292 . MESSRS. a. J. ELWES AND JAMES EDWARDS: 



25 (24) . Fore wing above fulvous, passing into brown beyond the middle ; 



basal half of veins 1 a, 2, and 3 (except the extreme base of 

 vein 1 a) broadly margined with black, the confluent bases of 

 veins 7-11 also black septentrionis, Feld. 



26 (1). No orange-red in fringe of hind wing. 



27 (32). Hind below green or whitish green, the veins broadly bordered 



with black. Tibial pencil yellow or pale. 



28 (29). Hind wing below uniformly striped with black and green 



throughout umara, Moore. 



29 (28) . Hind wing with a broad pale stripe through the cell. 



30 (31). This stripe divided beyond the transverse vein by the dark borders 



of vein 5. Fore wing above with the basal half of cell 2 grey- 

 brown, a little paler than the apical half gomata, Moore. 



31 (30). This stripe continued to the termen, the dark borders to vein 5 



only indicated at the extreme apex. Fore wing above with the 



basal half of cell 2 sordid yellowish white lara, Leech. 



32(27). Hind wing below pale brown. Tibial pencil dark brown . . . ag«j/Jn«, Speyer. 



! ISMENE (EDIPODEA. 

 Ismene mdipodea, Swainson, Zool. 111. i. pi. xvi. (1820-21). 



We have only a single male of this species from Java, and rely on Mr. Watson for its 

 identification with the description of Swainson. 



Hob. Java (Piepers) ; Sumatra (Jide de Niceville) ; Palawan (in coll. Mothschild). 



! Ismene (edipus. 

 Ismene cedipus, Staudinger, MS. 



We have a single specimen of this species sent by Dr. Staudinger with the name of 

 cedipus. The species does not appear to have been described, but it is distinguished 

 from oedipodea by its much larger size, and the fact that the long hairs clothing 

 the centre of the thorax and the base of the hind wing above are brown instead of 

 greenish blue. 



Expanse 66 mm. 



Hah. Sula Island [Jide Staudwger). 



! Ismene ataphus. 



Ismene ataphus, Watson, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 126. 



Ismene mdipodea, Moore, Lep. Cey. i. p. 158, pi. Ixiv. figs. 2a, * (1881) ; Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 10 

 (1891). 



The female of this species resembles the male, but wants the black patch near the 

 base of the fore wing above, and the long hairs clothing the base of the wings show, in 

 certain aspects, a brilliant greenish-blue colour. 



Hab. Kangra {Hocking) ; Sikkim (Moller) ; Khasia (Hamilton) ; E. Pegu [iJoherty). 



