1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin— Butterflies of Sumatra. S97 



118. Clerome kirata, de Nieeville. 



C. kirata, de Nieeville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vi, p. 344, n. 2, pi. F, 

 fig. 3, male (1891). 



The rarest of the three Sumatrau species of the genus, and found 

 in the same localities as C. arcesilaus, Fabricius. I have no difficulty 

 in distinguishing the species, though Colonel Swinhoe fails to recognise 

 it, vide his remarks on C. arcesilaus in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., ]893, 

 p. 276, n. 77. The male was chiefly defined by a difference in the 

 prehensores, but the superior width of the dark bands on the underside 

 of both wings, and the anal half of the hindwing being very much 

 darker than the same area in C. arcesilaus will enable one to distinguish 

 the species superficially without recourse to au anatomical investiga- 

 tion. The female has the ground-colour on the underside of both 

 wings much lighter than in G. arcesilaus, and all the bands consequently 

 more pi'ominent ; they are also much wider. 



119. Clerome gracilis, Butler. 



Hagen as gracilis. C. gracilis is met with somewhat higher than 

 C. arcesilaus, Fabricius, and is also rarer than that species. All the 

 species of Clerome are true insects of the virgin forest, never leave the 

 ground for a high flight, and prefer to settle on the bare soil or on a 

 dead and discoloured leaf than on living green leaves or shrubs. They 

 rest with folded wings, and fly only for short distances, and then 

 again settle. No species occurs at a higher elevation than Bekantschan, 

 nor nearer the sea than Bindjei. 



120. Xanthot^nia busiris, Westwood. 



Hagen. Grose Smith as Clerome [sic] busiris. Butler. Distant. 

 Found from Bindjei to Bekantschan. Like Clerome it is a true 

 inhabitant of the forest, but has a higher and longer flight than 

 species of that genus and is not so easily caught, as it is always chang- 

 ing the direction of its flight. It is fond of newly cut ditches through 

 the forest, along which it may always be found. 



Subfamily AcR^lNiE. 



121. Pareba vestita, de Nieeville, n. sp. 



Acrsea vesta, Snellen (nee Fabricius), Midden-Sumatra, Lepidoptera, p. 13, n. 1 

 pi. ii, figs. 3-5, female (1892). 



Snellen as terpsichore, Linnseus [sic], and vesta. Hagen as vesta. 



Habitat : N.-E. Sumatra. 



Expanse : <S , 2*0 to 25; 9 , 2*4 to 25 inches. 



Description: Male and female. Upperside, both wings differ 



