418 L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. [No. 3, 



as A. larymna, Doubleday and Hewitson, but is very rare. In con- 

 sequence of the beautiful coloration and markings of the underside 

 it is a conspicuous insect when at rest with folded wings. 



195. Athtma kanwa, Moore. 



Snellen. Very rare, more so than the two foregoing species. 

 Found from Bekantschan to Soengei Batoe. Dr. Martin has never seen 

 it on the wing. 



196. Athtma pravara, Moore. 



Butler. Distant. A commoner species than those mentioned 

 above. Occurs in forests in the plains and as high as Namoe Oekor. 

 It is the smallest of our Athymas, and is easy to recognise by the club- 

 like streak with rounded end in the discoidal cell of the fore wing. 



197. Athtma reta, Moore. 



Moore as reta and kresna. Grose Smith as reta and hresna. 

 Hagen as reta, var. ? Kirby. Distant as kresna. Butler as kresna. 

 Mooi'e described both A. reta and A. kresna from Sumatra on the same 

 page and figured both. He figures reta with all the spots and bands 

 of the upperside pure white ; A. kresna with all the markings pale blue 

 except the submarginal band of the hindwing which is white. The 

 markings are precisely similar except that in A. reta they are somewhat 

 larger. 1 have no hesitation whatever in considering these two suppos- 

 ed distinct species to be one and the same, the differential characters 

 given to distinguish them being in my opinion quite non-specific, being 

 bused on characters which are obviously variable. The blue coloration 

 of A. kresitu is almost certainly incorrect. In one place Mr. Moore 

 speaks of the markings as "bluish-white," and in another as "white." 

 It is a common species in Borneo, and occurs also in Lower Burma and 

 the Malay Peninsula. Mr. Moore has suggested that A. subrata, Moore, 

 may be a dimorphic form of the female of A. kresna = A. reta, the ordi- 

 nary female of which has reddish markings. I possess only males of 

 A. kresna, so have no idea what its female is like. A. subrata is quite 

 distinct from A. kresna, see No. 199, that species being a local race of 

 A. nefte, Cramer; A. subrata cannot therefore be the female of A. kresna. 

 Together with A. perius, Linnseus, and A . subrata, Moore, this is the 

 commonest species of the plains, and is met with on nearly every road 

 leading through high forest. The pupa is very r*ichly decorated with 

 gold as usual iu the genus. 



198. Athtma abiasa, Moore. 



Grose Smith. This rare and beautiful species occurs at Soengei 



