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JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXVIII. 
Araotes lapithis, Moore. 
Three females taken a Maungmagan a little above sea level during 
December 1919. They keep to heavy jungle and are difficult to catch 
owing to their swift flight. 
Biduanda thesmia, Hew. 
A common species of which a large number of both sexes were secured. 
It is found on the hills throughout the district and is most plentiful from 
November to January. 
Biduanda thesmia fabricii, Moore. 
Fairly plentiful on the hills in company with B&B. thesmia from which it 
differs but little in the male sex. The females are very like that sex 
of Marmessus lysias, Fab. 
Biduanda melisa, Hew. 
Several males taken on Pagaye hill, 600’, and on Kalataung, 1,500’, from 
December to May, but only three females were taken at the latter ’place, 
on 23rd December 1919. These females have the forewings, on the upper- 
side, brown with a rather large pale yellowish area on the disc; the anal 
area of the hindwings js bluish grey. In volume III, page 427, of the 
Butterflies of India, Burma and Ceylon, by DeNiceville, the female is said, 
not to differ from the male, except that it has a medial white spot on the 
forewings, upperside ; this is not the case in the specimens I possess. The 
females of B. melisa and B. nicevillet, Doh., are very much alike on both 
surfaces. On the forewing, upperside B. melisa differs in having a large 
pale area on the disc, the hindwings being almost exactly alike. On the 
underside the basal spots on both wings in B. melisa are annular while in 
B. nicevillei they are simple. They also differ in the discal band on the 
hindwings, underside, this band in B. melisa being entirely composed of 
fine lines in pairs, while in B. nicevillei it has too large quadrate spots 
near the apex in addition to the fine lines. 
Biduanda nicevillei, Doh. Q No. XIV in plate. 
Males uncommon but females are very rare. Numerous males were 
taken on the hills throughout the district but only five females were 
secured, two on Pagaye hill, 600’, in April and one in December, one at 
Maungmagan in March and one on Kalataung, 1,500’, in October. As the 
female is up to the present unknown, IJ give a description of the same. 
Female :— Expanse 1:2 inches. Forewing brown, slightly paler towards 
the base. Hindwing, brown with three tails, the anal area bluish grey, 
divided by the dark veins two large lunular spots on the margin, one on 
each side of the middle tail, a marginal black thread, cilia white, tails 
white with a dark medial streak. _ Underside ; ; both wings white with 
dark brown markings. 
Forewing white, a minute spot at the base of the cell, a small spot beyond 
and a large spot in the middle of the cell, with a small spot below it, 
separated by the median nervure,the discocellulars defined by a fine ferrugi- 
nous line, three subcostal spots, am irregular’ broad discal fascia com- 
mencing at the costa and reaching just beyond the third medial nervule, 
the outer margin of which is defined with white, a fine ferruginous line in 
continuation of the fascia with a spot of the same colour placed beside it, 
a dark quadrate spot below; apex and outer margin down to third 
median nervule dark brown, below this the margin is ferruginous ; a sub- 
marginal Junular dark brown line; cilia dark brown. Hindwing with 
the apical part of the outer margin light ferruginous ; a large round spot 
in the middle of the cell with many spots and lines round about it; a 
discal curved fascia, parallel with the margin, commencing from the 
costa about, two-thirds from the base, and ending near the abdominal 
margin, composed of two quadrate dark spots followed by lines in groups 
