402. MR. H.J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM SIKKIM. [May 2, 
? C. edusa, Gray, Lep. Ins. Nepal, t. 5. fig. 2. 
C. edusa, var. myrmidone, Moore, P. Z. 8S. 1865, p. 492. 
Of this species I received a very large number, mostly fresh and 
in good order. I agree with Kollar in thinking that it is inseparable 
from OC. myrmidone of Kurope, though perhaps Sikkim specimens 
are as a rule brighter, and the black spots on the underside of the 
fore wing larger and more distinct. An individual specimen from the 
Himalaya could not be distinguished ; but I think a series might be 
known as from India without seeing the labels. 
? Dercas WALuicuil, Doubl. Proc. Ent. Soe. v. p- 47. 
Gonepteryx urania, Butl. P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 458, t. 26. fig. 5. 
I received a single specimen which I can only doubtfully identify 
with this species, though if I had a series which agreed with it I 
should be inclined to say it was distinct. It differs from Butler’s 
plate in the shape of the fore wings, which are more arched on the 
costa and much less pointed at the apex; the hind wings also 
appear rounder at the anal angle; the colour is much brighter, 
especially on the costa and near the apex of the fore wing, and the 
markings beneath differ slightly. D. wallichii is found, I believe, in 
the Khasias; but I never saw a specimen from Darjeeling, where 
D. verhuellit is found, but not commonly. 
A specimen in the British Museum, from Shillon, nearly agrees 
with my example. 
Lycana PpHERETES, Hb., var. ASIATICA, nD. var. 
I was at first disposed to consider this a new species, as it differs 
from L. pheretes in the narrower and more pointed fore wing, and in 
having much more green gloss on the underside; but noticing that 
Dr. Staudinger, in his list of the Lepidoptera of Tarbagatai in Central 
Asia (Stett. ent. Zeit. 1851, p. 263), mentions that L. pheretes has 
the same difference of colour there, I do not think the small uumber 
of specimens I have received (four females and two males) justify me 
in separating the species at present, though the difference, if constant, 
is considerable. I know no Lycena at all like it in the Himalayas, 
but have received a very beautiful new species from Major Marshall, 
L. ellisi, which oceurs at high elevations in the N.W. Himalaya, and 
seems allied to, though very distinct from it. 
Iberpa sapuiR?, Blanch. (Plate XXV. figs. 9, 10.) 
Tlerda saphir, Blanch. Compt. Rend. Ixxii. p. 811 (1871). 
I am at present not able to say with certainty what is the proper 
name of this species, of which I received a fair series of both sexes. 
I have examined the specimens in the British Museum and in the 
Hewitson collection, as well as Mr. Moore’s. In that gentleman’s 
opinion it is a new species between J. moorei, Hew., and I. hewit- 
? There is a specimen from Bhotan in the British Museum which agrees with 
mine, and, as far as I can judge, it is the same as Thecla saphir from Moupin, 
in East Tibet. 
