126 BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. 



215. Symbrenthia hypselis, Godt. 



Vanessa ht/psdis, Godart, Enc. Metb. ix. Suppl. p. 818 

 (1823). 



Sub-sp. S. hypselis balunda, Staud. 



This sub-species occurs on Borneo mountains, other 

 races occur in Java (typical form), Sumatra, Malay 

 Peninsula, Nias, Palawan, Khasia, Himalayas, Assam, 

 Burma, Tenasserim. 



216. Symbrenthia hypatia, Wall. 



Laogona hypatia. Wall. 



Sub-sp. S. hypatia hippocrene, Staud. 



This sub-species is found in Borneo, the typical form 

 was described from Java and another sub-species occurs 

 in the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 



[The species of the genus Symbrenthia mimic the 

 yellow and black Keptides ; they fly in the same jerky 

 manner with the wings held out quite flat so as to dis- 

 play to the best advantage the colouring of the upper 

 surfaces.] 



Genus Cy rest is. 



217. Cyrestis nivea, Zink. — Sonim. 



Amathusia nivea, Zinken — Sommer, Nova. Acta. Acad. 

 N.C. 1831 p. 138, pi. 14, fig. 1. 



Sub-sp. C. nivea nivalis, Feld. 



The typical form occurs in Java, sub-species in Bur- 

 ma, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, 

 and Sumba. 



218. Cyrestis seminigra, Grose Smith. 



Cyrestis seminigra Grose. Smith, A.M.N. H. 1889, p. 313. 

 Confined to Borneo. 



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