280 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, 



?EUTHALIA ALPHEDA. 



? Nymphalis alphedu, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 384 (1823). 



Euthalia alpheda. Butt. Iiid. ii. p. 213. 



1 Adolias porta, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. p. 185. 



Euthalia parta, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 437, t. xxxvii. 7 6 • 



I received from the Karen Hills many examples of a species which 1 

 name alpheda with doubt, as the type of Godart is not available, but 

 it is not the same as what I received from Java named E. alpheda by 

 Snellen. The male is exactly like the one figured by Distant as 

 E. paita, wliich he says was identified by Moore, though it does not 

 agree with his figure. It is the darkest and most uniformly black 

 of all the species known to me, having only a trace of pale blue at 

 the apex of fore wing below. The female is ditU brown, with the 

 usual markings of the group, and a curved series of six pale spots 

 across the fore wing reaching the costa, showing with equal distinct- 

 ness on both surfaces. Below, the greater part of the hind wing is pale 

 lilac and the outer series of spots faint. This does' not agree with 

 Moore's description of porta $ , but it is almost certainly the female 

 of my species, as the number of both sexes showed that it was far 

 commoner than any other in the locality where they were taken. 



Euthalia zichri, var. ? 



1 AdoUas zichri, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 6 (1869). 



Euthalia zichri, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 438, t. xliii. 6. 



A single male from East Pegu, at the foot of the Karen Hills, 

 agrees well with Distant's plate. The type in the British Museum 

 from Borneo is the .-ame above, hut differs on the underside ; it may 

 be a distinct race, but I cannot judge from one specimen. 



Euthalia appiades. 



Adolias appiades, Me'n. Cat. Mus. Petr. ii. p. 1 £0, t. ix. 4 S ; Butt. 

 Ind. ii. p. 207. 



? Adolias xiphiones, Butl. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 609, t. xlv. 6 6 ; Butt, 

 lud. ii. p. 209. 



Adolias parvaia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 831, t. Hi. 3 $ . 



Euthalia balarama, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 766, t. xli. 3 J • 



This seems abundant in the Karen Hills, but I am not able to see 

 how to distinguish it with certainty from A. xiphiones, Butl., or A. 

 balarama oi^loore, which latter Col. Swiuhoe also considers distinct. 

 There is much variation in the size and tint of the males, and still 

 more in the females. 



The points relied on by Butler and de Niceville are variable in the 

 male sex ; of these I have 6 from Sikkim, 4 from Bhutan (of which 

 2 are named balarama, Moore, by Col. S«inhoe), I from Cachar, 2 

 from Araccan and Moulmein, 1 from Tenassermi, and 3 from the 

 Karen Hills. The southern form is somewhat smaller and darker, 

 but the difference is trifling. 



Among the females, I from Nepal, 7 from Sikkim, 1 from Bhutan, 

 and 1 from Cachar have the pale barid and white s})ots at apex of 



