170 Mr. H. Grose Smith on three new 



laevi, supra sparse — lateribus et subtus sat dense — pubescente ; 

 scutello griseo ; elytris dense punctatis, punctis postice gradatim 

 decrescontibus, apicibus rotundatis ; pedibus fulvo-testaceis, 

 femoribus subabrupte clavatis ; processu raestosterni fere piano ; 

 antennis corporo paullo longioribus, articulis a tertio ad decimum 

 (quarto breviore excepto) subsequalibus. 

 Long. 13, lat. 3| mm. 



This species bears a very close resemblance to Geresium 

 unicolor, Fabr.* But in the latter the disk of the prothorax 

 is much less coarsely punctured, and the punctures are, in 

 fresh specimens, almost concealed by the rather close pubes- 

 cence which covers the whole of the prothorax. In the 

 femora a more important difference may be noted ; these, in 

 the present species, are somewhat abruptly thickened, with a 

 longer stalk at the base ; in G. unicolor the femora are 

 stouter, but the thickening is more gradual from the base. 



In its structural characters the present species shows a close 

 affinity to an undescribed form from China. 



XXIV. — Descriptions of three new Species of Butterflies from 

 New Ireland, captured by the Rev. R. H. Richard, in the 

 Collection of H. Grose Smith. By H. Grose Smith. 



Asthipa clinias. 



Allied to citrina, Feld., and gloriola, Butl., from which it 

 differs in the following respects : — ■ 



Male. — On the upperside of anterior wings the vitreous spot 

 between the second discoidal and upper median nervules is 

 very short, the cell is almost entirely dark brown, there being 

 only a comparatively short, and narrow vitreous spot above 

 the median nervure. On posterior wings the spot at the end 

 of the cell is very small and there is a double submarginal 

 row of white spots, the inner row being very distinct but 

 interrupted between the lower median nervule and submedian 

 nervure, the three upper spots being treble the size of those 

 towards the anal angle ; the outer row of spots is indistinct. 



Underside. Anterior wings with a single row of submar- 

 ginal white spots, outside which are two small spots near the 

 apex and two between the upper and middle median nervules. 

 On the posterior wings is a double row of submarginal white 

 spots, the inner row interrupted as on the upperside, the outer 



* In the Catalogue of Gemm. and Harold this species is erroneously 

 placed in the genus Hesperophanes. 



