356 My. H. J. Elwes’ catalogue of the 
Though Mr. Butler has separated the species com- 
monly known as A. inara, because it does not quite 
agree with the original description and figure, yet, as no 
specimen is known which does quite agree with that 
figure, it is reasonable to suppose that it is either 
incorrect or represents an aberration with wider bands 
than usual. I prefer therefore to retain the well-known 
name until it shall be shown that there is a difference of 
sufficient importance in nature to separate the species. 
A Nepalese specimen in my collection differs from 
Sikkim ones in having the marginal markings on lower 
half of fore wing above whitish and not reddish. A. asita, 
Moore, from Moulmein and Tenasserim, is hardly sepa- 
rable from inara, though the submarginal band on 
hind wing above is narrower and sometimes white, or 
partly so. 
A. mara is common at low elevations in Sikkim from 
March to December. 
172. Abrota ganga. 
Abrota ganga, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.1.C., i., p. 178, 
t. vi. a, fig. 1. 
A.jumna, Moore, P. Z.8., 1865, p. 764; Butt. Ind., 
il, t. XXtv., fig. 110; 3 only. 
A, mirus (Fab. fide Butler); Butt. Ind., ii., t. xxiv., 
fig. 110, 2 only. 
In this instance I have not followed de Nicéville’s 
nomenclature, because ] think it most unlikely that 
Fabricius ever could have seen the insect in question, 
which is confined to Sikkim, a country which in his 
time was almost unknown, and from which no insects 
are likely to have come. Mr. Butler’s endeavours to 
identify Fabricius’ descriptions are often of doubtful 
advantage to science, and the raking-up of old names 
for species well known under modern ones is a practice 
which cannot in such cases be defended. 
I must also confess my inability to separate the two 
forms described as A. ganga and A. jumna, which do 
not seem to me to be constant. Moller and de Nicéville 
consider them distinct species, but do not know which of 
the female forms belong to the two male forms. Moller 
finds both at the same season. 
A. ganga is not a common species; it seems peculiar 
