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which he caught himself in a forest near the Saentis Estate, not more 

 than two miles from the sea. 



101. Elymnias (Bruasa) abrisa, Distant. 



"Very rare in the high forest near Selesseh in July and at Namoe 

 Oekor. Both sexes are described by Mr. Distant, aud the male is 

 figured. We have seen only seven female specimens. But for the fact 

 that Mr. Distant describes the male, we would certainly have considered 

 this species to be a dimorphic form of the female of E. sumatrana, 

 Wallace. 



102. Elymnias (Agrusia) esacoides, de Niceville. 



Dyctis esacoides, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vii, p. 323, n. 2, 

 pi. H, fig. 2, male (1892). 



Exceedingly rare, three specimens only have been obtained, one in 

 the forest near Selesseh in July, two from the lower hills. All the 

 rarer specie9 of Elymnias have a soft weak flight and settle often with 

 folded wings. They are very fond of shadowy spots and of rest, and 

 once settled they i-emain for a long time, leaving their resting places 

 only when frightened or driven away. As they all rest with shut wings 

 they are in this position much less conspicuous than when on the wing. 



Subfamily Amathusjinje. 



103. Zeuxidia amethystus, Butler. 



Hagen. Kirby. Butler. Distant. Staudinger. Rare ; found only 

 in dense virgin forests like all the rest of the genus not at a lower eleva- 

 tion than Bekantschan in September. It occurs higher in the hills than 

 any other Zeuxidia. The female has the macular band on the upperside 

 of the fore wing ochreous-white. 



104. Zeuxidia nicevillei, Fruhstorfer. 



Z. nicevillei, Fruhstorfer, Ent. Nach., vol. xxi, p. 196 (1895). 



Fruhstorfer. Described as being a local form of Z. doubledaii, 

 Westwood. The latter was described from a female specimen from 

 "India," and is somewhat roughly figured in the Genera of Diurn. Lep. 

 on pi. Hi, fig. 1. Distant figures both sexes and records it from Penang 

 and Perak. Moore records it from Penang. I have compared both 

 sexes from Pei'ak with both sexes from Sumatra, and Sumatra females 

 with Hewitson's original figure, and can discover no differences what- 

 ever. Herr Fruhstorfer has recently been to London and has probably 

 compared his types of Z. nicevillei with the type of Z. doubledaii, so 



