SPECIES BELONGING TO THE FAMILY NYMPHALID^. 155 



menthastri, Macrothylaria {Bomhyx) ruhi (larvge), Boarmia re- 

 pandata (dark), Hemithea strigata, Eupithecia vulgata (dark), 

 Melanippe sabtristata, M. montanata, M.fluctuata, Camptogramma 

 biliueata, Tanagra atrata, Notodonta dictceoides, Leucania impura, 

 L. pollens, L. conigera, L. lithargyia, Mamestra hrassicce, Agrotis 

 segetum, A. exclamationis, Triphcena pronuba, T. orbona, Noctua 

 xanthographa, Phlogophora meticulosa, Euplexia lucipara. 

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DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES BELONGING 

 TO THE FAMILY NYMPHALID^. 



By Emily Mary Sharpe. 



Euryphene braytoni, sp. n. 



(?. Fore wing bluish black, the central area metallic blue, costal 

 and hind margins brownish black. The dark apical area relieved by a 

 transverse band of three white hastate spots suffused with pale blue. 

 Hind wing entirely metallic blue, the costa, hind and inner margins, 

 brownish black. Under side : Ground colour brown, with a green 

 suffusion over the upper half of the wing, a submargiual border of 

 brown spots along the hind margin, and two distinct brown spots in 

 the discoidal cell, the white apical band nearly obsolete ; the costa at 

 the extreme base bluish white. Hind wing sunilar in colour to the 

 fore wing, two brown spots in the cell, a whitish spot near the costa, 

 situated near the centre of the wing, followed by a faint white line, but 

 only as far as the first subcostal nervule. Expanse, 2-7 in. 



5 . Similar in colour to the male, the metallic blue on both wings 

 somewhat brighter in colour. On the fore wing the white apical band 

 broader and more strongly marked, a white spot at the extreme apex 

 of the wing. Under side exactly similar to that of the male, the brown 

 transverse band on the fore wing more strongly indicated than in the 

 male. Expanse, 3'3 in. 



This species is allied to the E. sophus, Fabr., and E. aurora, 

 Auriv., group, but is distinguished from both by its beautiful 

 blue colour. The sexes are alike, which is not usually the case in 

 this genus. 



Euphcedra cottoni, sp. n. 



Fore wing black, with a large patch of metallic blue on the inner 

 margin, extending to the base and along the costal margin. A trans- 

 verse band of yellow spots crosses the apical area ; these spots are 

 situated between the nervules. Hind wing entirely metallic blue, the 

 costal, hind, and inner margins black, the hind margin having a sub- 

 marginal row of blue spots. Under side : Ground colour somewhat 

 greener than in E. rezia, the costa yellow, the apex of the fore wing 

 white, the black submarginal spots not so strongly marked. Hmd wmg 

 green, suffused with yellow on the inner margin, the black spots and 



