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cannot be a seasonal form of an entirely dissimilar insect occurring onlj' in 

 Java, I need say nothing further on this point. 



3. M. hlasius = M. perseus. 

 In the Museum collection we have M. {Cahjsisme) hlasius from Cachar, 

 Ceylon, and the Philippine Islands; M. perseus from Kumaon, Bombay 

 and Canara. It is possible that the two may occur in the same localities, 

 indeed Mr. Moore has recorded both from Ceylon ; he, however, has a note 

 on M. hlasius which rather militates against the idea of its being a seasonal 

 form of anything, " Found at all times in the western and central provinces, 

 plains, and up to 2000 feet, on grassy land." I may further observe that 

 the two species associated by Mr. De Niceville belong to different groups in 

 the genus ; perhaps he has incorrectly identified them. 



4. M. indistans = M. mineus. 

 M. indistans not being in the collection of the British Museum, I will 

 only remark concerning it that collectors must be very indolent at the time 

 when it is flying, and equally industrious when M. mineus is about, since 

 the former is very rare and the latter very common in collections. 



6. M. runeka = M. medus. 

 M. [OrsotricBna) medus is a local race of M. hesione, occurring in Java 

 and Borneo. M. runeka has five ill-defined ocelli, M. medus three well- 

 defined. The two species are of nearly equal size, and, if they occurred in 

 the same localities, they might prove to be mere varieties of one species. 

 We have M. runeka from Assam, Kumaon and Burmah only. 



6. M. leda = M. ismene. 

 Melanitis leda is an Amboinese species described by Linnaeus so 

 accurately that it can by no means be mistaken for the Indian species by 

 anyone who takes the trouble to read the description, in spite of the vague 

 locality, " in Asia," which is given. The diagnosis alone settles this 

 point, — " alis angulatis luridis : primoribus supra ocello geminate ; posticis 

 subtus ocellatis," — there being no Melanitis with "lurid" reddish wings in 

 India. I have therefore suggested that the Indian species be called 

 M. determinata ; it is not a seasonal form of M. ismene, for not only have 

 1 constantly received both in the same collection made within a limited 

 period, but Col. Swinhoe assures me that tliey lly together. In a recent 

 paper " On the Lepidoptera of Bombay," read before the Zoological Society 

 in January of the present year. Col. Swinhoe has the following notes on 

 these speci(>s : — " M. leda. Common in all moist places from July to 

 October (in Bombay). M. ismene. Common in all moist places all the year 

 round." 



