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the Ataran Valley, in February, by Col. C. H. Bingliam, is in the British ]\[iisruni. 

 It is probably this species, recorded by Mons. G. A. Poujade (INfouv. Arch, du ]^lus. 

 Paris, 3rd ser. III. p. 265) as L. Uenff'roi/i, as having been taken by Mons. Pavie at 

 Luang Prabang, Siam. 



Distinguishable from typical L. Geoffroj/i, on the nppersidc of the male, l)y 

 its lighter brown ground-colour, the fbrewing having tlie violet area more purpu. 

 rescent in tint, being also more resti-icted within the lower lialf of the cell, and 

 on the disc e:stending hindward only from the upper median veinlet. 



Our illustrations of this species, on Plate 394, fig. 4, 4a, are from a male taken 

 in the Ataran Valley by Mr. Hauxwell. 



LIBYTHEA HAUXWELLI (Plate 304, fig. 5, .5;i, <?). 

 Lihythca Geoff, -oiji (part), de Nioi'ville, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hi.st. Soc. 1899, p. 333. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside. Both wings much paler than in L. Alompra. Fmr- 

 iring with the costal border, ox\\j, pale brown, the entire cell and outer area of the 

 wing being pale violet, the three subapical spots and the two discal spots of the 

 underside showing very indistinctly through by transpal•enc3^ Iliiidiviitg with tlie 

 discal transverse macular fascia very indistinctly defined and of a paler violet tint 

 than the basal area. Underside. Furcinrii'/ paler than in L. alumpra, the ground- 

 colour being pale ochreous-brown, the cell and lower basal area pale ochreous, the 

 subapical and discal spots ill-defined. IL'nuhvliuj pale ochreous-brown, mottled with 

 darker brown ; the subbasal and discal fascia broader, whitish, and diffused. 



Expanse, o 1 j^j, to 2^^^ inches. 



Habitat. — Tenasserim. 



Di.STRiBUTioN AND Haisits. — Males from Mr. J. A. Hauxwell's collection, taken in 

 Tenasserim, are in Mr. H. Grose-Smith's collection, and from which our illustration 

 on Plate 394 is taken. A male, also from Tenasserim, taken by Capt. E. Y. Watson, 

 is in the British Museum. Mr. Hauxwell notes " males only seen. Found always 

 on the sand at the edge of the water, sucking up the moisture" (de Niceville, I.e.). 



Indo- axd AusTKO-MALAi'AX Si'KCiES OF LiBYTHEA. — Lib;/tJica Mijrrha, Godart, 

 Encyc. Meth. ix. p. 171 (1S19). Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. pi. 10, fig. S (183o). 

 Hiibuer, Zutr. Exot. Schmett. iv. fig. 789, 790 (1832). Habitat. Java; Sumatra?; 

 Borneo ; Bali; Lombok ; Sumbawa. — Libt/fhea Jiybrida, Martin, Iris, ix. p. 353 (1896). 

 Habitat. Sumatra. — Libi/thea Narina, Godart, Encyc. Meth. ix. p. 171 (1819). 

 Habitat. Ceram. — Libijthea Ncrafia, Felder, Reis. Novara, Lej). ii. p. 313 (1865). 

 Habitat. Halmaheira. — Lilii/tliea Lnzonira (L. narina, Semper, Reis. Pliil. Lep. p. 151, 

 pi. 30, fig. 21, S (1889). Habitat. Luzon.— Libi/thea I'hilijjpina, Staudinger, Lep. 

 Palawan, p. 87. Si/n. L. Antipoda, Feld. R. Nov. Lep. ii. p. 313, pi. 42, fig. !», 10, 



