634 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [DeC. 6. 



AcEsiNA ZEPHYRETTA. (Plate XLIV. fig. 8, cJ .) 



A. zephyretta, Doh. J, A. S. B. Ix. pt. ii. p. 33 (1891). 



Four males, which are the types, of this species from Margharita. 



They closely resemble A. paraganeesa, but have no blue on the hind 



wing above and have darker ground-colour below. 



AcEsiNA ARIEL. (Plate XLIV. fig. 9, 6.) 

 A. ariel, Dob. 1. c. p. 33. 



The type of this species from Margharita is a male, and is quite 

 distinct from any known to me. 



ACESINA ABERRANS. 



A. aberrans, de Nicev. Butt. Ind. iii. p. 281, t. xxv. 142 <S , 

 143 ?. 



A single male from the Karen Hills. 



I have also a female taken by Dr. Manders at Fort Stedman in 

 the Shan States. 



Mahathala ameria. 



Amblypodia ameria. Hew. Cat. Lye. B. M. p. 14, t. viii. figs. 85, 

 86, 2 (1862). 



Mahathala ameria. Butt. Ind. iii. p. 283, t. xxvii. fig. 200 2 . 



Common in East Pegu, and a single specimen from the Dhansiri 

 valley, Assam. 



CURETIS THETIS. 



Papilio thetis, Drurv, 111. Ex. Eut. ii. p. 16, t. ix. fig. 3, 4, $ 

 (1773). 



C. thetis, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 287. 



Only sent from Perak, but I have specimens from Akyab also. 



CuRETIS BULIS. 



Anops bulis, Doubl. & Hew. Gren. Di. Lep. ii. p. 473, t. Ixxv. 

 fig. 5 6 (1852). 



O. bulis, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 293. 



I agree with de Niceville in thinking that only two species of this 

 genus can be defined in India. 



The form of C. bulis sent from the Naga Hills has a white female 

 and resembles the commonest Sikkim form in both sexes. In the 

 Karen Hills the males usually have more black on the hind wing, 

 and the females are like them in colour, but paler. From Perak I 

 received a pair of smaller specimens of which the female is as deep- 

 coloured as the male, hut with more black on both wings. 



ZePHYRUS DUMA. 



Dipsas duma, Hew. 111. Di. Lep. Suppl. p. 15, t. vi. fig. 15 cJ 

 (1869). 



Zephyrus duma. Butt. Ind. iii. p. 304. 



A single much-worn male, which appears to belong to this 



