^'orJSS ON inbian butterflies. 9a 



27, The life-history of Leptociicus curius, Fab, is given in the Entomolo- 

 gist xlvi, 203. Other papers that may be of interest to Indian naturalists 

 are : — 



(a). Notes on Ceylon butterflies, W. Ormiston " Spolia Zeylanica " 6.-2- 

 18. This is a most interesting and useful paper dealing vv^ith the habits 

 and localities of Ceylon butterflies. Mr. Ormiston has collected for nearly 

 30 years and has collected a mass of useful information. 



(b) A list of butterflies of Borneo, Part iv., Papilionidse by J. C. Moul- 

 ton. Journal No. 67, Dec. 1914, Straits Branch. Royal Asiatic Society, 

 The same author in T. E. S., 1913,273, writes on new and little known 

 Bornean. Lyccenidce, with a revision of the genus Thamala. 



(c). Fruhstorfer in " Iris " xxiv., 58. (1910) ran through the Hesperiidcg 

 and produced a number of new races. Swinhoe in writing up the Hesperi- 

 idoe in Lep. Ind. had the paper before him, so it is unnecessary to sum- 

 marise it, but there are several points in the paper that Swinhoe overlooked. 



28. Major H.D. Peile, I. M. S., sent a note on 17-4-15 regardins certain 

 butterflies caught in Nov. 1913 by Col. S. W. Lincoln in thick forest near 

 Anisakan, North Shan States. 



(a). Sttctopthalma louisa fruhstorferi, Rober. 1 female. This race was des- 

 cribed from Tonkin and difl'ers from typical louisa from S. Burma, in that 

 the tawny brown colour of the hindwing extends and surrounds the sagit- 

 tate spots. 



(b). Euthalia sp. Three females, one of which has been deposited in 

 the B. M.. and placed with. Enthalia pratti, ijeech, from Central China, to 

 which species it certainly seems more nearly allied than to any other. The 

 B. M. specimen differs irom pratti in the following respects : ground colour 

 above more bronzy ; forewing above, central of the 3 subapical spots mis- 

 sing and the lower spot pushed forward ; the black markings in the cell are 

 heavier ; of the discal white band the costal streak is faint, the outer edges 

 of the series are more rounded, and the inner edge of the 4th spot from the 

 costa is very oblique ; the lower spot is shifted right forward towards the 

 outer margin, on the hindwing above only the costal is white. The hind- 

 wing below is more vinous tinted and the apex is browner ; there is a trace 

 of a white spot below the lower subapical spot. On the hindwing below 

 only theupner two spots of the discal band are well marked. 



Major Peile proposed a new name for these specimens, but I advise him 

 to refrain at present, until the male turns up. 



