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wings paler and brighter oclireous than in Nomius ; and on the hindwing the basal 

 band has a black streak along the precostal vein, which latter is also present in 

 P. Swinlwei, but not in Nomius ; the marginal band is also inwardly-edged with 

 more or less well-defined black lunules. 



Haritat. — Sikkim ; Burma; Upper Tenasserim ; Shan States. 



DiSTKiBUTiON. — Col. C. Swinhoe possesses two males from Sikkim. A single 

 specimen was obtained in Sikkim by Mr. Otto Moller. "We possess specimens from 

 Pegu, and from Thouugyeen, Upper Tenasserim, the latter taken by Col. C. T. 

 Bingham in February, Col. Swinhoe also has it from Pegu. Capt. B. Y. Watson 

 took it at " Tiling, from March to May " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 54). He also 

 writes, " The Eastern race of Nomius (Swinhoei Moore) was common in, the Upper 

 Chindwin District, Burma, from March to May, and Capt. Longe also obtained it 

 commonly at 2,000 feet elevation, on the Manipur River in February" {iil. I.e. 1897, 

 672). Specimens fromTilin Yaw and Toungoo, taken by Capt. B. Y. Watson, are in 

 the British Museum. Col. C. H. E. Adamson has taken it in "Akyab, Moulmein, 

 and Bhamo, and says it affects the borders of tanks and moist places in otherwise 

 dry forests, in March, Api^il, and May, the females being very uncommon " (List, 

 1897, 48). 



We possess four males from the Upper Mekong, Shan States, taken by Mr. J. 

 Roberts, C.E. 



Of our illustrations on Plate 478, fig. 1, la is from a Pegu male, and fig. lb from 

 a Shan. States male. 



Ixdo-Malayan Species. — Pathysa Antiphates (Papilio Antiphates, Cramer, Pap. 

 Exot. i. p. 113, pi. 72, fig. A, B (17 75). Jablonsky and Herbst, Nat. Schmett. iii. 

 p. 151, pL 43, fig. 1, 2. Rothschild, Nov. ZooL ii. p. 410 (1895). Fruhstorfer, 

 Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 197. Hnhitat. S.E. China; Tonkin; Hong Kong; 

 Hainan. — Pathysa Antiphonus (Pap. Antiphates, subsp., Antiphonus, Fruhstorfer. 

 See. Ent. 1902, p. 170 ; id. Berk Ent. Zeit. 1902, p. 198. Habitat, mas.— Pathysa 

 decolor (Pap. Antiphates, var. decolor, Staudinger, Iris, i. p. 279 (IS8S). Semper, 

 Philip. Tagfalt. p. 285, pi. 48, fig. 8, ^ (1893). Rothschild, I c. p. 413 (1895). Pap. 

 Ant. Palawanicus, Eimer, Artb. Schmett. p. 149 (1889). Pap. Ant. tigris. Semper, 

 I.e. p. 284, pi. 48, fig. 2, ? . Pap. Ant. Eupbratoides, Eimer, I.e. p. 133, pi. 2, fig. 4 

 (1889). Semper, I.e. -p. 284, pi. 48, fig. 1,?. Habitat. Palawan; Mindanao; 

 Banguey. — Pathysa Euphrates (Pap. Euphrates, Felder, Wien. But. Mon. 1862, 

 p. 283 ; id. Reise, Nov. Lep. i. p. 54, pi. 11, fig. D (1883). Eimer, I.e. p. 125, pi. 2, 

 fig. 5 (1889). Semper, I.e. p. 285, pi. 48, fig. 4, 5, 6, c? ? . Pap. Ant. Euphrates 

 et aber. atratus, Rothschild, I.e. pp. 413, 414 (18S5). Habitat. Luzon; Mindoro. — 

 Pathysa Hermocrates (Pap. Hermocrates, Felder, Vei'h. Z. B. Ges. Wien. 1864^ 

 p. 302 ; Reise, Nov. Lep. i. p: 57, pi. 12, fig. E, S (18J5). Oberthiir, Et. Ent. iv. 



