( 320 ) 



Eubordeta g<ii. uov. 



Similar to iyo/r/cA/, liiit botli sexes with {lectiniited juiteiitiae, the pectinations 

 verj- long in 6. 



Type : E. ckhhorni sjiec. nov. 



25. Eubordeta meeki spec. nov. (PI. III. f. 27. c?). 



(?. Body hlue-bhu-k, piirj)lish ; aliddUK'n with a vow of hiteral crimson dots. 



AVings, tipj/cr.^idf, black, witli a Ijeautifnl bhie-pnrple flush in basal half or 



two-tliirds. Forewiug : a white semitransparent median band cut by the black 



veins, stojijiing at SM" ; a short subapical crimson band. Hindwing : a curved 



submarginal crimson band gradnally narrowing beliind. 



Underside black, slightly purplish proximally. Forewing : white l>and as 



above ; a subapical metallic golden band from near costal margin beyond M', 



obtusely angnlate at R-. Hindwing : a metallic golden band corresiJonding to 



the crimson one of upperside, but much narrower, anteriorly touching a crimson 

 costal border which extends from this band to base ; a second golden band from 

 near anal angle obliquely across apex of cell, stopping at SC-, cellular portion 

 almost entirely white. 



Length of forewing : 27 mm. 



Ihib. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1003. 



2(). Eubordeta eichhorni spec. nov. (PL III. f 32. i, 33. ?). 



i ?. Body metallic green-blue. Wings black above and below, slightly shot 

 with blue, fringe somewhat metallic, especially on hindwing. 



Ujjperside with a large bright-red area on forewing extending from near base 

 to near apex of cell, neither reaching costal nor hinder margin, rounded distally. 

 Hindwing black, costal margin reddish from base beyond middle. 



On underside the same red area, but less bright, fading into yellow behind ; 



forewiug, moreover, with yellow subapical band. Hindwing with broad yellow 



band on outer disc extended to base along costal edge, becoming red proximally. 



Length of forewing : 20 to 24 mm. 



Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. 



27. Eubordeta miranda sjiec. nov. (PI. 111. f. 34. S). 



S. Similar to eichhorni on the upperside of the wings, but the body only slightly 

 green-blue, not glossy, the red area paler and anteriorly somewhat shorter and 

 posteriorly longer, the black distal area being at SM- not quite so broad as the 

 cell is at aj)ex, the red costal spot of the hindwing, above, covered by the forewing, 

 larger, and the underside different. The subapical band of the forewing, below, 

 tapering behind; hindwing with two yellow bands, the external one only hiilf 

 the width of that found in eichhorni. 



Length of forewing : 23 mm. 



Hub. Owgarra, north of head of Aroa River, May 1903. 



