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



365. Lampides Margarita, Martin. 



L. margarita, Martin, Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost-Snmatra, pt. 

 2, p. 9, n. 8 (1895). 



Occurs very rarely at Bekantschan and in the Battak mountains. 



366. *Lampides suidas, Felder. 



Hageu. Originally described from Luzon in the Philippines, from 

 whence I possess specimens. We have not obtained it in Sumatra. 



367. Lampides bochides, de Niceville. 



L bochides, de Nice'ville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. vi, p. 367, n. 16, 

 pi. F, fig. 15, male (1891). 



Rare, has beeu obtained at Selesseh and in the Battak mountains. 



368. Lampides abdul, Distant. 



Very rare in the Battak mountains. Originally described from a 

 unique female from Malacca in Dr. O. Staudinger's collection, which I 

 have examined at Dresden. The male, which is of a peculiar shade of 

 metallic green on the upper-side, is the L. marakata of Doherty, describ- 

 ed from Padang llangas, Perak, Malay Peninsula, in Butt. India, vol. 

 iii, p. 174 (1890). 



369. Lampides lucide, de Niceville. 



L. lucide, de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lxiii, pt. 2, p. 33, n. 29, pi. v, fig. 3, 

 male (1894). 



Excessively rare, Dr. Martin has only obtained a few specimens in 

 the Battak mountains, of which four males are in my collection. All 

 the Sumatran Lampides, with the exception of one species, are true 

 forest buttei'flies, which greatly enliven and cheer the gloomy evergreen 

 primeval forests by the vivid aud brilliant coloration of their wings. 

 So perhaps they to some extent compensate for the observed poverty of 

 blue flowers in the forest which has been noted by many writers. 

 It. celeno, Cramer, like species of Nacaduba, Gatochrysops, Everes and many 

 other Lycsenidse, is found on wet spots on the roads. L. lucide, the most 

 distinct of the Sumatran Lampides, occurs only on the Central Plateau. 

 L. margarita, Martin, L. bochides, de Niceville, and L. abdul [recte abdula, 

 ami so given in the Index to the plates of Mr. Distant's book] are found at 

 higher elevations, from Bekantschan to the Plateau ; while the remaining 

 species are inhabitants of the forests of the alluvial plain. L. celeno, 

 L. saturata, Snellen, L. talinga, Kheil, L. elpis, Godart, and L. Jcondulana, 

 Felder, are common ; L snbdita, Moore, L. cleodus, Felder, andi. bochides 

 are scarce; while L. margarita, L. abdul, and L. lucide are very rare. 



