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NOTES ON INDIAN BUTTERFLIES. 



(Gontinuecl from Vol XXVI, Page 1023.) 



BY 



Lt.-Col. W. H. Evans, f.z.s., f.e.s. 



19, Fruhstorfer in ''Iris" or ''Deutsche EntomologischeZeitsclirift " 

 No. 27, p. 172, 1914, gives new names to certain Rapalas, viz., varuna gabe— 

 nia for the ^ssam race, said to be paler than others : nissa tacola for the 

 Assam race of the W. Himalayan niesa, Kollar. 



20. There is a paper called " Ubersicht der Lycseniden " by Fruhstorfer 

 in the "Berlin Entomologische Zeitschrift" No. 56, p. 198, 1911-12, which 

 has not been brought to the notice of Indian Lepidopterists ; it appeared 

 at the same time as the " Lepidoptera Indica,' vols. 7 & 8. 



(1). Four varieties of Poritia hewitsoni, M, are given : principalis, the 

 ordinary form : interjecta with the orange spot very large ; nigrita, a very 

 dark form ; palilia, an extreme dry season form, very bright blue above 

 and bluish gray below. 



(2). Poritia erycinoides, Ed, is confined to Sumatra, where it has 3 named 

 varieties ; the race flying from Tenasserim to Siam is phraatica. Hew, 



(3). The Burmese race of the Bornean Poritia phalia. Hew, is described 

 as hinghami from the figure in Bingham's " Butter-flies of India, etc," a 

 somewhat dangerous course ; potina, Hew, is the Malayan race. 



(4). The genus Zarona is sunk to Deramas, Dist. and jasoda, DeN, placed 

 as a race of livens, Dist. from Perak. 



(5). The genus Arrhenotrix is sunk to Dacalana, while the following are 

 sunk to Tajuria, Charana, Ops, Britomartis, Bullis, Bemelana and Gophanta. 

 This, in my opinion, is a good thing, as the difi'erences are not very pro- 

 ounced. 



(6). The N. Indian race of the S. Indian Camena deva, M, is called 

 ..gada, Fruh. 



(7). Camena lucida, Druce, from Borneo is put as the name type 

 of what we used to call cippus, Fab, and now call argentea : argentea, Aur,. 

 is the S. Indian race and minturna, Fruh, the N. Indian. 



(8) The Indian races of the Javan Tajuria jalindra, Hors, are given as : 

 indra, M, N. India : macanita, Fruh, S. India : tarpina, Hew, Andamans. 



(9) The Ceylon race of Tajuria cippus. Fab, from Continental India, is 

 given as longinus. Fab ; thus we get back a familiar name. 



(10). The dry season form oi Tajuria maculata. Hew, is called albipicta, 

 Fruh. 



(11). Tajuria megistia, Hew, is stated to be Sumatran and the Indian 

 races are : yajna, Doh, from Kumaon : istroidea, DeN. from Sikkim, based 

 on a dry season form: thria. Den, from Tenasserim. The inference is that 

 Fruhstorfer considers that, what we call istroidea and megistia at present, 

 are seasonal forms of the same species ; this does not seem correct. 



(12). The Indian race of the Javan ApTinoeus syama, Hors, is given as 

 orissana, M. Aphnceus zoilus, M, is treated as a distinct species, of which 

 zebrinus, M, is probably a race. 



(13). Aphnceus lohita, Hors, was described from Java and the Indian ra- 

 ces are said to be: himalayanus, M., N. E. India; concanus, M, South 

 India ; lazularia, M, Ceylon : seliga, Fruh, Tenasserim. 



(14). Aphnceus vulcanus, Fab, is given from Sikkim, S. India and Ceylon, 

 with race hracteatus. But, from the N. W. Himalayas to Mhow. 



