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HllOPA LOCERA MALAYA A .I . 



A. Upper disra-eelhdor nernde of posterior winy* anherrvt, owl usually aiujhth} and ohUqudif directed 

 intcanlftf. 



a. Outer margin* of irinyx dentate and sinuate, posterior tving* pnxinced into a more or less tcell-dercloped 

 caudate prolongation at a per ofjirnt median nervule. 



1. Elymnias discrepans. (Tab. YL, fig. 2 <l , 8 ? .) 



flfymnias dixen<}><otx, Distant, Aim. May. Xai. Mist. sen-. 5, vol. ix. p. 8U7 (1882). 



Mule. Anterior wings above blackish, with the following bright bluish markings : — a short portion of 

 costal art- a about apex of cell continued in a subapieal oblhjuo fascia to lower discoidal nervulc, and followed 

 by four submarginal Boots, placed between the nervules j outer margin shaded with castaneoua -brown. 

 Posterior wings blackish, but somewhat paler than the anterior wings, and with a broad castaneous- brown 

 marginal band. Wings beneath castaneous-brown, thickly mottled with pale strigro ; anterior wings with a 

 more or less distinct pale apical area, which is continued along outer margin ; posterior wingH with a more 

 or less distinct pale, broad, and irregular submarginal fascia, and with a very pale bright bluish spot uear 

 costa, situate between the subcostal nervules* (this spot is sometimes absent!. Body and legs more or 

 less eoncolorous with wings. Antenna? variable in hue, sometimes stramineous, mottled with brown above 

 and pale stramineous beneath ; or fuscous above and stramineous mottled with brown beneath, with the 

 apex pale stramineous. 



Female. Anterior wings above as in male, but with a large oehraeeoua, basal area, which occupies 

 lower portion of cell, the greater part of the space between second median nervule and subniedian nervure, 

 and terminates near end of ceil and the bases or the first and second median nervules ; the subapieal fascia 

 and submarginal Bpots larger and paler blue in colour. Posterior wings pale fuscous, becoming paler and 

 shaded with dull ochraceous towards outer margin, and with a more or less distinct pale submarginal spot, 

 situate between the diseoidal and first median nervules. Wings beneath much paler than in male; the 

 anterior wings ochraceous near inner margin ; posterior wings with a very broad and well-defined pale 

 marginal fascia, and with a very pah' bluish spot, situate an in male. Body and legs more or less 

 eoncolorous with wings. 



Exp. wings, ^ 58 to 6*8 millim. ; 9 lone specimen) til) millim. 



Hah, — Malay Peninsula; Penang (coll. Dist.) ; Province Wellesley (colls. Dist, and Sauer). 



This form has frequently been referred to by some writers as E. undularis. Mr, Wallace 

 pursue J this course in ISO!*,! remarking, however, "this very variable species cannot be 

 separated into its local forms, or races, without much more complete materials than at present 

 exist/' Since that time such material has been procured, and as other races of this species 

 liave received distinctive names it became necessary for me to treat this local form in the same 

 maimer. The true II. undtdoris appears to be confined to Continental India, of which another 

 local race in Upper TenaBserim has been described by Mr. Moore, { In E. discrepans the greatest 

 amount of colour ttitTiTonliutiuu is found in the female, which also, in comparison with the 

 other sex, appears to be very scarce and rare. More than a hundred male specimens of this 

 species have passed through my hands, but the only female specimen I have received is the one 

 which is here described and figured. As I collected in Province Wellesley myself, where the 

 male is a rather common insect, and have examined several collections since my return, this 

 sexual disparity is very perceptible. It may, however, be more apparent than real, owing to the 



* la the figxtre here given the artist has accidentally and erroneously placed this spot above the subcostal nurvtiles, 

 | Trnus. Eut. Soc. p. 322- J Proc Zool. Sue. 1*78, p. 82(3. 



