2/2 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPLCEA. [May 8, 



$ . Papilio midamus, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. i. 39. n. 116 (1793). 

 (Vide Banksian Collection.) 



Limnas mutabilis midamis, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. 

 Bd. i. pi. 24. f. 3, 4 (180G). 



Danais alopia, Godart, Enc. Meth. ix. p. 177 (1819). 



Hab. China; North India ; Cape of Good Hope ?*. B.M. 



Fabricius (Ent. Syst. iii. i. 39. n. 116 (1793)) refers to (Cramer, 

 pi. 266. f. A, B, D, & E) three distinct species as representatives of 

 his midamus ; but in the Banksian Collection I find E. super ba, $ , 

 as midamus. 



9. Euplcea splendens, sp. ii. (E. superba, vox. 1) 



3 . Alee anticce supra nigro-fuscee omnino viridi-cceruleo mutabiles ; 

 margine postico seriebus macularum albamm duabus, externa 

 apicem non attingente, interna anlice arcuata de costa currente nee 

 marginem analem attingente; serie brevi angulata macularum septem 

 violacearum oblongarum post cellam posita et de costa super cellam 

 angulis duobus currente; macula una apud cellce finem ; striga pal- 

 lida sub nervulo mediano primo posita : alee posticce pallidiores, 

 paulo ccerulescentes, area costali pallida ; macula permagna ochrea 

 in vena subcostali posita, margine postico seriebus duabus macula- 

 rum valde indistinctarum : corpus fuscum, albo antice punctatum. 

 Alee anticce subtus cupreo-fuscce, margine interno pallido seriebus 

 macularum submarginalium velut supra, serie autem interna ma- 

 culis minoribus ; macula post costa? medium, una apud cellce finem, 

 una sub cellce fine, unaque magna oblonga inter nervulos me- 

 dianos, albis : postico? cupreo-fuscce seriebus duabus macularum 

 submarginalium albarum, interna serie utrinque de punctis mini- 

 mis, serie angulata macularum violaceo-albarum post cellce finem 

 maculaque una in cella ; basi punctis albis : corpus fuscum, tho- 

 race albo punctatum. 

 Exp. alar. unc. 3f . 



Hab. Nepaul. B.M. 



Allied to E. superba, Herbst, but more brilliantly shot with variable 

 blue green ; the outer margin of front wings more arched ; the costa 

 of hind wings not so angular ; the discoidal spots of the front wings 

 much larger and oblong, and the submarginal spots smaller ; the 

 submarginal spots of hind wings nearly obsolete. Below, the dis- 

 coidal spots are much more distinct and larger, the submarginal spots 

 of the front wings more numerous, and the inner submarginal series 

 of the hind wings very small, especially towards the apex and anal 

 angle. 



10. Euplcea callithoe. 



Euplcea callithoe, Boisduval, Faune de l'Oceanie, p. 93 (1832) ; 

 Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 87. n. 13 (1847). 

 Hab. New Guinea. 



* We have a female specimen registered as from this locality but it may very 

 likelv be an error. 



