BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. S3 



occurring in Borneo goes, it does not claim in every instance to 

 discuss the relationships between these Bornean forms and 

 close allies inhibiting other areas. 



At the end of this list will be given a table showing at a 

 glance the gen ;raphk'al distribution of the various species. A 

 few field notes are put in square brackets after the records of 

 distribution of the. respective species. 



I am indebted to Mr. F. Moore and to Herr EI. Fruhstorfer 

 for their kind help : the late Mr. L. de Xiceville was a most 

 valued correspondent whose sound advice and generous aid I 

 sadly miss now. 



Lepidoptera Rhopalocera. 



Fam. Xymphalid.e. 



Sub-fam. Daxaix.e. 



Genus llestia. 



1. Hestia lynceus, Brury. 



H. li/nceus, Drurv. Illustr. Exot. Ent. ii. pi. 7 f. 1 (1773). 

 H. reznwardti, Moore. P. Z. S. 1383. p. 218. 

 Sub-sp. H. lyncens druri/i. Moore, with a melanic form 

 fumato, Frnhst. 

 Fruhstorfer (Bed. ent. Zeitschr. Bd. xlii. p. 3U. 1897) 

 divides H. Igneeus into rive sub-species occurring in 

 Malacca, Penang, Singapore. Xias, Sumatra. Mentawei 

 Is., Natuna Is., Borneo and Java. The species is a com- 

 mon one and the Bornean sub-species with its melanic 

 form is distributed throughout the island: IF. lyn. druryi 

 occurs also in Sumatra and the Natuna Is. 



[Two males were observed courting a female in the 

 jungle at Santubong: the female was situated on a 



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leaf about 12 feet from the ground, over her a pair of 

 males fluttered with a peculiar short up-and-down flight 

 as if they were sliding on perpendicular wires; the female 

 slowly opened and closed her wings but otherwise re- 

 mained immoveable for about three minutes when she 

 suddenly dashed off with the males in hot pursuit, and 

 all three were soon lost to sight]. 



B*A. See, No. 41,1904. 



