406 



RHOPA LOCK HA MA LA VAN A , 



Its habits on the " Indian Hills" have been described by Mr* E. L. Arnold m " water- 

 loving/* " Their favourite habit is to lazily flap their wide wings while ascending to the tops 

 of the trees, and then, keeping their wings spread out to the full on either side, they let 

 themselves come slowly sailing down in wide circles, like large wlrite blossoms, until just at 

 the surface of the water, when they flutter over their own bright reflection for a moment, and 

 again rise up to the tree-tops — a happy, lazy sort of way of spending existence, which I was 

 generally reluctant to disturb/' " 



2. Hestia linteata (antea, p. 7)* 



I have received specimens from Banjermas sin— South Borneo— which only slightly vary 

 from typical forms of the species. 



By an oversight the reference to the figure was printed " Tab. II. , fig, 1," instead of 

 Tab. L t fig. 1. 



3. Hestia leuconoe. {Tab. XXXIX., fig. 3 ? .) 



him I*nc<m<n\ Ertehsoiip Uova Actti Ac. Nat, Cur. xvi. p. 283 (1834), 



Hestia Leticonot, Doubl. & Hew.;Gen. Diurn. Lcp. 1. 18, E. 2 (1847) [ Dmce, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1878, p. 887, n. 1 ; 



Semp. Sclimett. Pliilippio. Ins. p. 0, a. S, U 1, f. 3, 4, & (1886 J. 

 Xrctaria I^uconat, Moore, Proc. ZooL Soo, 1888, p. 216, u. 6. 

 Hestia clam, Bud, Traus. Ent. Soo. 1867. p- 409. 

 .Wf<rr/fl rftiru, Monro, Proe. ZooL Soc. 1888, p. 217, n. 8. 

 Xn Tnria ialnutna, Moore, MS. 



Male and Female, Wings seraihy aline, ereamy white, more or less suffused with yellow on basal 

 areas, neuration Hack. Anterior wings above with the following black markings : — some black longitudinal 

 lines in cell, and a macular fascia crossing cell near centre, a waved disco-cellular spot at end of cell, 

 « much an^ulated and waved discal fascia commencing at costa and terminating on inner margin, between 

 which and the median nervure are two spots separated by the lower median nervule — the lowermost largest — 

 an^ a waved submarginal fascia enclosing a marginal scries of pale spots; posterior wings with the 

 following black markings two black longitudinal lines in cell, united towards base and the uppermost 

 cellular at disco-cellular nervule, a spot a little beyond middle of cell, and discal and suhmarginal fascia 

 as on anterior wings. Wings beneath marked generally as above. Body greyish-white; head above 

 spotted with black ; thorax with two black stripes ; abdomen with a central dorsal stripe ; thorax beneath 

 and legs streaked with black, 



Exp. wings, £ , 120 millim. ; ? , 155 millim. 



Hin. — Malay Peninsula ; Singapore (Kerr — coll , D Lst.) . — Borneo (Druce) ; Saudakan (Pryer— coll. 

 Dist.).— Philippines ; Manilla (coll. Diet.). — Formosa {Brit* Mas.)* 



I am indebted to Capt. Jno. Manners Kerr for the first knowledge of this species occurring 

 in the Malay Peninsula, Capt. Kerr forwarded me two specimens from Singapore, one of which 

 was taken by A. P. Wodehouse, Esq*, in a Mangos teen orchard, and the other by himself. 



This species, like its allies, varies widely in appearance, and Heir Georg Semper informs 

 me that he has been able to trace complete gradation from typical examples to the forms clara, 

 BiitL, and lahuana, Moore, 



* 1 On tin; Indian Hill^' p. 194. 



