1921 j Moui.TON : Malaysian Butterflies. 161 



Of the Malay Peninsula specimens examined, all appear 

 referable to lynceus with the exception of one maie in the 

 Rallies Museum which I have placed with some doubt 

 under logani. 



Subgenus Nectabia, Dalm. 



a. Hind-marginal row of aHernately large 



and small black spots on both wings linteata. 



n\ Hind-marginal black border enclosing 



hind-marginal row of white spots chersonesia. 



8. Hestia hypermnestra Wcstw. linteata Bull. 



liextia lynceua reinwardtl Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 220. 

 Hestia lyncena Distant 1882— 8B, pp. 6 and 405. Tab. I. flg. 2. 

 Hestia hypermnestra linteata Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 221. 

 Hestia linteata Distant 1882, p. 7, Tab. 1, flg. 1. 



Loc. Negri Sembilan : Bukit Tangga (F.M.S. Mus.). 

 Pahang : Kuala Krau (F.M.S. Agric. Dept.). Negri Sem- 

 bilan : Jelebu (Raffles Mus.). 



Distrib. Confined to Malaysia except for a slight exten- 

 sion northward above Lat. 10° N. into South Tenasserini. 



H. h. hijijt-rmnestra Wcstw. Borneo and Xatuna Is. 



H. h. arbela Fruhst. North Borneo (Mt. Kinabalu). 



H. h. herd Fruhst. Sumatra. 



H. li. linteata Butl. Malav Peninsula. 



//. h. helia Westw. .lava (West).' 



Evidently a rare species. The F.M.S. Museums speci- 

 men agrees very well with Distant's figure in " Rhopalocera 

 Malayana." 

 4. Hestia leuconoe Eschsch. chersonesia Fruhst. 



Hestia leuconoe chersonesia Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 222. 

 Hestia Ifuronoc nigrittnu Fruhstorfer T.)10, p. 222. 

 Hestia leuconoe natunensis Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 222. 

 ^tsliu leuconoe javana Fruhstorfer 1910, p. 222. 

 Hestia leuconoe Distant 188(). p. 406, Tab. XXXIX, flg. 3. 



Loc. Negri Sembilan : Jelebu ; Johore, Jalan Dato ; 

 Singapore (Raffles Mus.). Singapore (Distant), 



Distrib. Loo C.hoo Islands, Formosa and Philippines 

 to Malaysia. 



i '. /. chersonesia Fruhst. Malay Peninsula to Borneo, 



.lava and Natiina Is. 

 H. t. vedana Fruhst. Batu Is. 



//. /. enganoensis Doh. iuigano I. 



Although Fruhstorfer gives Ihe " Malay Peninsula " 

 as part of the distribution of chersonesia, I suspect that it 

 is confined to the southern half of the Peninsula : perhaps 

 not occurring north of Negri Sembilan. Godfrey ^ des- 

 cribes a very distinct subspecies siainensis from Nong Khor 

 and Hup Bon in Siam (Lat. 13 N.). Probably the original 

 continental range of leuconoe has long been interrupted 

 and the species has died out for some reason or other in 

 the north of the Malay Peninsula leaving a gap between 

 the range of (and at the same lime giving rise to) the 

 present-day subspecies siamensis and chersonesia. 



' Fj!i iisTouFKH (1910) destrJbcs another subspecies vollenhoveni 

 " with the somewhat uncertain locaUtv 'Java,' known from a figure 

 ol Siu'lleii van Vollenhoven's." PiFiy:i'.s (1913) docs not mention it. 

 bODFUKY, 1916, p. 117. 



