1877.] lepidoptera from cape york. 467 



2. Danais affinis. 



Papilio affinis, Fabricius, Syst, Ent. p. 511 (1775). 



ComiTion. Cape York. 



3. Danais hamata. 



Euplcea hamata, Macleay, King's Surv. Austr. ii. p. 451 (1827). 

 Several examples. Cape York. 



Genus Euplcea, Fabricius. 



4. Euplcea angasii. 



Euplcea angasii, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 343 (" 1865 ") . 

 One specimen. Cape York. 



5. Euplcea mcesta. 



Euplcea mcesta, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 284, fig. 3 (1866). 

 c? , 2 . Several examples. New Guinea. 



This is the first occasion on which I have seen the female. 



6. Euplcea occulta, n. sp. 



(S . Primaries blue-black, becoming brown upon the outer border ; 

 secondaries with the anterior half of the wings, excepting the costal 

 area, which is whitish, dull black, bounded behind by dark cas- 

 taueous brown, which shades ofi" into pale brown at the anal area ; 

 the anal area crossed by four indistinct paler spots, forming an 

 abbreviated discal series : body above black ; wings below altogether 

 paler, the borders being broadly brown ; primaries with a white dot 

 near the base of second median interspace ; secondaries with two 

 white spots at the base, one in the cell, aud four in an oblique series 

 just beyond it, the latter slightly lilacine in tint ; pectus black, 

 white-spotted, venter greyish, anal segments with central longi- 

 tudinal white spots. Expanse of wings 3 inches 7 lines. 



One specimen. New Guinea. 



At first sight E. occulta might be mistaken for a large example of 

 E. mcesta ; but the absence of the two characteristic sericeous streaks 

 on the primaries at once distinguishes it. It is in fact more nearly 

 allied to E. cethiops ; but its deeper coloration, broader wings, the 

 paler anal area of secondaries crossed by still paler spots, and the 

 absence of many of the spots on its under surface prove its 

 distinctness. 



Genus Calltplcea, Butler. 

 7. Calliplcea mesocala. 



Euplcea mesocala, Vollenhoven, Tijd. voor Ent. 1873, p. 244, 

 pi. xi. figs. 1, 2. 



2 . New Guinea. 



Originally described from examples obtained at Waigiou : Mr. 

 Macfarlane's example is unfortunately a good deal rubbed, as though 

 it had struggled in the net. 



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