130 BUTTERFLIES. 



95. Elymnias (Dyctis) vasudeva, Moore. 



Rather rare at low elevations throughout the hot months, but it 

 seems to extend to a greater altitude than any of the others of the 

 same genus. 



Subfamily Morphine, 



96. Amathusia poetheus, Felder. 



Rare everywhere. Here included on the strength of a single 

 male from Sikhim in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



97. DiSCOPHORA celinde, Stolh 



Occurs in tlie low valleys only throughout the warm weather. 

 A freshly caught male is " a thing of beaut}^," but the splendid indigo- 

 blue colour of the upperside soon greatly fades. The males of the 

 Indian species of this genus as well as those of the genus Enispe have 

 a very strong and unpleasant scent when first caught. 



98. DiSCOPHORA TULLiA, Cramer. 



Commoner than D. celinde, Stoll, and occurs at the same seasons 

 and in the same places. I have bi'ed the larva; it feeds on bamboo. 

 Dr. Staudinger has named the Indian form "Var. /«/&«." 



99. DiSCOPHORA spiloptera, de Niceville and Moller. 



I am not at all happy about this species. Otto Moller believed 

 it to be distinct, and wrote out a MS. description of it. This 

 description I re-wrote and sent it to Mr. Elwes, who published it 

 under our joint names. The species holes very distinct, but I greatly 

 fear that it is only a spring (dry -season) form of D. tullia, Cramer. 

 Lieutenant E. Y. Watson has similar specimens from Tilin in the 

 Chin-Lushai Hills, also taken in the early spring. The Sikhim speci- 

 mens came from Singla, 2,000 feet, and were taken in March. 



100. Enispe euthymius, Doubleday. 



Not uncommon at low elevations from April to October. On the 

 wing it has the habits of a Discophora, and is often seen on ordure 

 on roads at low elevations. L. hmaius, Leech, from Western China, is 

 a closely allied species. 



101. Enispe cycnus, Westwood. 



Very rare in Sikhim, more common to the eastward in Bhutan. 

 Occurs at 5,090 feet in Daling. 



102. ^JiONA AJiATHDSiA, Hewitson. 



Mr. Otto Muller possessed a male, and Mr. A. V. Knyvett a male 

 and two females of this rare species, all from Bhutan. The wet- 

 season ocellated form has been named jS. pealii by the late Mr. Wood- 

 Mason ; the dry-season form is the true ^. amathusia according to Mr. 

 W. Donerty. 



