NYMPHALID.E. — NYMPH ALIN.^i;.— CUPHA. 



CUPHA. 



I.— CUPHA FUMOSA. Figs. 3, 4. 



Ciipha Fumom, H. Grose-Smith, " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," Series 6, Vol. XIX. (February, 1897). 



Exp. 2 inches. 



Male. Upperside. Both wings fuliginous dark browTi, the cells and basal 

 two-thirds of the wings paler fuliginous-brown ; the anterior wings are crossed 

 from the middle median nervulc to the inner margin, at one-third from the outer 

 margin, by three ill-defined bright brown spots placed under each other between 

 the veins. Posterior wings crossed on the disc beyond the cell by a row of 

 bright brown spots, outside which is a row of very indistinct dark brown spots 

 bordered outwardly by indistinct fuscous luuules. 



Underside, with the basal three-fourths paler fuliginous-brown, without 

 any transverse lines or markings ; the outer fourth is darker purplish-brown, the 

 inner side of which is crossed, from near the costal to near the inner margin, 

 by a row of orange-brown spots, centred with black and nearly surrounded 

 by pale violaceous-brown ; a pale submarginal dark line crowned by pale viola- 

 ceous-brown lunules. 



Hab. Kiriwini, Trobriands (Meek). 



In the Collections of the Hon. Walter Rothschild and H. Grose-Smith. 

 A long series of this distinct species was sent ; the female scarcely differs from the male 

 l)Ut the bright brown spots are rather longer. 



II.— CUPHA CYCLOTAS. Figs. 5, 6. 



Mcssaras Cijclotas, H. Grose-Smith, " Novitates Zoologicie," Vol. I., p. 349, 

 1894. 



Exp. 2 inches. 



3fale. Both wings very much as in C. Turnrri, Butl., but paler brown. 



Upperside. On the anterior wings the pale fulvous band across the disc is 

 more curved on its inner side and less curved on its outer side. On the posterior 

 wings, near the outer edge of the pale band, which is somewhat narrower and 



