178 Mr. E. Doubleday on some new Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



convinced of their being a separate species. To secure the name 

 of LycBus, it may be well to add the following short character : — 



P. Lyaus. P. alls omnibus supra nigris, fascia transversa communi, 

 macula costali, nervis divisa, maculisque duabus apicalibus alarum 

 anticarum octoque submarginalibus posticarura viridibus subtus 

 fuscis, nebulis apicis anticarum, discique posticarum argenteo- 

 albidis, fascia submarginali baud macular!, maculisque duabus ad 

 angulum ani pallida aureis : foemina alis omnibus snbtus fuscis, ar- 

 genteo-brunneo nebulosis, ciliis in utroque sexus albo maculatis. 

 Exp. alar. 3 unc. 7 lin. vel 93 millim. 



Hab. Africa Australiori. 



P. Aidoneus. P. alis anticis elongatis, fuliginosis, striis nigris ; pos- 

 ticis angustis, dentatis, nigris, immaculatis ( c?). Exp. alar. 3 unc. 

 10 lin. vel 95 millim. 



Hab. Montibus Himalayis. 



Anterior wings elongate, fuliginous; the nervures and nervules, 

 the inner margin, four longitudinal strise in the discoidal cell and 

 eight between the nervules, black. Posterior wings long, narrow, 

 dentate, the abdominal fold broad; entirely black, with purple 

 and greenish reflections. Below all the wings as above, but 

 paler. 



Head rose-coloured, occiput black, forehead with a few black 

 hairs. Antennse black. 



Thorax with the sides below rose-coloured. 



Abdomen black above, rose-coloured below; the anal valves 

 very large, rose-coloured. 



This interesting species belongs to the same group as P. Nax 

 and Varuna, close to which should be placed P. Rhetenor, Pro- 

 tenor ^ &c. The anterior wings have the inner margin very short, 

 not being nearly one-half the length of the anterior margin : the 

 posterior resemble in form those of P. Rhetenor, but like those 

 of P. Varuna have no disco-cellular nervure, the median and sub- 

 costal actually anastomosing. 



In the collection of H. G. Harrington, Esq. 



Fam. APATURIDiE. 



Genus Apattjra. 



A. Namouna. A. alis omnibus supra fuscis, splendide caeruleo nitente, 

 fascia transversa punctisque marginalibus albis, subtus argenteo- 

 albis fimbria, fasciaque transversa, rufis. 



All the wings above fuscous black, with a transverse pure white 

 band slightly bordered with bluish, commencing by three rounded 

 dots at the extremity of the discoidal cell of the anterior wings, 

 afterwards widening and attaining the abdominal margin of the 



