610 Capt. E. Y. Watson — Butterflies from Myingyan. [No. 3, 



Felder, the male of which is very brilliant blue with a broad black 

 border to the fore wing narrowing to the outer angle, this species is 

 in the British Museum from the Philippines and Borneo. A. taooana, 

 Moore, of which the type is in the British Museum, appears to be 

 identical with A. erichsonii. A. arracana, Grose Smith, is also pro- 

 bably referable to the same species. Aphnwus si/ama, Horsfield, occur- 

 red rather rarely, and a second species which I identify as A. schis- 

 taceus, Moore, was slightly more common. This latter species belongs 

 to the vulcanus group of the genus, and is the only one of the group 

 recorded from Burma. 



Among the Pierinse — Gatopsilia catilla, Cramer, G. crocale, Cramer, 

 and G. gnoma, Fabricius, were common, this last is probably the dry- 

 season form of G. pyrant7ie, Limroeas, and has many other names, 

 but I am unable to say which is the oldest. Nychitona xipliia, Fabricius, 

 and Neplieronia hippia, Fabricius, (=gsea, Felder), occurred commonly, 

 and Delias descombesi, Boisduval, and D. hierte, Hiibner, rather rarely. 

 A single male of Appias vacans, Butler (the dry-season form of A. hippo, 

 Cramer) was obtained in December. Appias zelmira, Cramer, and 

 Hiiphina dapha, Moore, were exceedingly common ; the extreme rainy- 

 season race was not met with, all the specimens obtained from Novem- 

 ber to March being either of the typical dry-season race or forms 

 intermediate between the two races. Terias hecabe, Linnaeus, occurred 

 commonly in its typical form during November and December, but 

 almost invariably in bad condition, the dry-season form, T. excavata 

 Moore, occurred commonly from November to January, and was re- 

 placed during February and March by the extreme dry-season form, 

 T. swinhoei, Butler. Yellow forms of Ixias occurred in the utmost 

 profusion, and showed the usual seasonal variation in the breadth 

 of the dark margins on the upperside, and in the tone and markings 

 of the underside ; most of the specimens caught were typical 

 I. moidmeinensis, Moore, though several were typical I. pyrene, Linnaeus, 

 and a few typical I. pirenassa, Wallace, while there were many inter- 

 mediates between the three forms. 



The only Papilio noticed was P. demoleus, Linnaeus ( = P. erithonius, 

 Cramer), which was excessively common. 



Among the Hesperiidse no species could be said to occur com- 

 monly, but a few specimens were obtained of Baoris (Ghapra) mathias, 

 Fabricius, Baoris (Pamara) bada, Moore, Telicota augias, Linnaeus, and 

 Hesperia galba, Fabricius. A single sex was obtained of Taractrocera 

 ziclea, Plotz, a species recently found to occur in Burma ; also a 

 few specimens of a Padraona which I identify as P. msesoides, Butler, 

 as well as of a second species which I believe is undescribed. 



