1891.] THE NAGA AND KAREN HILLS AND PERAK. 2G5 



remarkable that this genus, which is so well representjd in Sikkim, 

 where eight of the nine known Indian species are found, should have 

 produced no species peculiar to the more eastern hill-tracts, except 

 Z. andersoni, which Mr. Doherty did not take. 



Several other species occur, however, in Western China. 



Neope pulaha. 



Lasiommatal pulaha, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 227. 



Neope pulaha. Butt. lud. i. p. 170. 



"Very abundant in the Karen Hills at 4000-3000 feet, and occurs 

 also in the Naga Hills. 



The Burmese form of this species differs from that found in the 

 Himalayas and Naga Hills slightly but so constantly that it might 

 almost be separated. 



A series of six pairs from Sikkim and the same number from the 

 Karen Hills show the following points of distinction are constant : — 



Above, the spots in the Karen-Hill specimens are p^ler. Beneath, 

 all the markings are lighter in tint, especially the ocelli of the bind 

 wings and the broad lunules outside them, which are fulvous instead 

 of dark brown. A single male from the Naga Hills does not show 

 these differences so clearly, but is nearer to tlie Burmese than to the 

 Sikkim form. 



Until I see more specimens from intermediate localities to prove 

 that the transition is not gradual, I think it will be best to allow this 

 form to remain unnamed. 



Neope agrestis, Oberthiir, from Ta-tsien-lo, is a smaller species, 

 which seems nearly allied to jjulaha, but distinct. 



Neope bhadra. 



Lasiommatal bhadra, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 227. 



Neope bhadra, Butt. Ind. i. p. 171. 



Occurs in the Karen Hills at 4000-5000 feet, but, except that the 

 markings of tlie hind wings are somewhat paler, does not differ from 

 Sikkim and Khasia specimens. 



Neope armandii. 



Satyrus armandii, Oberth. Et. Ent. ii. p. 26, t. 11.5 S (1876). 



Neope Ichasiana, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 306 ; Butt. 

 Ind. i. p. 172. 



Doherty sent two males from the Naga Hills and one from Ber- 

 nardniyo. I should have been inclined to refer these to two species 

 if I had not seen a large series of specimens from Western China 

 in Mr. Leech's collection, showing with some variation the same 

 differences of colour on the hind wing as the Naga specimens, which 

 are undoubtedly khasiana, Moore, do Irom the Bernardmyo one, 

 which is inseparable from armandii and differs in having the outer 

 part of the hind wing yellowish instead of brown. The Chinese 

 specimens in Mr. Leech's collection belong to both forms, and seem 

 by their labels to occur in the same localities ; there are also some 



