RUOPALOCEllA MALAYASA. 121 



Male. Wiugs above dark olivaceous. Anterior wiugs with the basal portion of cell and posterior 

 outer margin greenish ; cell crossed near centre by two black lines, between which the colour is reddish ; 

 these lines are followed by a narrow transverse white fascia, which is outwardlj' concave, beyond which 

 are two other black lines, with a reddish spot between them ; three white spots beyond cell divided by 

 the nervules, and a waved discal series of live white spots placed between the nervules, the lowest between 

 the first and second median nervules; these are followed by two larger but obscure spots divided by 

 the third median uervule ; an obscure, broken, fuscous submarginal line. Posterior wings with the cell 

 crossed by two fuscous lines and with a broad greenish marginal border; this greenish area contains a 

 central series of six blackish spots placed between the nervules, with an elongate linear spot at anal 

 angle ; there are also three bright red spots near outer margin at apex and two of the same colour on 

 inner side of the green area, situate one on each side of the lower subcostal nervule, — these are outwardly 

 and inwardly margined with blackish and are followed by two blackish lines which do not pass third 

 median nervule. Wings beneath pale olivaceous-brown ; anterior wiugs with the cell crossed as above, 

 but with a short basal black line and the red enclosm-e brighter and larger, the green shadings on 

 upper surface absent ; jiosterior wings with costa narrowly red, with the anal margin greenish, and with the 

 two blackish lines crossing cell enclosing two red spots ; at apex of cell and on each side of lower subcostal 

 nervule ai"e two similar black lines enclosing red spots, the first named preceded by a small black spot ; 

 a discal series of four red spots placed between the nervules, the lower one beneath the discoidal nervule ; 

 the submarginal series of black sjDots as above, but smaller, the upper three with an attached outer 

 red spot, and the linear spot at anal angle broken into two. Body and legs more or less concolorous 

 with wings. 



Female. Larger than male. Anterior wings above olivaceous-brown, marked generallj* as in male, 

 but with all the white spots very much larger, the waved discal series consisting of nine spots, of which 

 the lower five are very large, irregularly rectangular and sinuously following the three placed beyond cell ; 

 a pale and obscure greenish submarginal streak at posterior angle. Posterior wings olivaceous-brown, 

 with a wide macular, central white fascia divided by the nervules, outwardly margined with blackish and 

 inwai-dly margined with the same colour as far as end of cell, which is crossed by two black lines ; outer 

 margin broadly greenish from about discoidal nervule to anal angle ; a submarginal series of seven 

 blackish spots placed between the ner\Ttles, the upper three and the seventh attached to an outer red 

 spot. Wings beneath as above, but paler in hue ; anterior wings with the cell marked with red as in male, 

 the submarginal fuscous fascia more distinct than above, and with a large white submai'giual streak at 

 posterior angle ; posterior wings as above, but paler, the costal margin narrowly red, cellular black 

 lines enclosing a red spot, a similarlj" enclosed red spot at end of cell, and the same above and 

 near base of upper subcostal nervule ; submarginal spots smaller, the upper three only attached to outer 

 red spots ; abdominal margin pale greenish. 



Exp. wings, J 58 millim. ; 2 70 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula; Malacca (Pinwill — Brit. Mus.) — .Java i,Brit. Mus.) ; Batavia (Snellen). 



The figures represent two Malaccan specimens, which were collected by Capt. Pinwill and 

 are now contained in the British Museum. The male differs from Javan and typical forms of 

 the species by the darker coloration above and the fewer red spots to the posterior wings ; the 

 absence of the red spot at anal angle being particularly noticeable ; the coloi;r beneath is 

 also paler, and the red spots to posterior wings fewer and paler. The female also differs 

 in several particulars. It is thus probable that a distinct race of E. adonia is found in the 

 Malay Peninsula. 



June 30, 1883. 2 i 



