284 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPE02A. [May 8, 



on the underside of the hind wings. The E. melina of Horsfield's 

 collection, however, is a much smaller insect, and has subapical spots 

 on the hind wings as in E. climena. 



47. ElJPLCEA PALLA, Sp. 11. 



Alee supra nigro-fuscce, certo situ ccerulescentes ; anticee maculis 

 septem submarginalibus albis ad apicem majoribus, striis duabus 

 internis nitentibus: post icce area anali rvfescente ; margine cos- 

 tali rvfescente ; margine interno cinereo ; maculis decern submar- 

 ginalibus ochreo- albis, punctis minimis marginalibus brunneis : 

 corpus nigro-fuscum, antice albo punclatum ; antennis nigris. 



Alee subtus pallidiores, ritjescentcs, maculis submarginalibus velut 

 supra, anticee autem uno minimo costali : anticee punctis duobus 

 discalibus novemque marginalibus minimis albis: posticee punctis 

 undecim marginalibus minimis, basi punctis duobus albis minimis: 

 corpus thorace nigro-fusco, punctis nonnuUis albis, antennis ni- 

 gris ; abdomine olivaceo-fusco, punctis mediis albis. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3\. 



Hab. Aru Islands. B.M 



48. EUPLCEA TRISTIS, Sp. 11. 



Ala supra nigro-fuscce purpurascantes, anticee maculis quinque mar- 

 ginalibus albis : posticee costa pallida, margine postico rufescente, 

 margine apicali maculis sex irregularibus albis submarginato : 

 corpus nigro-fuscum, collo albo punctato, antennis nigris. 



Alee subtus olivaceo-fuscce, anticee area basali fuscescente, certo situ 

 purpurascentes , punctis quinque discalibus maculaque i?i cella sub- 

 violaceis ; 7naculis duabus apicalibvs, duabus mediis submarginali- 

 bus punctisque nonnuUis marginalibus sparsis albis : posticee 

 punctis sex discalibus unoque in cella subviolaceis ; punctis nonnul- 

 lis minimis valde indistinctis submarginalibus sparsis : corpus 

 nigrum, abdomine ceeruleo punctato. 



Exp. alar. unc. 2-2-. 



Hab. Aneiteum. B.M. 



49. Euplcea mcesta, sp. n. (Fig. 3, p. 281.) 



J . Alee supra nigro-fuscce certo situ purpurascentes, posticee extus 

 pallescentes : anticee maculis duabus subapicalibus punctisque 

 duobus oblongis submarginalibus ceeruleis: corpus nigro-fuscum; 

 capite collo albo punctato, antennis nigris. 



Alee anticee subtus area basali nigro-fusca ; costa areaque postica 

 rufescentibus ; margine interno albo-cinereo ; maculis dtiabus dis- 

 calibus unaque ad cellee extimum ; striis dtiabus internis sericeis : 

 posticee fusco-rufescentes, marginibus paulo pallescentibus, punctis 

 quatuor discalibus ceeruleis serie arcuata post cellam positis 

 unoque ad cellee extimum : corpus nigro-fuscum, abdomine medio 

 cinereo punctato. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3$. 



Hab. Dory ; Sumatra {alee supra immacuhttce). B.M. 



