1883.] L. de Niceville — List of Butt&^iflles taken in Silchim. 95 



Hill Eoad, Darjiling, at 7,000 feet elevation, in bright sunshine. They 

 usually settle on the sand by the roadside with half open wings. 



220. Dodona adonira, Hewitson. 



I took a single male specimen of this beautiful and rare species at 

 rest on filth with wide outspread wings on Senchal at 7,000 feet. 



The species of the genus Dodona group themselves into two very 

 distinct sections, those with and those without tails. In the first are 

 D. egeon, D. eugenes and D. longicaudata ; in the other are D. dipoea, 

 D. durga, D. adonira ( = fatna, Boisduval, iLT. >S., of Horsfieldand Moore's 

 Cat. Lep. E. I. Co., 1857, p. 24^3, n. 523), D. ouida and D. deodata, 



221. Ahisara neophron, Hewitson. 



A single male at about 3,000 feet elevation was taken by me. 



Family LYC^NIDtE. 



222. PitJiecops zahnora, Butler. 



Two very distinct species of this genus occur together in the Great 

 Run jit Valley. 



Curetis hulis, Doubleday, Hewitson. 



The female of this common Sikkim species was taken by the Lepchas, 

 and together with three other specimens in Mr. MoUer's collection are the 

 first of this sex that I have seen. They differ from the male in having the 

 cupreous colour of the upperside entirely replaced by pure white ; they are 

 also rather larger insects. Like G. thetys, Drury, this species is dimorphic 

 in the female sex, Mr. Moller having a specimen wliich was obtained sub- 

 sequently to the specimens described above, with the upperside of both 

 wings bright ochreous instead of pure white. 



223. Cyaniris placida, Moore, 31. S. 



224. Cyaniris dilectus, Moore. 



225. Cyaniris iynteana, Moore, M. S, 



226. Cyanit'is transpectus, Moore. 



227. Cyaniris alhoccsruleus, Moore. 



Of the latter species and of C. iynteana I took but single specimens, 

 all the other species of this genus enumerated above are very common, and 

 occur at various elevations. The females of all are rare, and of some still 

 unknown. 



Niphanda ? cymbia, de Niceville. 



I took two males of this species at low elevations. They fly with 

 great rapidity, but frequently settle on the tea bushes. It is a distinct 

 species from the N. tessellata given in my last paper. 



228. Zizera pygmcea, Snellen. 

 A single male. 



229. Miletus Jiamada^ Druce. 



