Species of Butterflies from New Ireland. 171 



row being uninterrupted ; on the lower median nervule, half- 

 way between the margin and the median nervure, is a patch 

 of white scales. 



This species is much larger than either of those above 

 mentioned. 



Expanse of wings 3^ inches. 



Asthipa rotundata. 



Male. — Upper side dark fuliginous brown, with bluish-white 

 vitreous spots. Anterior wings with two spots beneath the 

 first and second subcostal nervules ; between these at the end 

 of the cell are three elongate spots, the second the longest, 

 the third the shortest ; between the upper and second median 

 nervules a cordate spot close to the median nervure and a 

 small round spot beyond it ; two broad elongate spots, some- 

 what attenuated externally, between the middle and lowest 

 median nervules and between the latter and the submedian 

 nervure respectively ; a rather narrow elongate spot in the 

 cell close above the median nervure. Posterior wings with 

 the cell and the spots above and around it as in citrina y 

 but those on the disk are narrower and that between the 

 lowest median nervule and the submedian nervure is deeply 

 bifid externally ; there is a row of round white spots towards 

 the outer margins of both wings, being on the anterior wings 

 very conspicuous and on posterior wings nearly obsolete. 



Underside. Both wings as above, but on the anterior wings 

 near the outer margin between the median nervules are 

 several minute white spots, and on the posterior wings are 

 two very conspicuous, submarginal, uninterrupted rows of 

 white spots, the inner row consisting of seven lunulate spots, 

 the outer row of twelve small round spots. 



The female resembles the male, but is paler, and the two 

 spots below the cell are outwardly more acute. 



Expanse of wings, g 2§, ? 3 inches. 



Nearest to A. garamantis, Godman and Salvin ; but the 

 shape of the wings, especially in the male, is broader and 

 rounder. 



Doleschallia Rickardi. 



Male. — Upperside. Both wings dark brown, rather paler 

 towards the base. Anterior wings crossed beyond the cell by 

 an oblique band of three rather broad blue spots, irrorated 

 with white, extending from the costa to the upper median 

 nervule ; across the disk is a large blue patch, divided by the 

 median nervules, extending at the upper end into the end of 



