132 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Habitat. — Mergui Archipelago. 



Two specimens of the female of this butterfly, in the collection of the British 

 Museum, were recently taken in King's Island Sound, on the 8th February, by Com- 

 mander A. Carpenter. 



Indg-Malayan allied species of Isamia. — /. superha (Hei'bst, Nat. Insekten, vi. 

 p. 14, pi. 119, fig. 3, ?, 1793). Habitat. S.China, Hongkong. — 1. sinica (Moore, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 312). Habitat. S. China. — /. Midamns (Liun. Syst. 

 Nat. X. p. 470 (1758) ; id. xii. p. 765 (1767) ; De Geer, Acta HolmijB, ix. p. 209, pi. 

 6, fig. 1, 2, ¥ (1748) ; Bhret, Plants etPapilion. pi. xi. S (1748) ; Hiibner, Samm. 

 Exot. Schmett. i. pi. 24, fig. 3, 4, ? (1806). Habitat. S. China, Canton.— J. Alopia 

 (Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 177, S ? , 1819). Habitat. S. China.— I. Marseuli (Moore, 

 P. Z. S. 1883, p. 313). Allied to I. margarita. Differs on the forewing in the blue 

 tint being confined more to tbe base, the marginal spots being quite obsolete, and 

 the sexual mark only half the width, though of the same length. On the hindwing 

 the two marginal rows of spots are very indistinct. Expanse, S^\ inches. Habitat. 

 Saigon, Cochin China. In Coll. C. Oberthiir. — I. Orotei (Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. 

 ii. p. 339, S only, 1867). Habitat. Cochin China.— I. Fabricii (Moore, P. Z. S. 

 1883, p. 315). Habitat. Cochin China. In Coll. C. Oberthiir. — I. Dejeavi (Distant, 

 Rhop. Malayana, p. 29, pi. 4, fig. l,c?, 1882; Moore, P. Z. S. Lond. 1883, p. 314)- 

 Near to I. Chloe. Habitat. Malacca, Sumatra. — /. Rafflesi (Moore, P. Z. S. Lond' 

 1883, p. 314). Habitat. Java. In Coll. Godman and. Salvin. — I. CJioii (Guerin, 

 Delessert's Voy. Inde, ii. p. 71, 1843) ; Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 30, pi. 4, fig. 2, 

 S . pi. 2, fig. 5, ? (1882).— Sijn. I. Singapura (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 315). Habi- 

 tat. Malay Peninsula, Singapore. I. Sophia (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 315). Habitat. 

 Sumatra. In Coll. F. Moore & British Museum. — I. Mgyptus (Butler, P. Z. S. Lond. 

 1866, p. 277). Habitat. S. Borneo; Billitou.— I. Lowei (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 

 316). Habitat. Borneo. In Coll. C. Oberthiir. — Isamia Glorinde (Staudinger). 

 Habitat. Island of Palawan.— I. 'Dameli (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 316). Habitat. 

 Shanghai, N. China. In Coll. G. Semper. 



MisriCKS OP SPECIES OF Isamia. — The male of the Elymniine butterfly, Elymnias 

 Icucocijma, as well as the Papilionid, Isaoiiiopsis Telearchns, are excellent mimicks of 



the Isamia splendens. 



Genus TIRUNA, 

 Timna, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 316. 

 Male. — Forewing comparatively shorter than in typical Isamia ; costa less arched, 

 exterior margin less oblique, somewhat rounded towards the apex, and less convex 

 at the posterior angle ; the posterior margin very convex ; upper discocellular with 

 a short spur emitted within the cell. Sexual mark narrow and strongly impressed. 

 Hindwing shorter and broader, and with a distinct upper discoidal patch. 

 Type.—T. Roepstoifiii. 



