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ochraceous, marked with several fuscous spots and pale lines. Wings beneath as above, but with the fuscous 

 markings paler, and quite absent from costal margin of anterior wings and abdominal margin of posterior 

 win" s. Head and thorax above fuscous, their lateral margins ochraceous ; the first with the eyes 

 castaneous, and the second with central pale longitudinal lines ; alidomen fuscous, with ochraceous and 

 greyish longitudinal markings : body beneath and legs more or less concolorous with wings. 



Exp. wings, <? 44 to 50 millim. 



jlxB* — Malay Peninsula; Penang ; Province Wellesley (coll. Dist. & Sauer). — Malacca (Com. dc 

 Casteluau— Felder ; Pinwill— Brit. ]\Ius.) 



Although I have captured, received, and examined a long series of this species, I have 

 as vet been unable to meet with the female sex. This is, however, most probably similar 

 to the male, for though the C. niven and ('. lutca of Zinken-Sommer have been considered as the 

 sexes of one species, still as I have examined male specimens of each of those species, that 

 theory may be considered as disproved. 



The variety nivalis ditfers from typical Javan specimens of C. iiivca in not having a 

 continuous fuscous margin to the anterior wings, and in the greater amount of ochraceous 

 coloration near the anal angle of posterior wings. 



2. Cyrestis earli.f (Tab. XIII., fig. 5 5^.) 



Cyrestis F.arVt, Distant, Aim. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. ii. p. 174 (1883). 



Male. Wings above creamy white, with the basal third of both wings slightly and palely infuscated, and 

 with two narrow oblique brownish fascise : — the tirst commencing on median ner\'ure and at about centre of 

 cell of anterior wing, and extending to about centre of submedian nervure of posterior wings, down which it is 

 continued to near anal angle ; the second commencing on anterior wing at base of second median nervule, 

 aud extending to near apex of the third median nervule of posterior wings, whence it is strongly sinuated 

 and angulated to submedian nervure. Cell of anterior wings with four transverse brownish fascife, the 

 fourth at end of cell having a central brownish line ; a similarly formed fascia closing cell of posterior 

 win<Ts ; an irregular brownish patch beyond cell of anterior wings ; at about one-third from apex a narrow 

 brownish fascia crosses both wings. The apex of anterior wings is broadly infuscated ; and a submarginal 

 series of obscure spots (absent at centre of anterior wings) outwardly margined by a narrow brown fascia 

 crosses both wings ; a marginal blackish line ; the extreme margin brownish, with creamy white fringe ; 

 an ochraceous patch at anal angle of posterior wings, on which are two bluish spots marked with black ; 

 caudate appendages bluish. Wings beneath much paler than above; markings generally similar, l)ut 

 spots darker, with a large black spot at anal angle of posterior wings, and the spots divided by the subcostal 

 nervules of posterior wings aud those between the second and third median nervules of anterior wings very 

 prominent and black. Body and legs more or less concolorous with wings. 



Exp. wings, 58 millim. 



Hab.— Malay Peninsula ; Malacca (coll. Godm. & Salv.) 



C. carli holds a somewhat intermediate position between C. sericeiis, Butl., and C. pauliiim, 

 Feld. Two Malaccan specimens in the collection of Messrs. Godman & Salvin (one of which is 

 here figured and described) represent my whole knowledge of the species. 



* Of the var. nivalis only. 



t Named after Geo. AViudsor Earl, the author of the ' Eastern Seas,' the ' Native Kaces of the Indian Archipelago,' &c. 



June 30, 1883. ^ o 



