1873] 2()3 



DESCEIPTION OF LYC^NA ARTHURUS, A NEW EUEOPEAN 

 BUTTERFLY. 



BY J. COSMO MELTILL, B.A., F.L.S. 

 LTCiENA AeTHUKUS, Sp. 11. 



(^ . Alee supra violacece, suhtics cinereo-fusccB, ah L. Arione differentes 

 oceJlis omnibus ahsentihus, Us circa onarginem exteriorem exceptis, nigris, 

 macuUs quoque discocellularibus bene utrinque definitis ; corpus cceruleo- 

 alhescens. 



Habitat, Cliamoiinix, Switzerland ; one specimen alone captured, 

 June 28th, 1872, by Miss Evelyn Melvill. 



Expanse of wings, about 1" 4'". 



The wings are violet-blue, with rather broad blackish hind-margins. 

 The under- wings beneath are greenish at the base ; fringe white ; an- 

 teunsa similar to those of L. Arion. Mr. A. Gr. Butler has examined 

 the insect, and states his opinion that it is a " typical species," as it 

 differs very much from all the known forms of Arion, its nearest con- 

 gener. My sister, who captured it, informs me that its manner of 

 flight was markedly more wild and irregular. 



Manchester : MarcTi, 1873. 



[We presume that the above insect is what systematic writers 

 would call an aberration of L. Arion. — Eds.]. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BUTTERFLY FROM JAVA. 

 BY THOMAS CHAPMAN. 



EUPLOCA LOREAINI, Sp. U. 



Upper-side : $ . Both wings deep black. Eore-wing : three 

 small white spots near the costa beyond the middle ; a transverse band 

 of six white spots near the apex ; the second, third, and fourth from 

 the costa much larger than the rest ; within the outer margin an ir- 

 regular row of fourteen white spots ; a white dot just beyond the 

 cell. Hind- wing : a line of twelve white spots within the hind margin, 

 and within a few smaller white dots towards the apex. 



Under-side : Brown, marked as the upper-side, with the addition 

 of a white dot near the extremity of the cell in the fore-wiug. 



Expanse, 3to inches. 

 Glasgow : 31arcli 1st, 1873. 



