1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. 397 
118. Clerome kirata, de Niceville. 
C. kirata , de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. vi, p. 344, n. 2, pi. F, 
fig. 3, male (1891). 
The rarest of the three Sumatran species of the genus, and found 
in the same localities as C. arcesilaus , Fabricius. I have no difficulty 
in distinguishing the species, though Colonel Swinhoe fails to recognise 
it, vide his remarks on G. arcesilaus in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1893, 
p. 276, n. 77. The male was chiefly defined by a difference in the 
prehensores, but the superior width of the dark bands on the underside 
of both wings, and the anal half of the hindwing being very much 
darker than the same area in C. arcesilaus will enable one to distinguish 
the species superficially without recourse to an anatomical investiga¬ 
tion. The female has the ground-colour on the underside of both 
wings much lighter than in G. arcesilaus , and all the bands consequently 
more prominent; they are also much wider. 
119. Clerome gracilis, Butler. 
Hagen as gracilis. G. gracilis is met with somewhat higher than 
G. arcesilaus , Fabricius, and is also rarer than that species. All the 
species of Clerome are true insects of the virgin forest, never leave the 
ground for a high flight, and prefer to settle on the bare soil or on a 
dead and discoloured leaf than on living green leaves or shrubs. They 
rest with folded wings, and fly only for short distances, and then 
again settle. No species occurs at a higher elevation than Bekantschan, 
nor nearer the sea than Bindjei. 
120. Xanthotaenia busiris, Westwood. 
Hagen. Grose Smith as Clerome [sic] busiris. Butler. Distant. 
Found from Bindjei to Bekantschan. Like Clerome it is a true 
inhabitant of the forest, but has a higher and longer flight than 
species of that genus and is not so easily caught, as it is always chang¬ 
ing the direction of its flight. It is fond of newly cut ditches through 
the forest, along which it may always be found. 
Subfamily Acraeinie. 
121. Pareba vestita, de Niceville, n. sp. 
Acrsea vesta, Snellen (wee Fabricius), Midden-Sumatra, Lepidoptera, p. 13, n. 1 
pi. ii, figs. 3—5, female (1892). 
Snellen as terpsichore, Linmeus [sic], and vesta. Hagen as vesta. 
Habitat: N.-E. Sumatra. 
Expanse : d, 2*0 to 25 ; 9,2*4 to, 2’5 inches. 
Description: Male and female- Upperside, both wings differ 
