350 Mr. A. G. Butler on Lepidoptera from Lifu. 



Readily distinguished from all its allies by its pale colour- 

 ing and the punctiform character of all the white spots of 

 primaries. It seems to be a common and perfectly constant 

 species. 



Sattein^, Bates. 



Melanitis, Fabricius. 



6. Melanitis Solandra^ Fabricius. 



Common, and exhibiting three marked variations of pattern 

 in the coloration of the under surface. 



NnrPHALiN^, Bates. 

 Charaxes, Ochsenheimer. 



7. Charaxes cUtarchus, Hewitson. 



Previously known from New Caledonia and Mare. The 

 present is the only really fairly perfect example that has yet 

 been seen. 



JUNONIA, Hiibner. 

 8. Junonia villida, Fabricius. 

 Common. 



DiADEMA, Fabricius. 



9. Diadema nerina, Fabricius. 



In addition to the typical form there are two female varie- 

 ties — one in which the orange internal patch of primaries is 

 replaced by a small pale brownish spot, and the pale submar- 

 ginal spots have almost died out, the other a modification of 

 the normal variety D.proserpina, Cramer, tending to approach 

 D. 'pallescens ; of the latter I only found one •example, which 

 may therefore possibly be a cross between B. nerina and D. 

 pallescens. 



10. Diadema pallescens^ Butler. 

 Evidently rare in Lifu, its head quarters seem to be Fiji. 



11. D iadema octocula ? , Butler. 



Two examples of what appeared to be this insect : but I 

 saw them with the wings closed ; so that they may be refer- 



