278 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [May 5, 



It is just possible that this may not he Boisduval's species, as the 

 type was said to come from Bouru ; the present species was also 

 labelled E. paykullei in Mr. Saunders's collection. 



24. EUPLCEA BRENCHLEYI. 



Euploea brenchleyi, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. v. 

 p. 357. n. 2 (1870) ; Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 464, pi. 46 (1873). 

 South-Sea Islands (Brenchley). Type B.M. 



25. EuPLCEA ESCHSCHOLTZII. 



Euploea eschscholtzii, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 345. 

 n. 480 (1867 ?) ; Herrich-Schiiffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxx. pi. 2. fig. 9 

 (Jan.-Mar. 1869). 



Fiji Islands; Aneiteum {Cuming). B.M. 



Herrich-Schiiffer figures a very small example of this species. 



26. EUPLCEA HELCITA. 



Euploea helcita, Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 156(1859). 

 Euploea montrouzieri, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 345. n. 479 

 (1867?). 



New Caledonia (Macgillivray). B.M. 



Scarcely differs from the preceding species. 



27. EuPLfEA DISTINCTA, n. Sp. 



Euploea eleutho, var., 5 , Herrich-Schiiffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxx. 

 pi. 2. fig. 7 (Jan.-Mar. 1869). 

 Hab. ? 



28. EUPL(EA PROSERPINA. 



Euploea proserpina, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 300. n. 90 (1866). 

 Euploea herrichii, Felder, Reise der Novara, Lep. ii. p. 344. 

 n. 477, tab. xxxix. figs. 3, 4 (? 1867). 



Fiji. Type, B.M. 



29. Euplosa perryi, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 1.) 



c? . Allied to E. eschscholtzii ; primaries more elongated ; all the 

 white spots smaller ; central spot of postmedian oblique series sub- 

 pyriform, diffused internally ; subanal spot absent ; wings below 

 paler ; primaries with all the spots well defined ; the second of ob- 

 lique postmedian series pyriform, notched in front ; no subanal spot ; 

 only five submarginal points ; the three or four lilacine spots at end 

 of discoidal cell absent ; secondaries with one minute lilacine point 

 between subcostal branches, the others all absent ; the submarginal 

 series of creamy white points wider apart ; expanse of wings 3 inches 

 3 lines. 



Nieue or Savage Island, 4th Nov. 1873 (W. Wyheham Perry). 



B.M. 



Nearly allied to, but clearly distinct from, E. helcita and E. 

 eschscholtzii. 



