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EuPLCEA, Fabricius. 



7. EuPLCEA SWINHOEI. 



Euplaa swiiihoei, Wallace, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 358. 

 A pair of this beautiful and rare species. 



Salpinx, Hiibner. 



8. Salpinx hobsoni, n. sp. 



(S . Allied to S. vestigiata, but darker and more brilliantly shot 

 with purple, primaries with the submarginal blue spots of about four 

 times the size ; costal spot smaller, elliptical interno-median spot 

 similar ; secondaries considerably darker, excepting at anal angle, as 

 dark and brilliantly purple-shot as the primaries, costal area greyish 

 sericeous ; cuneiform subcostal patch clearer and brighter in colour ; 

 three submarginal spots towards the apex, the uppermost one white, 

 the two others bright blue : expanse 3 inches 6 lines. 



A single fine male. 



This species is, at first sight, so manifestly distinct from S. vesti- 

 giata that I feel no hesitation in characterizing it from a single 

 example. 



SATYRiNiE, Bates. 



9. Melanitis ismene. 



Papilio ismene, Cramer, Pap. Exot. 1, pi. 26. A, B (1775). 

 Several specimens. 



Elymniin^, Kirby. 



10. Elymnias nigrescens. 



Elymnias nigrescens, Butler, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 520, pi. xlii. fig. I. 



One shattered example. 



This is the common Elymnias of Malacca. 



Nymphalin^, Bates. 



1 1 . Athyma zoroastres, n. sp. 



Allied to A. catna, from Silhet, the male without the rufous dis- 

 coidal streak in primaries ; the white belt of secondaries broader 

 above, below slightly contracted from the middle to the abdominal 

 margin ; ground-colour below altogether greyer, the pearly spots 

 and belt of secondaries narrower and less clear ; female above with 

 all the pale tawny belts of little more than half the width, below with 

 the same differences as in the male : expanse, S 2 inches 3 lines, 

 $ 3 inches. 



A pair. 



12. Athyma leucothoe. 



Papilio leucothoe, Linnaeus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. p. 292 (1764). 

 Common. 



