432 L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin— Butterflies of Sumatra. [No. 3, 
Kumaon to Assam and in Burma, also recorded from Java. Dr. Martin 
in “ Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost-Sumatra,” pt. 2, p. 7, 
(1895), records G. cyanee from Burma, but probably in error, as far as 
I know it is confined to N.-E. Sumatra. All the species of Ghersonesia 
in Sumatra occur only in forests, and unlike true Cyrestes never go to 
roads or moist places, but keep to low bushes and rest on the underside 
of the leaves. They fly weakly and are easily captured. Nearest to 
the sea, plentiful near Laboean, appears G . rahria , Moore. Higher up, 
from Namoe Oekor to Bekantschan, occurs the small G. per alca, Distant. 
From Bekantschan to the Central Plateau fly C. cyanee and G. nicevillei , 
Martin. G. intermedia , Martin, is confined to the North-Western limits 
of our area, as all the specimens were obtained from the Gayoe col¬ 
lectors. C. rahria and G. cyanee are the common species, G. peralca 
and C. intermedia are very rare, and the most beautiful and distinct 
C. nicevillei is the rarest of all. 
250. Kallima buxtoni, Moore. 
Snellen as paralecta. Hagen as paralecta. Both sexes of this 
species were originally described from Sumatra; it occurs also in the 
Malay Peninsula at Perak and Sungei Ujong, and again in Borneo. 
The apex of the forewing in the female is not produced into a long 
point in this species as it is in many others. I was incorrect in stating 
in the Gazetteer of Sikhim, p. 146, n. 226 (1894) that the Sumatran 
Kallima like the Javan K. paralecta , Horsfield, has a yellow-banded male 
and a bluish-white-banded female, both sexes being alike in this parti¬ 
cular. When writing the paragraph in question, I had yellow males 
and bluish-white females only from Sumatra, so came to the perhaps 
natural conclusion that the phenomenon which is unique in the Javan 
occurs also in the Sumatran species. Since then I have obtained both 
sexes of both the Sumatran species of Kallima , and find that the 
opposite sexes of each are alike. K. buxtoni is always a rare insect in 
Deli, occurring from Selesseh to Bekantschan. It is very fond of 
imbibing the sap from wounded trees. The Malay and Javan collectors 
call it “Koepoe Bandera, the Flag Butterfly,” as its red and blue 
colours resemble the same colours in the Dutch tricolour. 
251. Kallima spiridiva, Grose Smith. 
E. spiridiva, Grose Smith, A Naturalist’s Wanderings, p. 274 (1885); K. spiridion, 
Grose Smith and Kirby, Ithop. Ex., pi. Kallima i, figs. 1, 2, male (1892). 
Grose Smith. Female differs from the male only in the hindwing 
on the upperside being paler, more brown ; and in the forewing having 
the apex produced into a somewhat short point, half the length of that 
