1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. 407 
applied to the dry-season form. It is common in Sumatra on open 
grassy places, near houses and ditches, but is never found in the 
forest. Dr. Martin once found the larva on a small, low, white¬ 
flowering, labiate plant. 
150. Junonia atlites, Linnasus. 
Snellen as laomedia. Hagen as laomedia. Distant. Quite as com¬ 
mon in Deli as the preceding species, and found from close to the sea 
to the Central Plateau, specimens from the hills being richer in colour 
with blacker margins than those from the plains. It is very fond of 
water, near which, if it is running in open places or in ditches, it may 
always be found. 
151. # Junonia vellida, Fabricius, 
Grose Smith. Kirby. This species occurs only in Australia, as far 
as I am able to ascertain. Its record from Sumatra by the authors 
cited is probably erroneous. 
152. Junonia ocyale, Hiibner. 
Snellen as orythia [sic] and orithyia. Hagen as orithya [sic]. Sem¬ 
per, Staudinger as wallacei. J. ocyale is a local race of J. orithyia , 
Linnaeus, a very widely spread and variable species. I agree with Herr 
Georg Semper (Schmett. Philipp., p. 120, n. 142) that J . wallacei. Dis¬ 
tant, described from the Malay Peninsula and Java, is a synonym of 
J. ocyale. Mr. Distant does not venture to say how the two species 
are supposed to differ. Even .in a restricted area like Sumatra this 
butterfly shows variations within certain limits, and is more pro¬ 
nounced in the female than in the male. It is found over the whole 
of our area, but not too near the sea ; it is very fond of small grassy 
spots, where it often abounds, and where also the rarer female may be 
captured. It is very restless, often settling, but only remaining for a 
very short time when it again takes a short quick flight, so that it is 
not easily caught. Dr. Hagen reports seeing it in large numbers in 
the short degenerated lalang-grass of the Central Plateau. 
153. Neptis ( Bahinda ) hordonia, Stoll. 
Grose Smith as hordona [sic]. Hagen. Distant. 
154. Neptis ( Bahinda ) paraka, Butler. 
Grose Smith as peraka [sic]. Hagen as peraka [sic]. Staudinger 
as peraka [sic]. Dr. Staudinger considers the N. dahana , Kheil from 
N ias island, to be a synonym of this species. 
