402 MK. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTKRFLIES FROM SIKKIM. [May 2, 



? C. edusa. Gray, Lep. Ins. Nepal, t. 5. fig. 2. 



C. edusa, var. myrmidone, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, ]). -192. 



Of this species I received a very large number, mostly fresh and 

 in good order. I agree with KoUar in thinking that it is inseparable 

 from C. tin/nnidone of Europe, though perhaj)s Sikkim specimens 

 are as a rule brighter, and the black spots on the underside of the 

 fore wing larger and more distinct. An individual specimen from, tiie 

 Himalaya could not be distinguished ; but I think a series might be 

 known as from India witiiout seeing the labels. 



? Dercas W.4LLICHII, Doubl. Proc. Ent. Soc. v. p.. 47. 



Gonepterijx urania, Bntl. P. Z. S. 1H65, p. 4.58, t. 26. fig. .5. 



I received a single specimen which I can only doubtfully identify 

 with this species, though if I had a series which agreed with it I 

 should be inclined to say it was distinct. It differs from Butler's 

 plate in the shape of the fore wings, wiiich are more arched on the 

 costa and much less pointed at the apex ; the hind wings also 

 apf)ear rounder at the anal angle ; the colour is much brighter, 

 esj>ecially on the costa and near the apex of the fore wing, and the 

 markings beneath differ slightly. D. wallichii is found, I believe, in 

 the Khasias ; but I never saw a specimen from Darjeeling, where 

 D. verhuellii is found, but not commonly. 



A specimen in the British Museum, from Shillon, nearly agrees 

 with my example. 



Lyc^na pheretes, lib., var. asiatica, n. var. 



I was at first disjiosed to consider this a new species, as it differs 

 from L. jilieretes in the narrower and more j)ointed fore wing, and in 

 having much more green gloss on the underside ; but noticing that 

 Dr. Staudinger, in his list of the Lepido[)tera of Tarbagatai in Central 

 Asia (Stett. ent. Zeit. 18»1, p. 2G3), mentions that L. phereles has 

 the same difference of colour there, I do not think the small number 

 of specimens I have received (four females and two males) justify me 

 in se|)arating the species at present, though the difference, if constant, 

 is considerable. I know no Lycana at all like it in the Himalfiyas, 

 but have received a very beautiful new species from Major Marshall, 

 L. ellisi, which occurs at high elevations in the N.W. Himalaya, and 

 seems allied to, though very distinct from it. 



Ilerda saphir 1, Blanch. (Plate XXV, figs. 9, 10.) 

 Ilerda saphir, Blanch. Compt. Rend. Ixxii. p. 811 (18/1)'. 

 I am at juesent not able to say with certainty what is the proper 

 name of this species, of which I received a fair series of both sexes. 

 I have examined the specimens in the British Museum and in the 

 Hewitson collection, as well as Mr. Moore's. In that gentleman's 

 0])inion it is a new species between /. vioorei. Hew., and /. hewit- 



1 There is a specimen from Bhotan in tbe British Museum which agrees with 

 mine, and, as far as I can judge, it is the same as Thecla so^f/t?- from iloupin, 

 in East Tibet. 



