1871. j mr. a. (i. butler on the genus elymnias. 525 



12. Dyctis melias. 



Melanitis melias, Felder, Wien. ent. Monats. vii. p. 120. n. 91 

 (1863); Nov. Voy. Lep. iii. pi. 61. fig. 11 (1867). 

 Bourias, Locban [Philippines]. 

 Mimics Euploea swainsonii. 



13. Dyctis patna. 



2 . Melanitis patna, Westwood, Gen. D. L. p. 405. n. 6, note, 

 pi. 68. fig. 2 (1851). 



Silhet (obtained 1847). Type, B.M. 



Mimics Euploea callithoe, a species allied to E. splendens and E. 

 sitperba. It bears a superficial resemblance to Elymnias leucocyma. 



14. Dyctis egialina. 



Melanitis egialina, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatschr. vii. p. 121. 

 n. 92 (1863); Nov. Voy. Lep. iii. pi. 61. figs. 7, 8 (1867). 

 Luzon [Philippines]. 

 Mimics Delias henningia (Pierince). 



15. Dyctis borneensis. 



Elymnias borneensis, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 324. 

 n. 8 (1869). 



Sarawak [Borneo]. 



Doubtless mimics some species of Delias (an D. porsenna ?). 



16. Dyctis vasudeva. 



Elymnias vasudeva, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. i. p. 238. n. 513 

 (1857). 



Elymnias thycana, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 323. n. 7 

 (1869). 



<5 , Nepal (Wright) ; India (obtained 1856); $, Barrackpore 

 (Hearsey). B.M. 



Mimics either Delias descombesi or D. indica ; it is impossible to 

 say which without seeing it alive. 



17. Dyctis bammakoo. 



$ . Melanitis bammakoo, Westwood, Gen. D. L. p. 405. n. 12, 

 note, pi. 68. fig. 3 (1851). 



Ashanti (obtained 1842). Type, B.M. 



Mimics Planema gea $ (Acrceina). 

 Several males in Mr. Swanzy's collection. 



18. Dyctis phegea. 



Papilio phegea, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p. 132. n. 407 (1793) ; 

 Donovan, Ins. Ind. pi. 31. fig. 1 (1800). 



West Africa. <S , coll. Druce. 



Mimics P. gea 3 ■ 



