638 MR. H. J. ELWES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [DeC. 6, 



brown of their ground-colour and indistinctness of their markings. 

 They are larger than any other Aphneus I have seen, the male 

 measuring 27, the female 34 mm. in expanse. 



Aphneus syama. 



Amblypodia syama, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 107 (1829). 

 Aph. s\jama, Butt. lud. iii. p. 35.5. 



Aph. himalayanus, Moore, J. A. S. B. liii. pt. ii. p. 26 ; Butt. 

 Ind. iii. p. 358 note. 



I received from Marghaiita, the Naga and Karen Hills, Momeit, 

 and Perak specimens which vary considerably, but are no doubt all 

 forms of what de Niceville calls A. syama and A. lohita. He separates 

 these by the shape of the mark at base of fore wing below, which 

 is entire and clavate in A. syama, and T-shaped, hook-shaped, or absent 

 in A. lohita, I found, however, in a series of Sikkim specimens, this 

 character too variable to be used as a distinguishing feature ; and 

 though the males are distinguished by the bright dark purple of 

 their upperside, yet one from Momeit is entirely without a trace of 

 this, as the females usually are, though agreeing below with the rest \ 



Aphneus sani, var. ? (Plate XLIII. fig. 6, ? .) 

 A. sani, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. Ivii. pt. ii. p. 282, t. xiv. 7 2 ; 

 Butt. Ind. iii. p. 307. 



Three females from the Karen Hills most resemble the female of 

 A. sani from Sikkim, having the same grey-blue on both wings, but 

 the orange patch in the fore wing is entirely wanting. Below they 

 also resemble A. sani, but are lighter in colour. It is impossible to 

 separate them without a larger series and comparison of both sexes. 



Tajuria jangala. 



Amblypodia jangala, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 1 13, $ (1829). 



T. jangala. Butt. Ind. iii. p. 380. 



A few from the Karen Hills. 



SUASA LISIDES. 



Myrina lisides, Hew. 111. Di. Lep. p. 33, t. xiv. figs. 28, 29 c? 

 (1863). 



S. lisides. Butt. Ind. iii. p. 386, t. xxviii. fig. 220 d" • 

 A single male from Perak. 



Thamala miniata. 



T. miniata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 834, t. Iii. fig. 6 cJ ; Butt. 

 Ind. iii. p. 388, t. xxviii, figs. 212 d , 213 $ . 



? T. marciana. Hew. 111. Di. Lep. p. 34, t. xvi. fig. 44 cJ, t. xii. 

 figs. 12, 13 2 (1863). 



Five males and two females from the Karen Hills. 



I have no doubt that this species is, as de Niceville says, very near 



1 Mr. de Niceville, iu a letter, maintains the distinctness of A. syama and 

 A. lohita, which were defined by Horsfield ; and as his material is far larger 

 than my own in this genus, and has been most carefully studied by him, I am 

 not disposed to dispute his opinions. 



