296 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 5, 



Plusiotis boucardi, Salle. (Plate XVI. fig. 3.) 



Oblongo-parallela, valde convened ; capite thoraceque vii-idi-aureis, 

 subtiliter punctatis, margine cupreo ; elytris splendide viridi- 

 aureis, fortiter punctatis ; infra cupr*eo-rufa, tibiis tarsisque 

 nigris, antennis fuscis. 



Length 1 inch 2 lines. 



Head, thorax, pygidium, and elytra of a magnificent metallic golden 

 green, with red reflections, surrounded by a narrow coppery-red mar- 

 gin. The elytra are rugose and strongly punctured ; the underside 

 is of a coppery red ; femora, tibiae, and tarsi quite black in the ante- 

 rior legs ; in the middle and posterior pairs the femora are coppery 

 red and the tibiae and tarsi are black ; antennae nearly black. 



Hab. Costa Rica. 



I have ouly one specimen of this magnificent species, found in the 

 mountains of Candelaria, in the forest of robles (oak trees) at the 

 altitude of 5000 feet. 



Its place is near P. victorina. 



Type, museum Boucard. 



I have seen all the species of this genus described in this and my 

 previous paper, and am satisfied that they are good and distinct. I 

 have examples of all of them in my collection, except P. psittacina 

 and P. gloriosa. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. 



Fig. 1. Plusiotis rodrigucsi, p. 295. 



2. P. badeni, p. 294. 



3. P. boucardi, p. 29(5. 



4. P. mnizccHi, P. Z. S. 187f\ p. 124. 



5. P. prasina, p. 295. 



2. On a small Collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. 

 J. S. Whitmee at the Ellice Islands. By Arthur G. 

 Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Keceived Feb. 6, 1878.] 



The little series of Lepidoptera obtained from the Ellice Islands by 

 Mr. Whitmee, although it contains only five species of Butterflies 

 and two of Moths, makes a valuable addition to our knowledge of the 

 geographical distribution of the forms inhabiting the Australian 

 region, since we have hitherto been quite ignorant of the insect-fauna 

 of these islands. 



Of the seven species, all of which are described, one is of special 

 interest to me ; I refer to Eaplcea distincta, a form figured by 

 Herrich-Schaffer, from an example taken in the Viti Islands, as a 

 variety of E. eleutho. To this insect I gave a name in my " List of 

 the Diurnal Lepidoptera of the South-Sea Islands " (P. Z. S. 1874, 

 pp. 274-291), and was severely censured for so doing by Ilerr 



