182 Mr. E. Doubleday on some new Diurnal Lepidoptera, 



This species as closely resembles A, Hippocoon and EupL Nia- 

 vius as D. duhia does Eupl. Damocles. I have adopted the name 

 under which it stands in Dr. BoisduvaFs cabinet. 



D. Euryta. D. alis omnibus supra nigro-fuscis, fascia media, com- 

 muni, transversa, albida, anticis punctis duobus basalibus albis, 

 nigrisque quinque, fascia subapicali alba, posticis subtus basi ru- 

 fescente, punctis utrinque basalibus, nigris decem ( $ ). Exp. alar. 

 3 unc. 3 Hn. vel 82 millim. 



Hab. Africa Occidentali. 



This insect is the true P. Euryta of Clerck, t. 31. f, 4^ but not 

 the A. Euryta of Godart. Perhaps P. Hirce of Drury [Diadema 

 Hirce, Cat. of Lep. Brit. Mus. 97) is only the male of this spe- 

 cies. I have however seen a specimen, apparently a male, more 

 nearly resembling D. Euryta in colour in the fine collection of 

 M. Marechal at Paris. I therefore give the characters of D. Hirce, 



D. Hirce. D. alis anticis rufo-fuscis, basi nigro punctatis supra ma- 

 cula subapicali alteraque marginis interni rufis, posticis rufis basi 

 nigro punctatis, striate fimbriatoque margine externo nigro subtus 

 basi saturatiore. 



D. Nyctelius. D. alis anticis supra nigris, apice caeruleo-nitente, 

 margine externo albido striate ; posticis albidis, . basi, nervulis, 

 margineque externo fuscis. Exp. alar. 3 unc. 3 lin. vel 82 millim. 



Hah. Sylhet. 



Anterior wings brownish black, the apex broadly shaded with 

 pale blue, the colour varying with the direction of the light : be- 

 tween the nervules is a series of whitish striae, becoming less elon- 

 gate towards the anal angle ; posterior wings dusky white, fus- 

 cous at the base, the outer margin narrowly fuscous, the colour 

 extending inwards between the nervules, which also are fuscous. 

 Below the anterior wings are fuscous, with a marginal series of 

 whitish spots, and two submarginal ones near the anal angle. 

 Posterior wings fuscous ; the inner margin and a double series of 

 ill-defined spots towards the outer margin, of which those of the 

 inner series are rounded, of the outer elongate, geminate, whitish. 



Head and thorax black with white dots; antennae with an 

 elongate club, fuscous. 



Abdomen fuscous. 



In the collection of the British Museum. 



This species closely resembles some of the Indian Euploece. 



[To be continued.] 



