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ON NEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN BUTTERFLIES, 

 MOSTLY EROM THE ORIENTAL REGION. 



By Lionel de Niceville, f.e.s., o.m.z.s.j &c. 



Part II. 



{^Continued from page 251 of this Volume?) 



Genus Symbrenthia, Hiibner. 



Symhrenthia Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett., p. 43 (1816); id., deNiceville, Butt, 

 of India, Burmah and Ceylon, vol. ii, p. 238 (1886); id.. Distant, Rhop. Malay., 

 p, 431 (1886) ; id., Schatz, Ex. Schmett,, vol. ii, p. 123, n. 23, pi. xv, neuraiion 

 of S, hyppoclus [^sic], Cramer, palpus and foreleg of male (1887) ; id., Moore, 

 Lep. Ind., vol. iv, p. 110 (1899) ; id., Fruhstorfer, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., vol. xlv, 

 pp. 19-21 (1900 ) Laogona, Boisduval, Sp. G^n., vol. i, pi. x, fig. 3 (1836) ; 

 id., Doubleday, Gen. Diurn. Lep. vol. i, p. 190 (1848) ; id., Felder, Neues Lep., 

 p. 11, n, 20 (1861) ; id., Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1869, pp. 344, 345. 



Dr. F. Moore in Lop. Ind. has recently revised the Indian species 

 of the genus Symbrenthia, and has mentioned many of the described, 

 extra-Indian species. Last year Mr. Fruhstorfer gave a list of the 

 species in the genus, but has omitted eleven, the names of these arrang- 

 ed chronologically being lilcea, Hewitson ; hippalus, Felder ; brahira, 

 Moore ; hysudra, Moore; daruka, Moore ; javanusj Staudinger ; platena^ 

 Staudinger ; sivokana, Moore ; niaslca^ Moore ; semperi, Moore ; and 

 sinica, Moore. Throughout his paper Mr. Fruhstorfer uses hyppoclus, 

 though Cramer originally spelt it hippoclus, and this spelling was 

 adopted by Mr. Fruhstorfer in his earlier papers ; and he credits silana 

 tD Dr. Moore instead of to mj self. 



I propose to give a resume of the species contained in the genus, 

 with as far as I am able from my collection my conclusions as regards 

 B3'nonymy, which largely differs from that of Dr. Moore and Mr. 

 Fruhstorfer. I will give only the principal references in the synony- 

 my ; to quote all the citations would occupy too much space. I am 

 fully aware that my conclusions will not be considered to be final, even 

 if my opinions as far as they go are accepted, as my collection of extra- 

 Indian species is by no means complete. Such as it is I trust my study 

 of the genus will be of some assistance to future workers. 

 1. Symbrenthia lucina, Cramer. 



Papilio lucina, Cramer, Pap. Ex. vol. iv, p. 82, pi, cccxxx, figs, E, F, female 

 (1780) ; Symhrenthia lucina, Moore, Lep. Ind., vol, iv, p. Ill, pi, cccxxi, figs, i, 

 larva a,ndi pupae ; la male ; \h, Ic, female, loet season forms ; Id, le, male ; If, Ig, 

 female, dry season form (1899) ; S. khasiana, Moore, Proc, Zool. Soc, Loud., 



