Butterflies from the Pacific Islands. 175 



of D. Comrii ? in the ' Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society,' 1878. 



My specimen of D. dascylus $ , Godra. & Salv., does not 

 agree with their description of that sex, the band on the ante- 

 rior wings being browner and entirely divided across the 

 discoidal nervules by an oblique broad black band. If my 

 female specimen is correctly allocated to D. dascylus, of which 

 I have little doubt, as it was accompanied by seven or eight 

 males, it is clear that D. dascylus (which has been confounded 

 with D. Comrii} is a distinct species, the female of which, as 

 in my collection, remains to be described. 



Hypolimnas palladius. 



$ . Upper side : both wings dark velvety brown, anterior 

 wings crossed halfway between the cell and the apex by a 

 broad oblique band of five white spots, divided by the black 

 veins and situate between the subcostal and the lowest median 

 nervules. Posterior wings with an obscure orange-rufous 

 patch near the anal angle, in which is placed a black spot 

 centred with violet ; a submarginal row of other black spots 

 is faintly visible, centred with minute violet spots. 



Underside. Anterior wings crossed by the white band, 

 wider than on the upperside, and extending between the 

 median nervules nearly to the outer margin ; between the 

 lowest median nervule and the submedian nervure is an 

 obscure dark spot, centred with violet. Posterior wings like 

 those of H. pandaruSj Linn., but the submarginal row of 

 whitish lines is almost obsolete, and the inner edge of the 

 discal tawny band is bordered by an almost white irregular 

 band, widest in the middle, and the middle black spot in the 

 tawny band is small and not centred with white. 



$ . Upperside paler brown, with the white band on the 

 anterior wings broader than in the male and extending over 

 the subcostal nervules towards the base ; a small white spot 

 towards the apex, and a similar spot below the lowest median 

 nervule. Posterior wings with the disk crossed by a broad 

 irregular band of white, narrowing and becoming obsolete 

 towards the costal margin ; below this band is a row of 

 black spots centred with white, except the third and fourth 

 spots, the two spots nearest the anal angle partly surrounded by 

 dusky tawny, and the next two bordered outwardly by a 

 whitish space irrorated with black scales; outer margin broadly 

 dark brown, the inner edge of which is sinuate. 



Underside paler than above; towards the apex of the 

 anterior wings are three white dots, and the spot above the 



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