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W. Doherty — Few and Rare Indian LycEenidse. [No. 1, 
ground-colour, with slender, pale violet-whitish rings ; no costal white 
patch on the hindwing, the apex not whitish ; three distinct subanal 
ocelli with metallic bluish-green irides. The violet hue of the upperside 
distinguishes it from A . ammon and ammonides, as well as the entire 
absence of the costal white patch on the hind wing below. 
Margherita, Upper Assam. 
5. Acesina ammonides, n. sp. ( = ammon, mihi, nec Hewitson). 
The Tenasserim form of A. amnion, which I have now been able tc? 
compare with a specimen from Pahang (Malay Peninsula) kindly lent 
me by Mr. de Niceville, and one from Perak, taken by myself, seems a 
good local race, which I distinguish by the above name. In A. ammon 
the blue is slightly tinged with violet (but much less than in A. ariel), 
and occupies less than half of the forewing and hardly more than a 
quarter of the hindwing. In ammonides, the blue is more azure in tint, 
extends well beyond tho cell all around it, and occupies half of the 
forewing and half of the hindwing. Below, in ammon there is only the 
conspicuous white costal mark on the hindwing. In ammonides, the 
apices of both wings, especially tho hindwing, are strongly suffused with 
whitish, and there are whitish scales abdominally on tho hindwing, and 
a quadrate discal white spot between the lower two median veins. In 
one specimen of ammonides, the three minute ocelli of the hindwing are 
touched with metallic gold ■, ammon is without metallic scales. 
Tenasserim valley. 
Besides those above mentioned, I took the following species of this 
subfamily at Margherita, Upper Assam. ZepTiyrus distortus ( Zinaspa 
distorta, de Niceville), Flos moellerii, Darasana perimuta and paramnta, 
Arliopala teesta, singla, cenlaurus, amantes, rama, anarte, belphcebe, 
bazalus and camdeo. 
Subfamily APTIN2EIN2E, 
6. Drina maneia, Hew. 
The veins of tho forewing are marked with raised lines of light- 
brown scales in the blue area, somewhat as in Papilio ganesa or Argyn - 
nis childrenii. The veins so marked are the three medians, the lower 
radial and the submedian, besides a line in the interno-median space, 
and two terminally in the cell. These are presumably scent-glands. 
The venation agrees well with that of Drina donina, tho type of 
the genus ; so that Mr. de Niceville, who had never seen the species, 
showed some acuteness in placing it here, in spite of its wholly different 
appearance. 
Rare at Padang Rengas, Perak. 
