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days some occupation and consolation to the otherwise disappointed 
collector. All the species are very fond of faeces of all kinds and of 
sweets, and are often very numerous on pieces of sugar-cane which the 
natives have thrown away after removing all the sweet juice possible 
by mastication or otherwise. They are also very partial to the red saliva 
of the betel-chewing natives. 
67. Neorina lowii, Doubleday and Hewitson. 
Hewitson as Gyllo lowii. Grose Smith. Snellen as Hipio lowii. 
Hagen as Hipio lowii. Staudinger. Distant. Kirby. Occurs only in the 
lower hills and is not very common, and when caught is nearly always 
in a damaged condition. They are very fond of the juice of some forest 
trees, which give forth this liquid when the bark is cut or wounded. 
Every observer who has seen it flying has noted its strong likeness to 
Papilio helenus , Linnaeus. This, however, is not a case of mimicry but 
of accidental resemblance only, as P. lielenus is not a protected butterfly. 
Dr. Martin considers that in its shape and habits it is very near to the 
genus Melanitis , being only a gigantic form of the genus. 
68. Amnosia eudamia, Grose Smith. 
A. eudamia, Grose Smith, Nat. Wand. East. Arch., p. 275 (1885). 
A. martini, Honrath, Berl. Ent. Zeit., vol. xxxvi, p. 439 (1891). 
Grose Smith as decora and eudamia. Snellen as decora. Hao-en 
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as decora. The late Professor Westwood originally described the genus 
Amnosia , and placed it in the subfamily Nymphalince immediately before 
Cyrestis. Kirby and Staudinger retain it in the same position. The 
late Dr. Schatz placed it between Stibochiona and Hestina. Dr. Hagen 
has struck out an independent course, and places it in the subfamily 
Amathusiinse , between E?iispe and Glerome. I am of opinion that it 
should come into the subfamily Satyrinse near to the genus Neorina. 
The presence of ocelli in the subfamily Nymphalinse is rare, and when 
found in such genera as Precis, Junonia , Apatura, Gynthia, Phinopalpa , 
Poleschallia , Kallima , &c., differ in character from the ocelli found in the 
Satyrinse. The yellow form of female of A. eudamia agrees strikingly in 
shape, facies, and its naked eyes with Neorina hilda, Westwood, the type 
of the genus, having the veins of the forewing non-swollen at the base, 
and a broad oblique yellow band across the disc of that wing. In these 
features it also strongly resembles Melanitis amabilis , Boisduval, from 
New Guinea. Amnosia differs from Melanitis , however, in having the 
second median nervule of the hind wing arising at the end of the dis- 
coidal cell, instead of well before the end; in this it agrees with 
Neorina. Amnosia differs from Neorina in the direction of the disco-cellu¬ 
lar nervules of the forewing ; and in having the second median nervule of 
