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4. Neope Japonicaj n. sp. 



<J $ . Neope Pulaha, ? , Butler, Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. ix. p. 56. n. 21 

 (1866). 



Alae supra eis praecedentis simillimae, sed minores, medio marginis 



postici posticarum vix producto ; margine minus sinuato ; area 



apicali magis fuscescente. 

 Alae subtus ocellis omnibus multo minoribus ; fasciis striisque magis 



fuscescentibus ; posticae et apex anticarum pallide cinerascentia. 

 Exp. alar. unc. 2J. 



Hab. (^, Japan; (^ ? , Hakodadi. B.M. 



Tbis is probably a local form of the preceding species; it 

 chiefly differs in its smaller size, less angular hind wings, smaller 

 ocelli, and dark basal markings. 



The following new species has just arrived from Western 

 Australia : — 



Hipparchioides Duboulayi, n. sp. 



(S . Coloribus fere Meropes, ocellis autem anticarum supra valde 

 minoribus, fasciisque discoideis minus obliquis ; fascia discali pos- 

 ticarum magis regulari, nigrescente nee ad costam currente ; fascia 

 submarginali continua ; ocello subanali multo majore. 



Alae subtus magis rufescentes, ocello subapicali anticarum parvo nee 

 fusco circumcincto, pupilla minima ; fasciis transversis tenuiori- 

 bus : posticae fasciis rufescentibus, multo magis regularibus ; 

 ocello subanali parvo vix pupillato ; ocellis subapicalibus obsoletis. 



Alee multo angustiores et elongate. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2f . 



Hab, Champion Bay. B.M. 



This species is closely allied to Merope, but differs entirely in 

 the form of its wings, the position of the bands and lines, the 

 small ocellus of the front and the large ocellus of the hind 

 wings, also in having only one ocellate spot in the hind wings 

 on the underside. I have named it after its captor. 



XXIX. — Last of Coleoptera received from Old Calabar ^ on the 

 West Coast of Africa. By Andrew Murray, F.L.S. 

 [Continued from vol. iv. p. .358*.] 

 NITIDULIDiE (continued). 



3. Brachypepltis [Liparopeplus) colastoides, Murr. in Monog. of 

 Nitid. in Linn. Soc. Trans, vol. xxiv. p. 307. 



Not very scarce. 



* These papers have been interrupted for some time by pressure of 

 more engrossing occupations. It is with pleasure that I find myself now 

 able to resume them. 



