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variety, in which the tawny spot of primaries above is barely visible, 

 and the submarginal whitish spots are obsolete. 



Tlie specimens were taken on the 7th of July, 1875 ; they are 

 much worn, which indicates that they must have been some time on 

 the wing. 



6. DiADEMA OCTOCULA, Butler (one male and two females). 



Havannah Harbour, Sandwich Island (22nd July, 1875). 



This species has hitherto been unique in Mr. Druce's collection 

 from Totoya, Fiji ; the male from Vate differs slightly from my 

 figure in the outline of the tawny band of primaries. 



Hitherto I have considered the B.formosa of Herrich-Schiiffer to 

 be the male of my B. octocula ; but now that we have both sexes 1 

 am compelled to admit that Mr. Wallace was correct in deternaning 

 the type to be a male in which the abdomen is greatly distended ; 

 D. formosa is a distinct species. 



The female of D. octocula differs from the male in its superior size, 

 the much paler colour of the tawny bands ; the primaries with better- 

 defined papillated ocellus ; four or five subapicalwhite spots ; seconda- 

 ries with white pupils to all the black spots. 



Family Lyc^nid^. 

 Genus Lampides, Hiibner. 



7. Lampides taitensis, Boisduval (one female). 



Espirito Santo, New Hebrides (6th August, 1875). 



The arrival of this little species is interesting ; I had supposed L. 

 taitensis to be the L. platissa of Herrich-Schiiffer ; but as Boisduval 

 says, at the end of his description, " II est de la taille de Catochry- 

 sops bcBticus" (which suits this species admirably, whilst L. platissa 

 more nearly resembles L. strabo), 1 have very little doubt that we 

 now actually possess the typical L. taitensis of the 'Astrolabe.' 



8. Lampides candrena, Herrich-Schaffer (one female). 



Montague Island. 



It is impossible to decide, without seeing plenty of specimens of 

 both sexes, whether or not the females of this species vary in the 

 width of the brown outer border ; in the specimen here registered, 

 and one previously received from Fiji, the border is nearly twice as 

 wide as in an example sent to us from G-ermany with Herrich-Schaffer's 

 name attached to it, yet in the males I find no such difference. 



9. Lampides goodenovii, n. sp. 



5 . Allied to the preceding, but brilliant greenish tnorjjho-hlue, 

 the outer borders black, sharply defined ; the under surface altogether 

 deeper in colour, reddish brown, crossed by the same whitish lines ; 

 ocelU with reddish-orange zones. Expanse of whigs 1 inch 2 lines. 



Espirito Santo, New Hebrides (6th August, 1875). 



This species is more brilliantly coloured than any other Butterfly 

 in the genus; I have named it in honour of the universally beloved 



