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1895.] L. de Niceville & Dr. Tj. Martin-— Butterflies of Sumatra. 
upperside the most brilliant coloration of all the oriental Lycsenidse. 
They are forest animals, and appear very early in the day as soon as 
the sun has dried the leaves of the higher bushes or small trees, on 
which they settle for the sunny tropical forenoon, leaving their favourite 
perch for a high flight from time to time, but always returning to the 
same spot. They may be found on the wing before seven o’clock in the 
morning, but disappear at noon, after which hour they are never seen. 
In Sumatra L. erycinoides, Felder, and L. pleurata , Hewitson, are found 
in the plains, the other species are caught on the outer ranges of the 
hills from Namoe Oekor to Soengei Batoe. No species is really common, 
though P. sumatrse, Felder, and P. philota , Hewitson, are somewhat less 
rare than the others. They fly all the year round, but are more common 
from June to August. The females of all’ the species are very scarce 
and are seldom seen in collections. A Battak collector in Dr. Martin’s 
service named Similir was particularly clever in getting Poritias, and 
obtained nearly all the specimens in Dr. Martin’s collection. He asked 
for a pair of forceps to reverse without damage the wings of those 
specimens which died “ inside out ” as it is often the annoying habit of 
many small butterflies to do. 
311. Simiskina phalena, Hewitson. 
S. phalena , de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. ix, p. 270, n. 8, 
pi. 0, fig. 23, female (1895). 
Originally described from a male from Singapore ; it occurs also 
in the Patkoi Hills of Upper Assam ( = Massaga hartertii , Doherty), 
the Katlia District of Upper Burma, and in N.-E. Sumatra, taken at 
Toentoengan in the compound of Dr. Martin’s house by Lieut. Ernst 
Hartert. I have described and figured the female. Dr. Martin obtained 
a second male specimen in May, 1894, from the Battak mountains. 
312. Simiskina pharyge, Hewitson. 
8. pharyge, de Nice'ville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soo., vol. vi, p. 361, n. 12, 
pi. F, fig. 11, female (1891). 
Originally described from a male from Borneo, I figured and des¬ 
cribed the female. It occurs also at Perak and Penang in the Malay 
Peninsula ; at Renong in Western Siam ; and Herr M. Ude, Dr. H. 
Dolirn’s collector, obtained a pair at Bohorok in Eastern Sumatra, in 
September, 1894. 
313. Simiskina pavonica, de Niceville. 
8. pavonica, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. x, p. 28, n. 12, pi. S, 
fig. 18, male (1895). 
Near to S. pediada, Hewitson, from Mergui in Lower Burma and 
from Singapore. Found in the Battak mountains of Sumatra very rarely. 
