Species of Indo-Malayan Lepidoptera. 175 



half of tlieni obliterated by a large scarlet patch from vein 

 5 to a little lower than vein 2, with two prominent black 

 marginal spots in it. 



? . With the upperside ground-colour paler than in the 

 male ; fore wing with the apex and costa broadly suffused 

 with black ; hind wing with a blackish suffused apical patch, 

 the markings above and below as in the male, the anal spots 

 somewhat more pronounced. 



Expanse of wings t 8 — i 9 o i ncri - 



Hub. Banda Island ; twenty-two males, sixteen females. 



Jamides aruensis, nov. 



S • Upperside pale blue, as in J. elpis, G-odt., but paler ; 

 costa of fore wing and outer margin of both wings with a 

 fine black line ; wings thinly clothed, some of the markings 

 of the underside, especially on the hind wing, visible ; tails 

 black, tipped witli white. Underside of a uniform purplish- 

 grey colour, markings white and thin : fore wing with two 

 lines across the end of the cell, two dislocated lines beyond 

 them from the costa to vein 3, two lines below (not dislo- 

 cated) from vein 3 to vein 1, commencing between the first 

 two and the second pair of lines; a duplex series of submar- 

 ginal lunules and a fine antecilial line divided by the vein- 

 ends : hind wing with a series of six dislocated lines covering 

 the whole surface of the wing ; asubmarginal series of large, 

 deep black, triangular spots edged with white much as in 

 J. aratus, Cramer, the two nearest the anal angle cut across 

 by scarlet lunules ; a marginal row of white points. 



Expanse of wings 1^ inch. 



Hab. Aru Island. 



Jamides alocina, nov. 



S • Upperside milky white tinged with pale lavender- 

 blue, the inner surface of the fore wing and the upper half of 

 the hind wing palest : fore wing with a fine grey costal line ; 

 a grey marginal narrow band: hind wing with a submarginal 

 series of small and short black lunular marks, edged with 

 white on both sides, and a fine black marginal line. Under- 

 side pale pinkish grey, markings white but indistinct : fore 

 wing with two lines across the end of the cell, continued to 

 the hinder margin beyond its middle, two dislocated lines 

 beyond in the fourth, fifth, and sixth interspaces, with a line 

 in the third interspace from between the last two; two rows 

 of submarginal lines and an indistinct marginal line, all three 



