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with grey along the costa, especially towards the tip, but w.'th 

 no buff space over the upper part of the cell. 



Under side.— Anterior wings rufous-brown, the pale patch 

 very large, fawn-coloured in and just below the cell, the rest 

 mostly whitish as far as the inner margin, and along it nearly 

 to the anal angle ; of the sub-marginal spots, the two nearest 

 the costa are represented as white dots, the sixth is large and 

 connected by a neck with the outer part of the pale blotch, 

 and there are two small white dots close together between the 

 lowest median nervule and the sub-median nervure. 



Head, body, and base of wings below spotted with white 

 nearly as in the male, two white streaks at the back of the 

 pectus being particularly conspicuous, much more so than in 

 the male. 



Hab.— Dinner Island, New Guinea. (II. 0. Forbes.) In 

 the collection of the British Museum. 



Allied to Hirdapa usipefes, Hewitson (Euploea usipetes, Ex. 

 Butt., ii., Eupl., pi. i., fig. 4), but may be distinguished at once 

 by the sub-marginal spots. Hewitson's type of E. usipetes is 

 from New Guinea, and appears to be the same species as a 

 series from Aru in the British Museum. All these are males, 

 and the insect which Hewitson describes as the female is 

 evidently Sarobia grayi (Felder). 



Since the above was written, the British Museum has re- 

 ceived specimens from various countries apparently interme- 

 diate between H. usipetes and H. rezia. 



Kirsch has figured a species of Elymnias (E. tkryal/is), from 

 New Guinea, closely resembling Hirdapa ; but it can be dis- 

 tinguished at once by its dentated wings, apart from any other 

 characters. 



