136 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



LEPTOCIRCUS MEGES (Plate 417, %. 2, S, 2a, b, ?). 



Papilio Meges, Zinken-Sommer, Nova Acta Acad. Nat. Cur. xv. p. 161, pi. 15, fig. 8 (1831). 

 Leptocircns Meges, Doubleday, Zoologist, 1843, p. Ill, fig. ; id. Gen. D. Lep. i. p. 23 (1847). Moore, 



Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Company, i. p. So (1857), "Wallace, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. p. 68 (1S65). 



Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 365, pi. 32, fig. 3 (1886). Kirby, Allen's Nat. Hist. Butt. ii. p. 308, 



pi. 63, fig. 2 (1896), 

 Leptocircus Curius, Swainson, Zool. lllnst. Ins. ii. pi. 106 (1833). Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i. 



p. 381, pi. 7, fig. 1, ?, pi. 17, fig. 3, S (1836). Blanchard, Hist. Nat. Ins. iii. p. 422, pi. 2, 



fig. 2 (1840). 

 Iphiclides Curius, Hubner, Zutr. Esot. Schmett. figs. 645-6 (1832). 



Erycina {Lamproptera) Curius, Gray, Griffith's Ed. Cuv. An. Kingd. xv. pi. 102, fig. 4 (1832). 

 Leptocircus viresoens, Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 2.)9 (1S69), 



I.MAGO. — Male and female. Upperside similar to L. Carius, the inner discal 

 transverse band on iheforewiiig, and the band on the hindtving broader, opaque, and 

 of a pale green colour ; the hyaline band on the forewing also broader, especially in 

 the female ; tails longest in the female. The tuft of androeonial hairs, present in 

 males of L. Curius, have not been observed in the numerous males of L. Meges 

 examined. Tarsal claws in both sexes simple. 



Expanse, l-ro to l^-o inch. 



Habitat. — Burma; Tenasserim ; Malay Peninsula ; Sumatra; Java. 



Distribution. — Col. C. H. E. Adamson records it as being *' found in suitable 

 places at a slight elevation, throughout Burma, during the rains and in the cold 

 weather" (List. 1897, 60). We possess specimens from Moulraain, Tounghoo, 

 Salween Valley. Signor L. Fea obtained it in the Karen Hills in May and November. 

 Col. C. Swinhoe has examples from Palene, taken in June by Mr. Noble, and Donat 

 Range taken in January. Mr. F. D. Godman has it from E. Pegu, taken by 

 Mr. W. Doherty, and from Tavoy, Tenasserim. Mr. H. J. Ehves notes " several 

 specimens taken in Tavoy and Ponsekai " (J. As. Soc. Beng. 1887, 438). Dr. J. 

 Anderson obtained it on " Sullivan Island, Mergui Archipelago, in January " (Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Zool. 1&86, 52). Mr. W. L. Distant records it from " Perak, Malacca, 

 and Sungei Ujong, Malay Peninsula" {I.e.). Col. Swinhoe has specimens from 

 Perak. We possess it from Sumatra and Java, the latter taken by Dr. Horsfield. 

 Dr. L. Martin says that it " occurs, in Sumatra, throughout the year in the plains 

 and on the outer bills" (J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1895, 529). The type specimen is 

 recorded by Zinken-Sommer from Java. 



Habits. — Capt. Godfrey writes: "In Perak I invariably found this butterfly 

 over running water, and its appearance was so peculiar that, had I not known what 

 to expect, I might almost have passed it by, thinking it was not one. The 

 transparent wings and long streaming tails gave it a certain i^escinblance to a 



