1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. 423 



in both Felder's and Distant's figures ; the two posteriormost spots 

 in the submedian interspace somewhat small, placed one above the 

 other; between this macular whitish band and the outer margin is a 

 diffused broad pale blue fascia. I find, however, in my large series of 

 females of this group, that these apparently good and distinct characters 

 are not constant, and that it is well nigh impossible to differentiate this 

 form satisfactorily. Mr. Distant's sexing of the species is probably 

 purely guess work, and cannot be accepted finally without some good 

 proof, such as taking the two sexes paired or breeding both from the egg. 

 It is possible that E. macnairi, Distant, is a distinct species and is the 

 same as E. andersonii, Moore, in which case Distant's name has a year's 

 priority. Dr. Martin notes that E. asoka is the rarest species of the 

 group occurring in our area, and that it is found at higher elevations 

 than the others, not lower than Bekantschan. 



210. Euthalia (Tanaecia) vikrama, Felder. 



Felder. Grose Smith as pulasara. Butler as pulasara. Hagen as 

 pulasara, var. ? Kirby. Distant. Originally described from Sumatra. 

 This is a local race of E. (Tanaecia) pulasara, Moore, from the Malay 

 Peninsula, but is sufficiently different to be retained as a distinct 

 species. Not rare in the plains of Sumatra. 



211. *Eothalia (Tanaecia) pelea, Fabricius. 



Snellen. Grose Smith as palguna. As far as I am aware, this 

 species is confined to Java, from whence I possess specimens of both 

 sexes. Mr, Moore has figured the male as " Adolias" palgtma, Moore, 

 which is a synonym of E. pelea. 



212. *Euthalia (Tanaecia) sdpercilia, Butler. 



Grose Smith. Originally described from Penang. Mr. Butler has 

 figured a male. It is entirely unknown to us. 



213. Euthalia (Tanaecia) phintia, Weymer. 



Tanaecia phintia, Weymer, Sfcet. Ent. Zeit., vol. xlviii, p. 7, n. 5, pi. i, fig. 6, 

 male (1887). 



Weymer. Grose Smith as aruna. Originally described from 

 Sumatra. This species is a local race of E. (Tanaecia) aruna, Felder = 

 •' Adolias " pardalis, Vollenhoverf, from the Malay Peninsula and Java, 

 but is easily separable from that species. Rather rare, and only occurs 

 at higher elevations and south of Namoe Oekor, at Bekantschan and 

 Soengei Batoe. 



