1895.] L. do Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. 407 



applied to the dry-season form. It is common in Sumatra on open 

 grassy places, nefir houses and ditches, but is never found iu the 

 forest. Dr. Martin once found the larva on a small, low, white- 

 flowering, labiate plant. 



150. JlJNONIA ATLITES, LmnseuS. 



Snellen as laomedia. Hagen as laomedia. Distant. Quite as com- 

 mon in Deli as the preceding species, and found from close to the sea 

 to the Central Plateau, specimens from the hills being richer in colour 

 with blacker margins than those from the plains. It is very fond of 

 water, near which, if it is running in open places or in ditches, it may 

 always be found. 



151. *Junonia vellida, Fabricius. 



Grose Smith. Kirhy. This species occurs only in Australia, as far 

 as I am able to ascertain. Its record from Sumatra by the authors 

 cited is probably erroneous. 



152. Junonia ocyale, Hiibner. 



Snellen as orythia [sic] and orithyia. Hagen as oritliya [sic]. Sem- 

 per. Staudinger as wallacei. J. ocyale is a local l'ace of J. orithyia 

 Linna?us, a very widely spread and variable species. I agree with Herr 

 Georg Semper (Schmett. Philipp., p. 120, n. 142) that J. wallacei, Dis- 

 tant, described from the Malay Peninsula and Java, is a synonym of 

 J. ocyale. Mr. Distant does not venture to say how the two species 

 are supposed to differ. Even in a restricted area like Sumatra this 

 butterfly shows variations within certain limits, and is more pro- 

 nounced in the female than in the male. It is found over the whole 

 of our area, but not too near the sea ; it is very fond of small grassv 

 spots, where it often abounds, and where also the rarer female may be 

 captured. It is very restless, often settling, but only remaining for a 

 very short time when it again takes a short quick flight, so that it is 

 not easily caught. Dr. Hagen reports seeing it in large numbers in 

 the short degenerated lalang-grass of the Central Plateau. 



153. Neptis (Rahinda) hordonia, Stoll. 



Grose Smith as hordona [sic]. Hagen. Distant. 



154. Neptis (Rahinda) paraka, Butler. 



Grose Smith as peraka [sic]. Hagen as peraka [sic]. Staudinger 

 asperalca [sic]. Dr. Staudinger considers the N. dahana, Kheil from 

 Nias island, to be a synonym of this species. 



