1868.] mr. a. g. butler on the genus adolias. 6\'.i 



3. Symph^dra dirtea. 



$. Pap. dirtea, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 1. p. 59. n. 184 

 (1 793), but not of Hewitson. 



$ . Adolias boisduvalii, G. R. Gray, List Lep. Nepal, p. 12, 

 tab. 10. fig. 1, {dirtea c? ) fig. 2 (184fij. 



Bengal (Fabricius). Silhet, Java, Sumatra, d' $, B.M. 



Local race. Alis minoribus obscurioribus, antennisfuho acuminatis. 

 Borneo. ^ 2, B.M. 



4. Symph.edra cyanipardus. 



c? . Alee supra simillimcB S. dirteae, majores, punctis autem anti- 

 carum basalibus viridi-albldis nee fulvo-aureis, fasciaque niar- 

 ffinali subobsoleta diffusa, punctis duobus distinctis subapi- 

 calibus niveis ; posticce fascia violaceo-viridi intus regularius 

 dentata, venis hand cinereo acuminatis : subtus maculis omni- 

 bus distinctissimis viridi-albis, fundo olivaceo-viridi nee fulvo- 

 ferrugineo, punctis posticarum obscuris submarginalibus vix 

 distinguendis. 



2 . Adolias dirtea, Hewitson in Gen. Diurn. Lepid. nl. 44.fi2'. 1 

 (1850). ^ ' 



Silhet. cJ5,B.M. 



Local race. Antenncs utroque sexu fulvo acuminates ; femina alis 



supra paulo magis virescentibus. 

 Borneo. j $ , B.M. 



5. Symph.edra imperator. 



2 . Adolias imperator, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. iii. p. 62, pi. 31. 

 fig. 10 (1863) ; A. imperialis in Index. 



Luzon {Hewitson). $, Coll. Boisduval. 



6. SympHvEdra ninus. 



$. Adolias ninus, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatschr. 1859; Reise 

 der Novara, pt. 3. tab. 58. figs. 4, 5 (1867). 



Amboina {Doleschall) ; Cerara {Wallace). Coll. Felder. 



Comes into the Dirtea group. 



7. SympHjEdra 1 action. 



2 . Adolias action, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. iii. p. 59, pi. 30. 

 figs. 6, 7 (1862). 



Aru Islands. Coll. A. R. Wallace. 



Mr. Hewitson says that this species has the discoidal cell of the 

 front wing closed, but that of the hind wing open. 



^Eropus group. 



8. Symph.«dra panopus. 



<S . Adolias panopus, Felder (W. e. M. v. p. 302, 1861) ; Reise der 

 Novara, iii. tab. 58. figs. 2, 3 (1867). 



Luzon {Felder). c?, Philippines, B.M. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1868, No. XL. 



