1898.] L. de Nicevillo— List of the Butterflies of the Ke Isles. 271 



84. Liphyra brassolis, Westwood. 



A single male only obtained on Little Ke Island. Kiihn caught it 

 one evening at the lamp. The Hon. Walter Rothschild in Nov. Zool., 

 vol. v, p. 97, n. 5 (1898), has described Liphyra brassolis major from 

 females from Northern Australia. This may be the species named above. 



Family PAPILIONIDJ3. 



Subfamily Pierin^:. 



85. Leptosia xephia, Fabricius. 



Common on all the islands, softly flying along close to the ground. 



86. Elodina egnatia, Godart. 



The specimens from the Ke Isles agree with Hewitson's figure of 

 " Pieris" padusa from Australia, except that the forewing is not nearly 

 so produced at the apex, the costa consequently being shorter; the 

 hindwing also is broader. Mr. W. H. Miskin in his Cat. Rhop. Aust., 

 p. 8 (1891) gives P. padusa as a synonym of E. egnatia, but it is pro- 

 bably quite distinct. E. egnatia is not rare on Little Ke Island, but is 

 a butterfly very difficult to catch. The two sexes are almost exactly 

 alike. We have absolutely similar specimens from Wetter and 

 Northern Australia. 



87. Catopsilia crocale, Cramer. Plate I, Figs. 5, larva ; 5a, 56, 

 pupa. 



Wallace as G. alcmeone, Cramer. Rober as G. pomona, Fabricius, 

 G. crocale, Cramer, and ab. flava, Butler. " Papilio " crocale, Cramer, 

 and "Papilio" pomona, Fabricius, were described in the same year 

 (1775). We prefer to use the former name as it was accompanied by 

 a figure. There are several forms of this protean species occur- 

 ring on all the islands of the Ke Archipelago. Taking those without 

 ocelli on the underside, we have males with the yellow coloration 

 evenly suffused over both wings on the upperside, with females to 

 match them, the males agreeing with Butler's figure of " Gallidryas " 

 flava, from the Moluccas, &c, but the females are not nearly so heavily 

 marked with black on the upperside as in Butler's figure of that 

 sex of C. flava. Taking those with ocelli on the underside, we have 

 males with the yellow coloration evenly suffused over both wings 

 on the upperside like C. flava, aud others with the yellow coloration 

 confined to a well-marked basal area on both wings, beyond which the 

 wing is white ; the females are like the other form. It is very common, 

 and Kiihn has frequently bred it on " Djohur " trees, the larva being 



