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I )istribution. Macao ; Formosa. 



14. Precis (Junonia) almana, Linnaeus. 



Papilio almana, Linn, Syst. Nat, x, i, p. 4.72, (175X). 

 Papilio asterie, Linn, Syst. Nat. .vii, p. 769, {1767). 

 Deels almana, Linn, {synonym, asterie, Linn.); Kershaw, Butt. 

 Hongkong, pl. vi, figs. 9 £ {—asterie)) to ( = almaua), p. 43, 1907. 

 Collection Number, 25, 25a. Two male and one female specimens, 

 Tainan, Garambi. 



Two almana, Tainan, June and July. 

 One asterie, Garambi, October. 



Recorded by Miyake in his catalogue of " Butterflies of Formosa," 

 (May 1905), under No. 36, p. 3, as asterie, synonym, almana. The name 

 of almana however has priority. Common in most localities situated in 

 the plains throughout the whole year, rarer in the mountains. 



Distribution. India ; Ceylon ; Andamans ; Nicobars ; Burmah; Siam ; 

 Malay Peninsula ; Java ; Borneo ; Philippines ; China ; Formosa. 



Family Lycaenidae. 



15. Phengaris atroguttata, Oberthür, 

 var. daitözana, var. nov. 

 Lycaena atroguttata, Oberthür, Etudes d'Ent. ii, p. 21, pi. i, f. 4 a, 

 b. (1S76). 



Phengaris atroguttata, var. albida, Leech, Butt. China, Japan, Corca, 

 pl. xxviii,f. 5 £,p. 317, (1892-94). 



Collection number 56. Two female specimens ; Daitözan, 8,500 feet ; 

 Jujimichi, 5,025 feet ; September. 



In this female variety the apex of the forewing is much more broadly 

 black than in atroguttata or albida, and although the four upper black spots 

 of the macular series of six spots on underside of forewing are faintly 

 reproduced on the upper side, they are very indistinct as they coalesce 

 with the broad apical border. The fifth spot of the series is distinctly 

 reproduced and stands out bold)', the sixth spot is also reproduced but is a 

 mere dot. The hindwing has a wide, blackish grey, outer marginal band 



