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ENISPE. By H. Frtthstorfer. 
race by the white and yellow submarginal spots on the upper surface of both fore and hindwings in the 2$ 
being almost twice as large, and by their paler under surface. Flies in January. Doherty noticed, that about 
sunrise and sunset celebensis flies up and down along a certain space, without deviating from this pendulum¬ 
like movement by a hair’s breadth; unless disturbed by other individuals of the same species. In such a case 
there follows a wild flight of such violence, that the fugitives literally tear themselves to pieces against any 
obstacle such as trees or shrubs. It was in this species that Doherty first observed the appendage to the 
banghaicn- uncus, subsequently named uncus anticus by Stichel, and described it as “bifid”. — bangkaiensis Fruhst., 
SIS ' type in the British Museum, differs from celebensis in the still paler and more distinctly white, resp. yellowish 
markings on the upper surface of all the wings. Bangkai Island, collected by H. Kuhn. 
15. Genus: Knisg»c Westw. 
Structurally separated from Discopliora by slight characters only, such as 4 instead of 5 subcostal bran¬ 
ches, and the lower discoidal of the forewing being more incurved. The first subcostal anastomosed with the 
costal, the second much shorter. The middle discocellular is almost obsolete, as in Discopliora. The andro- 
conial patch on the upper surface of the hindwing, so characteristic of the Discopliora, is absent. The dd 
have in its place a tuft of long hairs, which cover the cell of the hindwing. Forewing with small smooth specu¬ 
lum beneath. Distribution; the mountainous West China to India, the indo-chinese peninsula, Borneo and Su¬ 
matra. The discovery of the species on the Malay Peninsula is only a matter of time. 
E. cycnus is similar in colour to the Discopliora, and differs little in the shape of the wings from D. le- 
pida. Upper surface dark purple-brown, darkest on the distal portion of the forewing, which has a blue irides- 
cycnus. cence. The species is found in the mountains up to about 1000 feet. — cycnus Westw. originally described 
from Sylhet, is not very uncommon in Assam, and was also taken by Doherty on low elevations in the Naga 
Hills and at Bernardmyo in Upper Burma. — A western local race, of which I have a long series from Bhutan, 
verbanus. is introduced as verbanus subsp. nov. The specimen figured as cycnus $, PI. 105 c belongs to this race. Both 
sexes differ from the Assam cycnus in the greatly narrowed white-blue band on the forewings, which in verba¬ 
nus apears to end already at the upper median, and has a continuation in three somewhat wedge shaped median 
spots. In cycnus from Assam this band continues unbroken as far as the submedian, and is lighter in colour. 
In verbanus, as shown in the figure, the disc of the forewings and the submarginal region of the hindwings are 
decorated with deep ochre spots. Under surface of verbanus chiefly brown-violet, that of cycnus light redclish- 
yellow with narrow brown-violet longitudinal bands. 
D. euthymius with its bright brick-red ground colour, so rare in indian lepidoptera, forms a striking 
contrast to the usually dull coloured species of Discopliora and Enispe. Both the colour and the extent of the 
black zigzag lines or bands on the upper surface vary with the locality of the specimen. None of the three sub¬ 
species as yet discovered is at all numerous, and the $$ must bereckoned among the rarest known butterflies. 
The absence of a branch race from the Malay Peninsular, where it is certainly to be expected, is remarkable. 
euthymius. The insect flies in Sikkim from April to October, and loves feeding on rotting matter, euthymius Dbl. (= syl- 
hetensis Stgr.) originally described from Sylhet, appears to be founded on specimens of the dry form. Ground 
colour above bright brick-red, beneath dull citron or orange-yellow. Upper surface of forewings with inconspicuous, 
tesselata. washed out looking blackish median markings. — tesselata Moore (the $ type from Darjeeling, the $ type from 
Nepal) belongs to the wet season; is striking from its deep brick-red colour, is more broadly black framed and 
the median markings are also more prominent. The underside has violet-brown bands and distinct centred 
ocelli. Distributed from the Sikkim to the Naga and Karen Hills. According to Elwes only the dark form 
tesselata Moore occurs in Pegu and Tenasserim, whereas Niceville states, that light and dark forms occur irre- 
durunius. spective of locality. In Tonkin I saw only the dark form in August and September at about 300 m. — duranius 
subsp. nov. (105 c) is a hitherto unnoticed variant from Sumatra, approaching tesselatus in the character of the 
colouring but with richer black bands and zigzag lines. On the other hand, the underside is distinctly paler and 
more uniform, and basally more evenly dull brick-red. Martin states, that specimens from Sumatra are in 
general darker than those from Sikkim, and more like the specimens from Assam and Burma. The $$ have 
the black markings on both surfaces more prominent, and the discal band especially stands out more distinctly. 
The two or three ocelli on the underside of the hindwings are incomplete and stunted, mere black dots, yet the 
lower has sometimes a white centre. My collector noticed duranius also in the vicinity of Padang Pandjang, 
milvus. from whence I have two SS- — milvus Stgr. is the extreme melanotic form of the species; ground colour of 
the upper surface brown with light ochre-yellow markings. $ rather larger, paler, with white costal spots. Un¬ 
der surface according to the author ochre-brown. Kina Balu, North Borneo, very rare. 
