108 A LIST OF THE BUTTERFLIES OF BORNEO. 
Kina Balu (Waterstradt); Sandakan (Pryer); Labuan 
(Low); Sarawak: Mt. Matang and Mt. Santubong (Sar. 
Mus.) ; 8. E. Borneo, near Banjarmasin (Walnes).* 
Also occurs in Sumatra. 
344. Lampides abdul, Distant. 
Lam pides abdul, Distant, Rhop. Malay. p. 456, pl. XLLY. 
fig. 22 (1886). | 
Lampides marakata, Doherty, Butt. Ind. Vol. LIT. p. 174, 
SJ GES90)}: 
Sandakan (Pryer). 
Recorded from Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. 
Mr. Druce kindly examined a female of L. daones, Druce, 
for me and he suggests that that species may eventually prove 
to be L. abdul, Dist. 
345, Lampides osias, Rober. 
Plebeius osias, Rober, Iris. 1. p. 56, pl. V. fig. 17 (1886). 
Lycaena amphyssina, Staud. Lep. Palawan, p. 100, pl. L. 
neyo (ssa ye 
Kudat; Labuan (Low) ; Sibutu (Everett) ; Banguey Island 
(Waterstradt). 
1. In an article entitled ‘‘ Habits of certain Bornean Butterflies’’ (A270. 
May. Nat. Hist. Sept. 1889, pp. 209-218) Mr. S. B. J. Skertchly notes that the 
following genera among the Lycaenidae ‘‘ alone supply true forest species, that 
never seek the sunny river-banks or bright glades and clearings : ’’— Nacaduba, 
Lampides, Bidwanda and Narathura (Arhopala). While this statement is 
generally true, I should add that I have met species of Lampides and an Am- 
blypodia in open places along river-banks, and by no means infrequently have 
taken species of Lampides, Arhopala and Biduanda along sunny paths in low 
secondary jungle and in sunlit clearings. Mr. Skertchly continues :—‘‘The 
more plentiful butterflies in the forest are the blues and purples, which frequent 
the higher undergrowth and have a strong tendency to settle in the middle of 
leaves which turn their upper surface horizontally. The purples perhaps, such 
as Narathwra, are more arboreal than the blues and fly higher, even up to 60 
feet ; but as a rule the forest butterflies keep pretty low down.”’ 
Mr. Skertchly points out that his experiences in North Borneo do not con- 
firm the suggestion “‘that the rarity of butterflies in the deep forest shade is 
more apparent than real and that the mass of the individuals are high overhead 
on the tree-tops ;’’ and he remarks on their scarcity on cleared mountain tops 
where he had occasion to spend periods of several days together. My ex- 
perience is very much the opposite of this: the greatest variety of species and 
quantity of individuals are to’ be found just on such cleared mountain-tops ; 
in fact my modus operandi, when after butterflies, is to go up the nearest 
mountain, at once have a space on the top cleared, and here one may be almost 
certain of catching some highly interesting species, which are either very rare or 
never met with at all in the jungle below. These are to be seen flying over and 
among tree-tops in the jungle below and great is the excitement when some 
bright-hued stranger comes hurrying up the mountain-side—to fly within reach 
of the net, or not? . 
The repeated mention of localities such as Mount Matang, Mount Lingga 
Mount Santubong, etc. etc., throughout this paper will bear me out in this 
statement, as the majority of species recorded froM those localities were taken 
in the way described. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
