 



• Elymnias casiphone, Hubner, Samml. Ex. Schmett., vol. iii,pl. xviii ? ('816-1824) > 'd-, Hutler, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. Lond , 1870, p. 4S8; idem, id , Proc. Zool Soc I.oiid , 1871, p. 522, n. 14; idem, id . Distant. Kliop. Malay , 

 p. 64, pi. vi, fig. 10(1882), Jiiale Habitat : Singapore ; Java. Expanse : )naie, 300 ; female, 325 inches. 

 Description : '' Male : Ui'I'Eksidk, Ijoth wings pale cliocolale- brown. Forezviug with the apical area much 

 suffused with violaceous, and with the following pale greyish macular markings ; a luimher of irregularly-sized 

 ami shaped spots on the costal area, gradually increasing in size from the base ; a rounded spot just beyond the 

 end of the cell ; two discal spots divided by the second median nervule, and a submarginal series of six spots, 

 divided by the nervules, the first and innermost of which is placed above the upper discoidal nervule, and the 

 sixth between the first median nervule and the .submedian nervure. Hindwing with a submarginal series of 

 obscure greyish spots, preceded by a few discal spots of the same colour. Underside pale ferruginous, mottled 

 ■with numerous and irregularly-sized chocolate striga;. Forewing with a costal series of pale greyish spots ; four 

 larger pale discal spots situate one beyond the end of the cell, two divided by the second median nervule, and 

 the fourth placed between the discoidal nervules ; there arc also faint indications of a submarginal series of spots 

 placed between the nervules, of which the two most prominent are placed above and beneath the first median 

 nervule. Hindwing with some dark and confiuent striga; principally distributed on the basal half, and with a 

 prominent dark submarginal fascia, which is preceded by pale greyish, and followed by several narrower, waved, 

 and somewhat fused dark marginal fasciae. Body and legs more or less concolorous with the wings " {Disiant, 

 I.e.) "Ekmalu: Ui'i'HRsiDK, same pattern as £. ^/'w/rtwr/r.j, female, Wallace, but the whole apical area pale 

 violet, and the rest of the ground-colour of a browner tint than in that species. Undhksiuh, markings the same 

 as in the male, but ill-defined, the hindwing whitish," (Butter, I. c., in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond ) 



