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LEPIDOPTERA INDIG A . 
Habitat.—M ergui Archipelago. 
Two specimens of the female of this butterfly, in the collection of the British 
Museum, were recently taken in King’s Island Sound, on the 8th February, by Com¬ 
mander A. Carpenter. 
Indo-Malayan allied species of Isamia.— I. superha (Herbst, Nat. Insekten, yi. 
p. 14, pi. 119, fig. 3, ?, 1793). Habitat. S. China, Hongkong.— 1 . sinica (Moore, 
Froc. Zool. Soc. Bond. 1883, p. 312). Habitat . S. China. — I. Midamus (Linn. Syst. 
Nat. x. p. 470 (1758); id. xii. p. 765 (1767); De Geer, Acta Holmise, ix. p. 209, pi. 
O, fig. 1, 2, ? (1748) ; Bhret, Plantrn et Papilion. pi. xi. $ (1748); Hiibner, Samm. 
Exot. Schmett. i. pi. 24, fig. 3, 4, ? (1806). Habitat . S. China, Canton.— I. Alopia 
(Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 177, $ ?,1819). Habitat. S. China.— I. MarseiMi (Moore, 
P. Z. S. 1883, p. 313). Allied to I. margarita. Differs on the forewing in the blue 
tint being confined more to the base, the marginal spots being quite obsolete, and 
the sexual mark only half the width, though of the same length. On the hindwing 
the two marginal rows of spots are very indistinct. Expanse, 3 T 4 o- inches. Habitat. 
Saigon, Cochin China. In Coll. C. Oberthiir.— I. Grotei (Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. 
ii. p. 339, S only, 1867). Habitat. Cochin China.— I. Fabricii (Moore, P. Z. S. 
1883, p. 315). Habitat. Cochin China. In Coll. C. Oberthiir.— I. Dejeani (Distant, 
BXiop. Malay an p. 29, pi. 4, fig. 1 ,<4, 1882; Moore, P. Z. S. Lond. 1883, p. 314)* 
Near to I. Chloe. Habitat. Malacca, Sumatra.— I. Iiajftesi (Moore, P. Z. S. Lond' 
1883, p. 314). Habitat. Java. In Coll. Godman and Salvin.— I. Choe (Guerin, 
Delessert’s Yoy. Hide, ii. p. 71, 1843) ; Distant, Shop. Malayana, p. 30, pi. 4, fig. 2, 
$. pi. 2, fig. 5, ¥ (1882).— Syn. I. Singapura (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 315). Habi¬ 
tat. Malay Peninsula, Singapore. I. Sophia (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 315). Habitat. 
Sumatra. In Coll. F. Moore & British Museum.— I. Mgyptus (Butler, P. Z. S. Lond. 
1866, p. 277). Habitat. S. Borneo ; Billiton.— I. Loivei (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 
316). Habitat. Borneo. In Coll. C. Oberthiir.— Isamia Glorinde (Staudinger). 
Habitat. Island of Palawan.— I. TJameli (Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 316). Habitat . 
Shanghai, N. China. In Coll. G. Semper. 
Mimicks of species of Isamia.—T he male of the Elymniine butterfly, Elymnias 
leucocyma , as well as the Papilionid, Isamiopsis Telearchus , are excellent mimicks of 
the Isamia splendens. 
Genus TIRUNA. 
Tirana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 316. 
Male. —Forewing comparatively shorter than in typical Isamia ; costa less arched, 
exterior margin less oblique, somewhat rounded towards the apex, and less convex 
at the posterior angle ; the posterior margin very convex; upper discocellular with 
a short spur emitted within the cell. Sexual mark narrow and strongly impressed. 
Hindwing shorter and broader, and with a distinct upper discoidal patch. 
Type. —T. Roepstoiffii. 
