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  LYCvENIDiE 
  (oriental). 
  JAMIDES. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside. 
  Dull 
  cinereous 
  brown 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  posterior 
  wings 
  is 
  an 
  

   indistinct 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  darker 
  spots, 
  partially 
  sm-rounded 
  by 
  obscure 
  

  

  grey. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  Paler 
  than 
  the 
  male, 
  with 
  the 
  spots 
  and 
  markings 
  rather 
  more 
  

  

  clearly 
  defined. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Batchian 
  (Doherty), 
  Halmaheira. 
  

  

  In 
  tlie 
  Collections 
  of 
  tlie 
  Hon. 
  Walter 
  Eothscliild 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smitli. 
  The 
  wings 
  are 
  

   rounder 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  Genus. 
  

  

  III.— 
  JAMIDES 
  TIMON. 
  ^.Figs. 
  7, 
  8. 
  S.Fig. 
  9. 
  

  

  Jamides 
  Tiiiton, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologies, 
  " 
  Vol. 
  II., 
  p. 
  510 
  

   (December, 
  1895). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  li 
  inches. 
  

  

  3Iale. 
  Upperside. 
  Both 
  wings 
  shining 
  glaucous 
  purple. 
  Anterior 
  \^-ings 
  

   with 
  a 
  rather 
  broad 
  marginal 
  black 
  band, 
  becoming 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  towards 
  

   the 
  apex. 
  Posterior 
  wings 
  bluish-white 
  above 
  the 
  first 
  subcostal 
  nervule 
  to 
  the 
  

   costal 
  margin, 
  shading 
  into 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  wings 
  towards 
  

   the 
  base 
  ; 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  indistinct 
  black 
  bars 
  or 
  spots 
  bordered 
  out- 
  

   wardly 
  by 
  narrow 
  violaceous 
  white 
  lines 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  the 
  spots 
  towards 
  the 
  

   anal 
  angle 
  the 
  largest. 
  

  

  Underside. 
  With 
  the 
  usual 
  spots 
  and 
  markings 
  very 
  distinctly 
  edged 
  with 
  

   white, 
  being 
  more 
  clearly 
  defined 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  Genus. 
  The 
  

   ground-colour 
  is 
  more 
  ashy 
  brown 
  than 
  in 
  J. 
  Ccphwn, 
  Druce, 
  to 
  which 
  species 
  

   or 
  to 
  J. 
  Soemias, 
  Druce, 
  it 
  seems 
  most 
  nearly 
  allied. 
  

  

  Female. 
  Upperside 
  resembles 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  that 
  sex 
  of 
  -/. 
  Suemias, 
  but 
  is 
  

   paler 
  blue. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  New 
  Britain 
  (Captains 
  Cayley 
  Webster 
  and 
  Cotton). 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Grose-Smith. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  a 
  paler 
  insect 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  above-mentioned. 
  

  

  IV.— 
  JAMIDES 
  PURPUKATA. 
  ^. 
  Figs. 
  10, 
  11. 
  ? 
  . 
  Fig. 
  12. 
  

   Jamides 
  Pitrpurata, 
  H. 
  Grose-Smith, 
  " 
  Novitates 
  Zoologicfe," 
  Vol. 
  I., 
  p. 
  574 
  

   (July, 
  1894). 
  

  

  Exp. 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Male. 
  Upperside 
  differs 
  from 
  J. 
  Caiiipanulata, 
  Butler, 
  in 
  being 
  somewhat 
  

  

  