460 L, de Niceville & Dr. L. Martin— Butterflies of Sumatra. [No. 3, 
365. Lampides margarita, Martin. 
L. margarita, Martin, Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost-Sumatra, pi. 
2, p. 9, n. 8 (1895). 
Occurs very rarely at Bekantschan and in the Battak mountains. 
366. *Lampides suidas, Felder. 
Hagen. Originally described from Luzon in tlie Philippines, from 
whence I possess specimens. We have not obtained it in Sumatra. 
367. Lampides bochides, de Niceville. 
L- bochides, de Niceville, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soo., vol. vi, p. 367, n. 16, 
pi. F, fig. 15, male (1891). 
Rare, has been obtained at Selesseh and in the Battak mountains. 
368. Lampides abdul, Distant. 
Very rare in the Battak mountains. Originally described from a 
unique female from Malacca in Dr. O. Staudinger’s collection, which I 
have examined at Dresden. The male, which is of a peculiar shade of 
metallic green on the upperside, is the L. marakata of Doherty, describ¬ 
ed from Padang Rangas, Perak, Malay Peninsula, in Butt. India, vol. 
iii, p. 174 (1890). 
369. Lampides lucide, de Niceville. 
L. lucide , de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lxiii, pt. 2, p. 33, n. 29, pi. v, fig. 3, 
mcde (1894). » 
Excessively rare, Dr. Martin has only obtained a few specimens in 
the Battak mountains, of which four males are in my collection. All 
the Sumatran Lampides, with the exception of one species, are true 
forest butterflies, which greatly enliven and cheer the gloomy evergreen 
primeval forests by the vivid and brilliant coloration of their wings. 
So perhaps they to some extent compensate for the observed poverty of 
blue flowers in the forest which has been noted by many writers. 
L. celeno, Cramer, like species of Nacaduba, Catochrysops , Lveres and many 
other Lycsenidse, is found on wet spots on the roads. L. lucide , the most 
distinct of the Sumatran Lampides , occurs only on the Central Plateau. 
L. margarita , Martin, L. bochides , de Niceville, and L. abdul [ rede abdula , 
and so given in the Index to the plates of Mr. Distant’s book] are found at 
higher elevations, from Bekantschan to the Plateau ; while the remaining 
species are inhabitants of the forests of the alluvial plain. L. celeno , 
L. saturata, Snellen, L. talinga, Kheil, L. elpis , Godart, and L. kondulana , 
Felder, are common ; L subdita, Moore, L. cleodus , Felder, and L. bochides 
are scarce; while L. margarita , L. abdul , and L. lucide are very rare. 
