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



CiRRHOCHROA BAJADETA. 



C. bajadeta, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. p. 150, t. iii. a. 3 (1857). 

 Two specimens from Perak agree with a Sumatran one in my 

 collection. 



CiRRHOCHROA ORISSA. 



C. orissa, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 399 (1860) ; Reise Nov. 

 t. 49. 7, 8. 



A few examples of tins distinct species from Perak. 



Neptis dindinga. 



IN. dindinga, Butl. Trans. Linn. Soc, 2nd ser. Zool. i. p. 542, 

 t. 68. 6 (1879) ; Dist. Rhop. Mai. p. 151, t. xvii. 5 $ ; Butt. Ind. 

 ii. p. 80. 



I have a pair from the foot of the Karen Hills, of which the 

 female agrees with Distant's plate ; the male is much smaller, and has 

 the outer fulvous line on the hind wing almost absent, whilst in a 

 specimen from Moulmein, from whence the type came, it is quite gone, 

 and the markings of the underside are much more dilFase. In this 

 specimen also the orange band on fore wing above extends below the 

 median nervure. 



I have another specimen from Bernardmyo, and. one from 

 Pyanyoung in the Shan Hills collected by Dr. Manders, which 

 agree above with the Karen-Hill female, but are much paler below, 

 and have the markings partly obsolete. 



After studying de Niceville's key to this genus in the second 

 vol. of the 'Butterflies of India,' I am inclined to think that some of 

 the characters used by him are too variable to be relied on, and that 

 there are not nearly so many species of Neptis as he allows. The 

 group requires to be studied with much larger material than lie 

 possessed, and the actual types would then be of very little import- 

 ance, as they represent individuals rather than species. 



Neptis radha. 



N. radha, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. i. p. 166, t, iv. a. fig. 4 ; Butt. 

 Ind. ii. p. 84. 



A single male, very pale in colour, from Bernardmyo, and two or 

 three more from the Naga Hills at 60U0 leet. 



Neptis miah, 



N. miah, Moore, I. c. p. 164, t. iv. a. fig. 1 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 85. 



Occurs in the Naga and Karen Hills, and seems to vary a good 

 deal in the breadth and position of the bands of the hind wing ; a 

 single male from Perak has much less of the purplish colour below, 

 and may be another species. - 



Neptis ananta. . '■ 



N. ananta, Moore, I. c. p. 1 66, t. iv. a. fig. 3 ; Butt. Ind. ii. p. 85. 



Occurs in the Nueia and Karen Hills at 4000-6000 feet. 



