470 NEW FORMS OF BUTTERFLIES FROM SOUTH PACIFIC, 



of brown spots is imlieated on the torewing-, and the general colour is not quite so 

 bright . 



Beneath, the iliseal series ot dark spots is present on both wings and the pale 

 spots are not so prominent as in tlie Fijian race. In both hebridina and vitiensis 

 the purplish suffusion found on the underside of several other races is absent. 

 My specimens are from Vila, New Hebrides. 



LYCAENIDAE. 



Deudorix epijarbas diovella, n.subsp. 



d". Above. Forewing black; a central red patch below cell in upper portion 

 of interspace between veins 2 and 3, and slightly extending above vein 3 ; a slight 

 red scaling on vein la at one-third from base. Cilia black, ilindwing red; 

 costa broadly and base black; dorsum brown; termen and veins in red area faintly 

 black; anal lobe black, inwardly bordered with red and outwardly with metallic- 

 blue; tail very short, brown. Cilia red, towards tornus black. 



Beneath. Forewing In-own; a slightly darker bar at end of cell and a much 

 darker brown discal band, both faintly edged whitish; dorsum paler. Cilia dark 

 brown. Hindwing brown; a slightly darker bar at end of cell and an irregular, 

 darker, broad, discal band narrowly edged white; a subcaudal spot in area 2 

 black, outwardly edged orange and inwardly metallic-blue; anal lobe black, out- 

 wardly edged metallic-blue, inwardly white; tornus above anal lobe irregularly 

 metallic-blue. Cilia dark brown. 



i/af).— Suva, Fiji. Four males caught by Mr. Simmonds, Feb., 1920. 



Allied to diovis from Australia and woodfordi from Guadalcanar, Solomon 

 Is., but with even less red on the forewing than the latter, the tail shorter than 

 that of mathewi from the New Hebrides. It agi-ees with the other eastern races 

 in not having the black spot of the anal lobe above completely ringed with colour, 

 and with the figure of matJiewi in having the subcaudal spot of hindwing be- 

 neath crowned with metallic-blue, and not completely ringed with colour. This 

 capture by Mr. Simmonds extends the range of D. epijarbas further eastward 

 than has hitherto been known. 



PAPILIONIDAE. 



Papilio macleayatiHs iiisulano. n. subsp. 



?. Above. Forewing brown-black; l)asal portion of cell and ddrsiira at 

 ba.se pale green; a spot at end of cell, a large subcostal spot at three-fourths 

 and a smaller spot in base of area 4 gi-een ; a series of large subterminal spots 

 cream; base of areas 2 and la whitish. Hindwing brown-black; hase green; rest 

 of basal half of wing whitish; a series of subterminal spots cream. 



Beneath. Forewing as above, but paler; green basal area larger and sub- 

 terminal spots obscured. Hindwing brown ; basal half gi'een, outwardly edged 

 white; subterminal spots obscure. 



Hab. — Lord Howe Island, where the insect is not uncommon, but very diffi- 

 cult to capture. 



This race is readily recognised from that found in Australia by the much 

 larger subterminal spots to both wings above. I have now seen a number of 

 similar specimens, all females, and there is no difficulty in distinguishing them 

 from typical macleayanus. 



