BUTTERFLIES FROM TEE CHIN HILLS. 645 



of P. baldus, Fabricius. If, therefore, Donovan was correct in his 

 iigure, Westwood in his synonymy, and the writer of the manuscript 

 label correct in his identification of P, lysandra, Cramer, then Elwes' 

 conclusion is undoubtedly correct and Y. tabella should fall as a 

 synonym of Y. haldus ; we, however, cannot accept this as correct in 

 the face of the specimen in the Banksian collection referred to above, 

 which, we consider, is much more likely to be a specimen of the true 

 Y. haldus ; this specimen belongs to the common Indian species de- 

 scribed in the " Butterflies of India" as Y. philomela^ Johannsen. With 

 regard to the latter species there are in the British Museum specimens 

 of an Ypthhna from Java identified as Y. philomela, apparently quite 

 correctly as they agree very well with the original description, and 

 judging from Elwes' paper are Y. stellara^ Eschscholtz, which would, 

 therefore, fall as a synonym of Y. pliilomela. We think then that the 

 common Indian species should stand as Y. haldus, Fabricius, and that 

 the smaller Javan species should stand as F. j^^iilomela. Mr. de 

 Niceville informs me that he considers the species described by 

 Marshall as Y. tahella is identical with the Javan species here identified 

 as Y. pliilomela. 



4.1. Ypthima methora, Hewitson. 



A single, rather worn, pair of the dry-season form of this species 

 from 5,000 feet in May. 



42. Ypthima savara, Grose Smith. 



The dry-season form was exceedingly common during March and 

 April in the Upper Chindwin, and also in the hills up to 1,500 feet. 

 43. Ypthima sakra, Moore. (Plate A, Fig. 2, ^.) 



Four males and one female taken in the North Chin Hills at an eleva- 

 tion of from 5,000 to 5,500 feet ; also two males from Manipur. Tho 

 Chin specimens differ from typical Y. sahra in the much greyer tone and 

 more even striation of the underside ; in Y. sakra the ground-colour is 

 distinctly ochreous and the striation is irregular, being especially sparso 

 towards the margins ; in the Chin race also the two subanal ocelli 

 on the underside of the hindwing are nearer the margin than in 

 typical Y. sahra, and consequently are more in line with the anal 

 ocellus. These differences appeared to me at first to be sufficient to war- 

 rant the form being named as a local race, but a subsequent examina- 

 tion of the specimens from Manipur makes it clear that the Chin Hill 



