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obtained in the Karo hills. It is near to P. dejeanii, Godart, from Java. 

 Dr. Martin has seen the specimen, which seems to represent a very- 

 good though rare species, as his Battak collectors never succeeded in 

 capturing it. It will probably be found more plentifully when the 

 mountains of the Gayoe- and Alias-lands are explored. 



236. Vanessa battakana, de Niceville, n. sp. 



Habitat: N.-E. Sumatra. 



Expanse: 3; 2 - 5 j 9 , 2-6 inches. 



Description: Male and female. Nearest to V. peraJcana, Distant, 

 from the Malay Peninsula, from which it may be known by the discal 

 bine band on the upperside of the hindwing being much broader, in- 

 vading the discoidal cell ; in the type of V. perakana, now before me, 

 which is a female, it is much narrower, not nearly extending to the cell. 

 The Javan agrees with the Perak species in this feature. 



Occurs on the Central Plateau and the high mountains which 

 surround it in May and December, but is very rare, as Dr. Martin has 

 not obtained more than eight or ten specimens during his residence in 

 Sumatra. Dr. Hagen lias recently caught it in South Sumatra on 

 Mount Kaba, 5,200 feet, a volcano near Mount Dempo, which is also a 

 volcano. 



237. Symbrenthia hippoclus, Cramer. 



Hagen as hyppoclus [sic], Staudinger as lujppoclns [sic}. 



238. Symbrenthia cotanda, Moore. 



Hagen as Jiypsrlis-, Godardt [sic]. Staudinger as hijpselis. I consi- 

 der that the true 8. hypselis, Godart, is confined to Java; the Indian, 

 Burmese, Malayan Peninsula and Sumatran form being 8. cotanda, 

 Moore = #. swis, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vi, 

 p. 357, n. 10, pi. F, fig. 9, male (1891). 



239. Symbrenthia hypatia, Wallace. 



S. hypatia, Frobstorfer, Stet. Ent Zeit., vol. Iv, p. 125, pi. iii, fig. 4, male (1894). 

 Hagen. Distant has figured this species from Perak, and Fruhstor- 

 fer from TV. Java, both from males, but neither figure is good. The three 

 Sumatran species of Symbrenthia are fairly common on suitable spots, 

 and are thus distributed : — S. hippoclus, Cramer, occurs nearest to the 

 sea, but extends over the whole of our area up to the Central Plateau. 

 S. cotanda, Moore, first appeal's south of Namoe Oekor, Dr. Martin took 

 his first specimen near Kampong Singhapura. S. hypatia is first met 

 with at the elevation of Bekantschan ; both the last-named species extend 



