1895.] L. rle Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies nf Sumatra. 455 



341. IiYOffiNESTHEs lycjenina, Eelder. 



Both species of this genus iuhabit the plains, and do not occur at 

 the higher elevations. They are common in May near Selesseh on 

 forest roads. L. lycsenina is the rarer of the two species, and Dr. Mar- 

 tin obtained no female of either. 



342. NlPHANDA TESRELLATA, Moore. 



Habitat : Penang, Malay Peninsula ; N.-E. Sumatra. 



Expanse : <?, 1*5 inches. 



Description: Male. Upperside, both wings dark shining purple, 

 with a narrow anteciliary black thread. Hindwing with a round mar- 

 ginal black spot in the first median interspace. Underside, both wings 

 marked as in the female, but the ground-colour much darker. 



The specimen desciibed above was caught by Dr. Martin in his 

 fingers on the Penang Hill in December, 3892, resting on a flower. In 

 Sumatra he has obtained one female at the Saentis Estate, very near the 

 sea, in April, and a second at Namoe Oekor in August. 



343. Everes argiades, Pallas. 



Snellen as parrhasius. Hagen as parrhasius. It has been described 

 by Herr N. Kheil from Nias as Flebeius piolysperchinus. In Sumatra it 

 is common at low elevations in October and November ; as usual the 

 males on roads, the females on flowers in small jungle. In his valuable 

 ■work on the Bhopalocera of Nias Island, Herr Kheil calls Polyommatus 

 bceticus, Linnaeus, the " cardui " of the Lyctenidse, but E. argiades better 

 deserves that epithet as it has a still greater range, occurring in North 

 America under a slightly modified form (as E. comyntas, Godarfc), which 

 P. bceticus does not do. Dr. Martin notes that European specimens of 

 E. argiades have the spots on the underside of the wings somewhat more 

 prominent than in Sumatran examples. 



344. ISTacaduba macrophthalma, Felder. 



Originally described from Pulo Milu, one of the Nicobar Isles. 



3 ±5. Nacaduba pavana, Horsfield. 

 Originally described from Java. 



346. Nacaduba kerriana, Distant. 



Originally described from Malacca and Singapore, occurs also in 

 Burma. 



347. Nacaduba sp. 



I possess a single female of a species allied to this group, i.e., it 



