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1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin — Butterflies of Sumatra. 
Western Java at a high elevation in 1861, and very appropriately called 
it “ The Calliper Butterfly,” since when only very few specimens have 
reached Europe. In 1889 Dr. Martin found only one old and worn 
specimen in all the larger German collections when visited by him, 
which specimen is now in the Berlin Museum. The first in Sumatra 
was obtained from the Central Plateau in 1892, where alone it is 
found, and although Dr. Martin offered a special bonus of a dollar for 
every further specimen, only seven in all were brought in. Nearly all 
were captured on the faeces of Karbouw buffaloes, deposited on the 
sandy river banks w r here the buffaloes used to drink. Herr H. 
Eruhstorfer was sent to Java by the late Herr Honrath to collect 
Hhopalocera , but with special instructions to look out for G. kadenii , 
but lie was not successful in getting it. Since then a retired non¬ 
commissioned officer of the Dutch Indian Army settled in Java, Heer 
C. E. Prillwitz, has captured eight specimens in Preanger. 
256. Charaxes (fEulepis) athamas, Drury. 
Snellen. Hagen as athamas and samatha. Mr. Moore described 
0. samatlia from Tenasserim, and afterwards recorded and figured it from 
Ceylon. It is a synonym of G. athamas , which latter is without doubt 
the commonest of all the Charaxes in Deli, occurring from near the sea to 
Bekantschan and Soengei Batoe ; females are very rare. The males are 
very fond of moist places and feeces, to which they will always return 
after being disturbed; when frightened they retire temporarily to the 
leaves of the higher trees well out of reach, and settle with folded wings. 
On the wing they are not easily differentiated from the JBierinse , only 
their flight is very much stronger and more rapid. 
257. Charaxes ( JEulepis ) hebe, Butler. 
Grose Smith. Butler. Staudinger. Kirby. Distant. Originally 
described from Sumatra. 
258. Charaxes ( Eulepis ) moori, Distant. 
Hagen. 
259. Charaxes {Eulepis) jaltsus, Felder. 
We have here to do with three very difficult species, or perhaps we 
may say two, as G. jalysus appears to be fairly constant, though I am 
not at all sure that it will not hereafter be found to gradually merge 
into the two previously-named species. G. jalysus has the greenish-white 
areas of both wings on both sides the largest of the three. 0. moori 
appears to be best distinguished from G. hebe by having the inner 
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