620 MR. H. H. DEUCE ON BOBNBAN LTC^NIDiE. [June 18, 



SiTHON, Hiibn. 



SlTHON NEDYMOND. 



Papilio nedymond, Cram. Pap. Exot. vol. iv. p. 19, pi. ccxcix. 

 figs. E, E, S (1780). 



Thecla chitra, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 97, pi. i. fig. 5, $ (1829). 



S.E. Borneo, near Banjarmasin (Wahnes); S. Borneo (coll. 

 G. ^ S.). 



I quite agree with Mr. de Mceville that P. nedi/mond, Cr., and 

 T. chitra, Horsf., are respectively male and female of one species. 

 Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains a female from 

 Bankasoon, Burmah (Hume), which on the underside is exactly- 

 intermediate in colour and markings between the usual forms of 

 the two sexes. 



SiTHON MICEA. 



Myrina micea, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. Supp. p. 6, t. 3. fig. 81, cS 

 (1869). 



Sithon valkla, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 352, pi. xxxiii. fig. 4, $ . 



Kina Balu (Waterstr.) ; Labuan (Low). 



The male of S. micea is easily distinguished from that sex of 

 S. nedymond by the coloration of the underside, by the blue area 

 of the fore wing reaching close down to the outer angle, and by 

 the blue band ou the outer margin of hind wing being much 

 broader. The tuft of hairs attached to the inner margin of fore 

 wing on the underside is a darker shade of buff than in S. nedy- 

 mond^ and both wings are narrower and longer. 



The female, however, is so close to that sex of 8. nedymond 

 that I am unable to state how it can be distinguished. The inner 

 black band on the hind wing below is generally broader than in 

 S. nedymond^ but this is a A^ariable character in the 4 specimens 1 

 have examined, including the type (a female), which are in Messrs. 

 Godman and Salvin's collection. There can be, I think, no doubt 

 that S. valida is the female of S. micea, as both have been sent 

 together from Labuan and Kina Balu, whilst true S. nedymond 

 appears only to occur in Southern Borneo. 



The original description of S. valida is quite incorrect, the 

 insect being on both surfaces practically indistinguishable from 

 >Si. chitra, Horsf. The figure also is indifferent and does not show 

 the marks at the ends of the cells nor the median darker lines. 



The expanse of the type specimen is 1-^inch, not 1 inch as 

 stated, whilst other specimens measure Ig inch. 



Deudorix, Hew. 

 Deudorix epij abbas. 



Dlpsas epijarbas, Moore, Horsf. & Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. 

 vol i.' p. 32 (1857). 



Deudorix epijarbas, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 353. 

 Labuan {Low and Water stradt). 

 Several specimens quite typical. 



