RIIOPALOCERA MALA YA NA . 



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these fasciae becoming more or less fuscous on inner half of wing ; two somewhat faint ochraceottfl lines at 

 end of cell ; a black spot near base ; and some submnrgmal blackish spots, the two largest corresponding 

 with the position of those above. Body more or less eoneolorous with wings ; legs greyish, broadly 

 annulated with black ; antenna* black, narrowly annulated with greyish. 

 Exp. wings, $ | 26 to 32 millim. 



Hah. — Continental India ; Sikkim (de Nic.) ; N.E, Himalaya (coll. Disk).— Malay Peninsula ; Malacca 

 (Pinwiil — Brit. Mus. ; Biggs— coll* Disk). — NiaB Island (Kheil). — Java (Ilorsf.). — Borneo (Druce). 



The female of this species appears to be particularly scarce, and I have not as yet 

 received it* Mr. de Nic6ville states that H. etolus is very common in Sikkim, that " it is a 

 rapid flyer, and on the wing at once reminded me of the common blue -ho died Dragon -flies 

 which abound everywhere near water ;** and asks, " is it possible that a butterfly has f mimicked 1 

 a Lihclhtk? >,m 



3. Hypoiycaena tharis. (Tab. XX., fig. 19.) 



Oxyiidm Than*, Hiibner, Zutr. Ex. Scbmett. f. 883, 884 (1837). 



Myrina Tham f Eorsf. & Moore, Cut. Lap. Mas. E. 1. 0* vol, i. p. 47, n. 78 (1857) ; Bull. Trans. Linn. Sou. 



ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 650, n. 6 (1877). 

 Sitfum Tharu, Kheil, Rhop, der Insel. Kias, p. 32, n. 108 (1884). 



Wings above dark chocolate -brown ; anterior wings with two obscure streaks of scattered bluish 

 scales situate one on each side of submedian nervnrG ; posterior winga with a transverse macular white 

 fascia crossing wing from apex of lower subcostal nervule to notch at anal angle; beneath this is a white 

 spot at anal angle and a narrow submarginal white line, fringe white, submedian nervnre tinged with 

 greyish ; tail-like appendages white, with faint dark central lines. Wings beneath oehraeeous, the anterior 

 wings reddish oc&raeeous ; posterior wings with the anal angular area largely white, anteriorly defined by 

 a waved blackish line bordered with greyish, and from which some very obscure narrow pale linear fascite 

 radiate towards costa; this white area includes the following black spots: — a submargmal row of six, 

 of which the first, second and fifth are small and linear ; above the fifth and sixth is a broad irregular 

 spot and another is placed above notch at anal angle ; fringe and tail-like appendages as above. Body 

 more or less concolorous with wings ; legs greyish, broadly annulated with black; antennas dark fuscous, 

 narrowly annulated beneath with gre3'isb. 



Exp. wings, 28 to 32 millim. 



II Ait. — Malay Peninsula; Province Wellesley (eolL Diet.) Perak (Kiinstler — Calc. Mus.) ; Sungei 

 Ujong iD urn ford — coll- Dint.); Malacca (Pinwiil— Brit. MusX — Nias Island (Kheil). — Java (Horsf.). 



4. Hypoiycaena thecloides. 



Myrina thecloides, Felder, Wien. Ent. Mon. iv. p. 895, n. 8 (I860). 

 HxjiHtiycttna thcelaidex, HcwiU. 111. Dinrn. Lup. p, 4S>. »■ 4, t. xxii. fifjs. U, 10 (1869); 



Wood-Uu. & de Nic, J.A.S.Beng. vol. li. pt. ii. p. 17, n. 47 (1882); 



Moore, J. A. 8. Deng, vol, liiupt. ii. n, I, p, 16 (1884). 



Not having seen this species I have copied Felder's original 

 diagnosis, and reproduced Hewitson's figure of the same, 



"Alis supra fuscis, posticis bicaudatis, fascia anali fulva, subtns omnibus 

 glauco-albis, Utura discali geminata strigaqae extcriore anticarum continua, Vm^^—Hvpoiycteiut theeioiJ*4. 



* J. A. S. Beng. vol. L. pt. ii. p. 59 (1B8I). 

 February 20, 1885. 9 u 



