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III. Notes on the species of the lepidopterous genus 
Kuchromia, with descriptions of new species in the 
collection of the British Museum. By Antuur G. 
Butter, F'.L.§., F.Z.8., &e. 
[Read November 2nd, 1887. | 
Puate IV. 
Tue genus Huchromia contains some of the most bril- 
liantly coloured of all the tropical Burnet-moths; the 
greater part of the species are well represented in the 
National Collection, and form as beautiful a group, and 
as worthy of public attention, as the humming-birds 
in the class of Aves. 
My attention has been at this time specially called to 
the genus by the receipt of a paper by Herr Réber of 
Dresden, in which four supposed new forms are described, 
only one of which I regret to say will be able to stand. 
In my examination of the species I have been 
assisted by my colleague, Mr. W. F. Kirby, who has not 
only sent me for my use his MS. Catalogue of the 
genus, but has re-examined with me all species in the 
collection the verification of which was in any way 
open to doubt. 
About twenty-five species have been described ; I say 
* about,” because two forms, H. aruica and EH. ganymede, 
are only doubtfully distinct from LH. irius and EH. creusa 
respectively. The following is a list of the species in 
the Museum collection. 
1. Euchromia gemmata, Butler. (Pl. IV., fig. 1). 
One fine example only of this very distinct species, 
obtained by Mr. Woodford in the Solomon Islands. 
2. Euchromia rubricollis, Walker. 
Aneiteum and Mallicollo. We have a series of this 
species collected by Mr Gervase Matthew, and nine 
examples have been reserved to illustrate the species. 
TRANS. ENT. 80C. LOND. 1888. PARTI. (MARCH.) 
