2/0 MR. H. J. ELVVES ON BUTTERFLIES FROM [Apr. 21, 



ElYMNIAS I'ATNA. 



Melanitis patna, Westw. Gen. D. L. ii. p. 405. 



Byctis patna, Butt. lud. i. p. 277. 



Two specimens from the Karen Hills taken at 4000 feet. 



Though Marshall and de Niceville have adopted Butler's genus 

 Byctis in their hook, their remarks show that they do not believe it 

 to be a natural one, and my own observations so far as they go lead 

 me to the same opinion. 



Subfamily Morphin^e. 

 Zeuxidia amethystus. 



Z. amethystus, Buth P. Z. S. 1S65, p. 485 ; Dist. Rhop. Mai. 

 p. 72, t. vii. 1 d, 2 $. 



Z. masoni, Moore, P. Z. S. 18/8, p. 826 ; Butt. Ind. i. p. 286. 



Several specimens of both sexes ■were taken at the foot of the 

 Karen Hills by Doherty in March and April, which agree with a 

 male from Perak. 



I am unable from these specimens to see how Z. masoni differs 

 from Z. amethystus, to which both Distant and de Niceville consider 

 it closely allied. I have another male from Borneo which is identical 

 with the Burmese species. 



Zeuxidia aurelius. 



Pap. aurelius. Cram. Pap. Ex. ii. p. 110, t. 168. A, B. 

 Zeuxidia aurelius, Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 425, t. xxxvii. fig. 1 S ■ 

 A single male of this fine species sent from Perak by Doherty 

 was unfortunately much damaged. 



Amathusia amythaon. 



A. amythaon, Doubl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 175 (1847); Butt. 

 Ind. i. p. 291. 



? A, portheus, Feld. Reise Nov. iii. p. 461 (1865) ; Butt. Ind. i. 

 p. 293, fig. 



} A. westwoodi, Butl. Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. p. 55 (1869); Butt. 

 Ind. i. p. 292. 



I received three males and a female of this species taken at the 

 foot of the Karen Hills by Doherty, which agree with one from 

 Sikkim in Mr. Godman's collection, identified by him vpith A. por- 

 theus, also with a pair taken by Major Bingham in Tenasserim in 

 my collection. I agree with the authors of the ' Butterflies of 

 India ' in thinking that only one species is represented by the three 

 names given above. 



Enispe euthymius. 



AdoJias euthymius, Doubl. Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. p. 179 (1845). 



Enispe euthymius, Butt. Ind. i. p. 300. 



Seems to be very common in the Karen Hills at 1500-4000 feet. 



