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RHOPALOCEUA MALA YANA. 



last is a small and obscure si^ot ; a curved macular fascia between end of cell and outer margin, 

 commencing near costa, abruptly dislocated at upper median nervule, from which it is continued by three 

 fused spots, the uppermost smallest, two spots beneath cell divided by the lower median nervule, and a 

 submarfinal waved fascia ; posterior wings with seven basal spots, two transverse, waved, discal fasciaB 

 dislocated and fused from lower subcostal nervule to costal nervure, a waved submarginal fascia as on 

 anterior wings, and three metallic greenish spots, more or less shaded with black near anal angle ; body 

 above and beneath, with legs, more or less concolorous with wings. 



Exp. wings, 50 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula: Malacca (Biggs — coll. Dist.). 



One female specimen collected by the Eev. L. Biggs is at present my only knowledge 

 of tliis species. It appears, however, quite distinct from anything described, and is an 

 interesting addition to this large genus. 



5. Narathura farquhari,* n. sp. (Tab. XXIII., fig. 3 <? .) 



Amiltjpodia eiimolphus, Butler (uec Cram.), Traus. Liun. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 548, n. 2 (1877). 



Male. Wings above bright golden-green ; anterior wings with the costal margin narrowly, and the 

 outer margin more broadly, dark fuscous ; posterior wings with the costal, posterior and abdominal 

 margins dark fuscous, the posterior widest and continued in rays along the median nervules ; ajiices of the 

 tail-like appendages greyish-white. Wings beneath brownish, with the following spots and fasciae margined 

 with greyish : — anterior wings with two spots in cell, one transverse at end of cell reaching the third 

 subcostal nervule, a small spot between bases of second and third subcostal nervules, two spots beneath 

 cell divided by the lower median nervule, a macular fascia between end of cell and outer margin, strongly 

 dislocated at the upper median nervule, a submarginal and a more obscure marginal fascia ; posterior 

 wings with seven basal spots, two central, transverse macular fascia dislocated and united into one from 

 the lower subcostal nervule to the costal nervure, marginal and submarginal fasciae as on anterior wings, 

 but more obscure, and three transverse metallic greenish spots, more or less marked with black, near anal 

 angle. Body al)Ove and beneath, including legs, more or less concolorous with wings. 



Exp. wings, ^ , 54 to 58 millim. 



Hab.— Malay Peninsula; Malacca (Piuwill— Brit. Mus.) ; Singapore iKerr, Biggs — coll. Dist.; 

 coll. Godfery). 



I have not seen the female of this species. Horsfield has given f a description of that sex 

 belonging to the Javan species (under the name of A. eiimolphus) which may or may not be 

 conspecific, but is certainly very closely allied to N. farquhari. According to that description 

 the female is black above, "the greenish golden lustre being limited in the fore-wings to 

 a medial patch extending to the base, and in the hinder to a triangular spot occupying the 

 basal areolet." 



This species has hitherto been confounded with the N. eiimolphus of Cramer, but a 

 reference to that author's figure will at once dispel any ground of misunderstanding, it having 

 the outer discal transverse fascia to the anterior wings straight and not strongly dislocated as 

 in this species. Cramer also gives the " Coast of Bengal " as its habitat. 



■■■■ Named after Colonel Farquhar, whilom Governor of Malacca, whose worth may be estimated by the tribute paid 

 to nis memory by the native writer, Abdulla bin Abdul Kadar, munshi. This no mean authority, in addition to much other 

 tavouraDle testimony, states, " All the four races (Malays, Chinese, Kliugs, and Portuguese) in Malacca were exceedingly fond 

 "'oSf •|;ttoelied to, the Governorship of Major Farquhar" ('Translations from the Hakayit Abdulla,' by J. T. Thomson, 

 p. .iv). Can Proconsul achieve much more ? 

 I Cat. Lep. E.I.C. p. 104. 



