LYCENIDA. RAPALA. 459 
“The D. varuna of Horsfield [from Java], though allied to this species, seems to be 
quite distinct.” (Butler, 1. c.) 
I am not quite sure of my identification of this species, as I have only Hewitson’s figures 
to guide me, but in his figure of the male he so clearly endeavours to give the brilliant blue 
colour of the upperside, and shows the yellow abdomen on the underside, that I have not 
much doubt of the correctness of my determination. &. sphinx is by far the most beautiful 
species in the genus, and is now recorded from Indian limits for the first time. It appears 
to be fairly common in Rangoon in July, August, and September, and the Rev, Walter A. 
Hamilton has taken it in Sylhet. 
994. Rapala buzaria, de N. (PLATE XXV, Fic. 152 ¢). 
R. buxaria, de Nicéville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 285, n. 16, pl. xiv, fig. 13, male (1888), 
HasitTaT: Bhutan, Sikkim, 
EXPANSE : 6, 1°50 to 1°65 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : “ MALE. UPPERSIDE, oth wings dark brown overlaid with a deep steel-blue 
gloss, in certain lights almost the wkole surface shows a resplendent czerulean coloration of much 
the same shade as in Rafgala schistacea, Moore, though of far greater extent. Hindwing, the anal 
lobe with an oval patch of deep vermilion scales, the abdominal margin pale brown and very 
hairy, zai? black tipped with white. UNDERSIDE, 4o0¢h wings of a pale ochreous-brown colour, 
[sometimes glossed with purple.] Forewing with a pair of fine brown lines closing the discoidal 
cell ; a very straight oblique discal line from the costa to the middle of the submedian 
interspace, this line is made up of two equal portions, inwardly of a pale brown portion, 
outwardly of a dark brown portion; a very indistinct submarginal fascia. Aindwing with 
a pair of very fine brown lines closing the discoidal cell ; a very straight discal line as in the 
forewing from the costa to the first median nervule, from thence to abdominal margin forming a 
W-shaped figure ; a submarginal fascia as in the forewing ; anal lobe black crowned with 
whitish, inwardly marked with an orange line ; a round black spot crowned with ochreous on 
the margin in the first median interspace, the wing-surface between it and the anal lobe sprinkled 
with black and white scales, a fine black marginal thread. C7/ia reddish-brown throughout. 
Body concolorous with the wings above, pale yellow below. Head with the frontal tuft and 
palpi pale yellow.” 
‘* Apparently nearest to Rapala nissa, Kollar, with which it closely agrees in the colora- 
tion and markings of the underside, though the discal lineis straighter and more even than is 
usually the case in that species. It differs, however, from R. missa on the upperside in having 
the rich iridescent blue reflections which are only seen in certain lights, these being entirely 
absent in &, 27ssa.” 
‘Described from a single specimen taken in Bhutan in April, in the collection of 
Mr, A. V. Knyvett.” (de Nicéville, 1. ¢.) 
Mr. Otto Moller has, since this description was written, obtained this. species at Tongloo, 
Sikkim, 10,000 feet. I have also received several males from various parts of Sikkim, where 
it does not appear to be very uncommon, The female is unknown, and will probably te 
difficult to recognise. 
The figure shews both sides of the type male specimen from Bhutan in the collecticn 
of Mr. A. V. Knyvett. 
995. Rapala schistacea, Moore. 
Deudorix schistacea, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879, p. 140; Rapala schistacea, de Nicéville, Journe 
A. S. B., vol. liv, pt. 2, p. 48, n. 84 (1885); id., Doherty, Journ, A. S. B., vol. lv, pt. 2, p. 126, ne 129 
(1886) ; Deudorix varuna, Wood-Mason and de Nicéville (nec Horsfield), Journ. A. S. B., vol. xlix, pt. 2, 
P. 234, 0. 51 (1880). 
HapitaT: Himalayas, N.-W, Provinces, Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Ganjam, Nilgiris, 
Ceylon, Andaman Isles. 
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