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s}H'cinu'n tVoiii Sao Paulo Biazil is niorc sliadcd witli 

 (ilivc <i:n'('ii. 



t). Tlieretrsi l*se»doiiessus sp. luiv. Tat'. V. Fi«::. 2. 

 Kor('wing:s dcep olive greeii with a i-onud black stigina in tho 

 cell and crossed by tivc heavy ol)li(in(' transvcrsc lincs. 

 Hindwinü:s black, crossed by a broad band of oranjrr yoUow. 

 Hi'ad. tliorax and abdonicn olive with two silv<T <ri<'y lateral 

 lonuitudinal stripes. Inderside laitons orange. t'reekle(l and 

 si)otted with blaek. Expans<' 4'/, inches = 114 niillini. 

 Habitat : Kastern Sumatra. 



7. Pliilainpeliis Traiisliiieatus s}). nov. Tat'. \ II. Kiu. 2. 

 Tliis s])ecies is nearest to Ph. Kacns Cram. Foiewinjrs dusky 

 ^revish brown and crossed by eight hairlike zigzag transverse 

 lines and a dark brown wider ol>li(iue bar reachinp; from the 

 centre of the eosta to the outer niargin one fourth above the 

 angle of the inner margin. Xear the i)ase is a small blaek 

 >l)ot. in the rentre of de inner margin is a large blaek blotch 

 and at the angle of the inner niarghi are two small blaek 

 Spots, one above the other. Hindwings: base blaek. outer third 

 Itlackish grey, eentre ])ale olive green. abdominal margin i»ale 

 (»live gretni, anal angle pinkish greyish brown with two small 

 blaek dots. Head and thoi-ax yellowish l)rown with a darker 

 stripe down the eentre. At the juneture o{ the thorax and 

 abdomen are two large dai'k ehocolate blotelies and on each 

 side of the third and fourth abdominal Segment is a dark 

 brown patch; rest of abdomen pale yellowish brown. I'nder- 

 side clay-brown with a dark streak rnnning in from a])ex of 

 forewings. Exi)anse 4 inches == |02 niillim. Hal)itaT : 

 Sta. Catharina. Ib-azil. 



'S. Daphnis ]iabiiaua sj). uov. l'af. \', Fig. o. This 

 species is intermediate between 1). ("haga Moore and 

 1). Ernestina Mooi-e, but is very singnlar in liaving many of 

 the typical Daphnis-pattern wanting. Forewings deep violet 

 grey. clonded with pur])le blaek and with a large irregulär 

 dark area in the centre of the wing. Apex slightly produced 

 and hooked. Hindwings dee]) brown. Head ])ale grey with 

 piirple brown centre. tliorax dee]) grey with pui'ple brown 

 sides and a white boi-der. Abdomen pale grey. Fnderside 

 deep reddish grey. mai'ked with almost obliterated dots and 

 lines. Expan.se 2 Vo inches = (i.'Jmillim. Habitat: Labuan. Horneo. 



it. Aiiipelophaija Harterti sj). nr)v. Foi-ewings greeni.^^h 

 ash-grey with a small indistinct stigma in the cell and an 

 angnlated rust-red patch one fourth from the onter margin. 



