394 Mr. A. G. Butler on the Genus Cleis. 



The following is a list of tlie species hitherto described or 

 represented by specimens in the collection of the British 

 Museum. 



1. Cleis dichroa. 



Damias dichroa, Boisduval, Voy. de 1' Astrolabe, i. Lep. p. 260. n, 3 



(1832-35). 



Mysol {Wallace). ^ Coll. B.M. 



Originally described as coming from "OfFack and Bourou." 

 The chief peculiarities of this species consist in the orange 

 band of primaries commencing at the base of the costa as a 

 slender border, and the uniformly brown secondaries. 



2. Cleis arctataj n, sp. 



Allied to the preceding ; pm-plish brown : primaries with a 

 fulvous band, beginning very narrow at the middle of the 

 costal margin and terminating on the outer margin, the lower 

 half of which it occupies ; its inner edge iiTegularly excised, 

 its outer edge regular and oblique : secondaries with a narrow 

 fulvous marginal band, which fades away before reaching the 

 apex ; fringe brown : underside clearer and brighter in colour ; 

 the band of primaries commencing at the base of costa, which 

 it borders to the centre ; its inner edge also regularly serrated ; 

 the band of secondaries also tapering off gradually, not ob- 

 scured as on the upper surface : body below bright ochreous. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



K^ Island (TFa//ace). Type, B.M. 



This is a very well-marked species. 



3. Cleis evander. 

 Papilio evander, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. cccxxxi. figs. F, G (1782). 



Amboina and Ceram {Wallace). 



Quite distinct from C. melaxanthe^ with which Walker 

 placed it. 



4. Cleis propinqua^ n. sp. 



Allied to C. evander J but with the bands wider and deeper 

 in colour, that of secondaries nearly twice as wide. Expanse 

 of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 



S , Ternate ; ? , Celebes ( Wallace). Type, B.M. 



A- local representative of the preceding species. 



5. Cleis plagalis. 

 Cleis plagalis, Felder, Reise der Nov. Lep. iv. pi. cvii. fig. 22 (1874). 

 Aru. 



