( 813 ) 



Received from Moiis*. H. Doiickier, v/ho aUo sent ns a ? of Temnora arf/j/ropeza 

 collected at Diego 8uarez. 



Agrees with //. eson in tlie npiierside of the body and forewitig, apart from the 

 i^rey mesial vitta of the former ami the cousjiicuons middle line of the musothoracic 

 tcgnla ; while the iii)j)erside of the hindwing reminds one strongly of that of 77. osivis. 



This species stands in a similar relation to osiris and eson as does //. isis to 

 //. celerio and roseipeniiis. 



772. Eurypteryx shelfordi spec, uov.* 



?. Antenna cream-colour above, l)rown towards base. Body above russet- 

 brown, perhaps greenish when fresh. Abdomen very broad, flattened, reminding 

 one of Rhodosoma in shape, except in the seventh segment, which is conical and 

 j)rominent, though much narrower than the sixth. Underside of body with a 

 grey flush ; tibiae cinnamon. 



Wings, uppcrside. Forewing like l)ody, middle area and distal marginal 



area deeper brown, a round white stigma with a white dot in front ; single creamy 

 white scales disjjersed over the wing, slightly denser in middle from W? backwards ; 

 a small creamy costal spot midway between cell and ape.x ; a purplish grey ill- 

 detined submarginal band from SC"' to end of R-, indistinctly continued to apex 

 of wing ; shape of wing as in hhaga, but the apex less produced and less acute, 

 and the distal margin proportionately longer. Hindwing mummy-brown, cinnamon 

 distally at and near anal angle ; fringe paler. 



Underside mummy-brown, with single widely separated creamy scales. 



Forewing : a creamy stigma, twice as long as broad ; a chalky costal spot midway 

 between cell and apex, continued backwards as a cloudy band ; a grey oblique 

 apical line bordered with brown in front from apex of wing to near R" ; marginal 

 area limited by this line purplish grey, gradually fading away behind. Hind- 

 wing : a purplish grey discal ill-defined cloudy area, within which there is a trace 

 of a brown band ; posterior half of wing from this area to base slightly shaded 

 with the same purplish grey colour ; D* about half the length of D'; wing shajjed 

 as in bhaga, costal margin rather more dilated near base. 

 Length of forewing 46 mm. ; breadth 20 mm. 

 Hab. Kuching, N. Borneo, December 189G. 



1 ? in the Sarawak Museum. Named in honour of Mr. R. Shelford, the 

 curator of the Sarawak Museum. 



In the same Museum there are North Bornean specimens of: 



Fanacra malayana^ ?, not typical, from Kuching, December 19Ul ; 

 Macrof/lossum passalus, ?, from Matang, 3600 ft., June 1900, difiering 



in several points from pass, passaltis and pass, rectifascia ; 

 Rkagastis acuta ?, from Paku, February 18!i9; 

 L'echenena lineosa, S, from Mount Sibau, May lOii'J. 



* Species Nos. 771. 772 came loo late lo Laud to be iiieliuled in tlie general account given on pp. vii. 



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