382 LYCANIDA. TAJURIA. 
of “ Myrina”’ ravata by Mr. Moore. Lastly a rare form occurs in which the ground-colour is 
yellow-ochreous, the spots ferruginous. These different varietal forms pass into one another, 
they cannot be specifically discriminated. 7Z. janga/a appears to occur not infrequently at 
Rangoon, and is common in Assam. 
Local race andamanica. EXPANSE: &, 1'3 to 1°43 9,14 to1'5 inches. HABITAT: 
South Andaman Isles. DEscRIPTION: MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings purplish-fuscous, the 
purple patches of 7. jamgala, Horsfield, replaced by much smaller patches of a bluer shade. 
Forewing with an inconspicuous patch slightly paler than the ground on the middle of 
the disc. “ FEMALE, differs from the male in having the UPPERSIDE of doth wings smoke- 
brown instead of purplish-fuscous, no discal pale patch on the forewing, the hindwing devoid 
of blue, and the UNDERSIDE of doth wings ochraceous-brown instead of dark fawn-colour 
with a vinous tinge. The male differs from the same sex of S. [= 7.] westermannii, [Felder, 
from Luzon]. in having less blue on the upperside, and the anal spot completely encircled 
with grey scales.” 
“A comparison of Andamanese and Philippine specimens would, we have no doubt, 
show that the former is just as much entitled to a name of its ownas the latter. Both are 
merely insular races of the Indian continental S. jangala.” (Wood-Mason and de Nicéville, 
1, c. Journ. A. S. B., vol. xlix). 
“ Dipsas westermanii of Felder is a variety of Myrina jangala, Horsfield, of this work.” 
( Hewitson, Ill. Diurn. Lep., Suppl., p. 8). 
The late Mr. A. R. de Roepstorff obtained four males and three females of this species 
in the Andamans. The ground-colour of the underside is variable as in Z. jamgala, one 
female is nearly as bright yellow as in Mr. Moore’s species vavata. 
A species closely allied to 7. jangala has been described as below* from the Malay 
Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
938. Tajuria donatana, de N. (PLATE XXV, fig. 154 3). 
T. donatana, de Nicéville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lvii, pt. 2, p. 287, n. 18, pl. xiv, fig. 15, ade (1888). 
HasitaT: Upper Tenasserim. 
EXPANSE: ¢@, 1°35 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: **MALE, UPPERSIDE, 40th wings deep purplish-black. Forewing with 
the basal and lower discal areas rich deep iridescent blue, the colour extending slightly into 
the discoidal cell from the base of the first median nervule to the base of the wing. Aindwing 
with an elongated discal patch of rich iridescent blue of a lighter and brighter shade than 
in the forewing; the abdominal margin anteriorly pale fuscous and fringed with white ; 
anal lobe white, marked by a round black spot, bearing a few metallic silvery scales ; cz/ia from 
the anal angle to the second median nervule white, thence to the apex of the forewing 
SS 
agrees with the description and figure, but I possess other Sikkim specimens which approach it very 
nearly. 
* Tajuria travana, Hewitson. Myrina travana, Hewitson, Ill. Diurn. Lep., p. 38, n. 38, pl. xVil, figs. 
9, 60, male (1865); id., Butler, Trans, Linn. Soc. Lond., Zoology, second series, vol. i, p. 549, n. 2 (1877) ; 
Sithon travana, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1873, p. 352, n. 9 ; Kemelana travana, Moore, Journ. A. S. 
vol. lili, pt. 2, p. 37 (1884); Tajuria travana, Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 246, n. 4, pl. xxii, fig. 4, /emale 
(1844). Hasrrat : Malacca, Perak, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo. Expanse : Male, 1'5 to 1'7 inches. Descrip- 
TION : ** MALE. Upprrsive, 40th wings dark brown, with a spot of violet-blue near the base. UNDERSIDE, 
both wings dark rufous-brown, crossed beyond the middle by a linear band of dark brown. Hindwing with 
a spot at the base of the tail, a spot outside of this, a spot at the anal angle, anda fourth spot -etween the 
last two irrorated with white, all crowned with brilliant silver-blue ; below these spots a submarginal line 
white.” 
of This species’ is easily distinguished from MZ. [= 7.] jangala, Horsfield, by its much greater breadth 
of wing.” (//ewitson, |. c.) ; . ; : i Litas 
In the Indian Museum, Calcutta, is a specimen of this species from Perak, which, from an examination of 
the prehensores, I find to be a male. It differs from Sikkim specimens of 7. jangala in the costa of the forewing 
being shorter, the wing thus having a more truncated appearance. The anal lobe to the hindwing on the 
upperside is black marked anteriorly with a clump of metallic green scales. The discal line on the under- 
side is very narrow and clearly defined, and the white spots placed outwardly against it in 7. Jangala 
towards the anal angle of the hindwing are obsolete in 7. ¢vavana. I am of opinion that 7. travana should 
be treated as a local race only of 7. yangata. : 
