G'^Q Colonel C. Swinhoe 07i 



oclireous yellow, a broad disc:il black band, disjointed opposite tlie 

 cell, a submarginal row of black spots in each interspace, except in 

 the interspace above vein 3. 



Expanse of wings c^' H) ? finches. 



Hah. RossELL ISL., Louisiade (.4. S. Mceic). 



Differs from B. hajularia, Clerck, from Amboina in the 

 prominent white spots on the thorax and the broken thin 

 band of the hind-wings: nearest to B. (Celcrcna) ribhei, 

 Pag., J. B. Nass. Ver., xxxix, p. 164. 



BURSADA XANTHOMELAS. 



Ctivicnc xanthomelas, Boisd., Voy do 1' Astrolabe, p. 202, 



pi. 3, f. 10 (1832). 

 Bursada quadriimrtita, Walker, xxi, ]>. 1!)0 (1(S64). 

 Bursada pcrcurrc7is, Warr., Nov. Zoo!., viii, p. .S2 (1001). 



Boisduval's type came from New Ireland. 



Type (quadrijMrtita), Aru in O. M. 



Type l2:)crc7bTrens $ ), Teoor in coll. Eotlischild. 



Local forms differing very slightly from each other. 



Bursada salamaxdra. 



Bursada salaniandra, Kirsch., With. Zool. Mus. ])resden, 



1877, p. 133, pi. 7, f. 9. 

 Bursada pyrif era, Warr., Nov. Zool., iii, p. 398 (1896). 



Type, New Guinea in Mus. Dresden. 

 Types {jjyrifera ^ $), Korrido, Dutch New Guinea, in 

 coll. Rothschild. 



Bursada maculifera. 



Bursada maculifera, Fold., Reise Nov., pi. 130, f. 12 



(1874). 

 Bursada adaucta, Warn, Nov. Zool., iv, p. 240 (]S97). 



Type, Moluccas in coll. Rothschild. 



Type {adaucta ^ ), Siao Isl., north of Celebes, in ditto. 



I have not seen Folder's type, but Warren's sp'jcimeu is 

 exactly like Folder's figure. 



Bursada obsoleta. 



Bursada. invadens ah ohsolcta, Warr., Nov. Zool., vi, p. 45 

 (1899). 



