I860.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPL03A. 285 



c? . Var. Anticce supra immaculate ; posticm margine postico fusco 

 marginato : auticcs subtus punctis tribus minimis discalibus post 

 cellam positis : posticce margine costali obscuriore. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3-^. 



Hab. Amboina. B.M. 



50. EuPLCEA jETHIOPS, sp. 11. 



<3 . Ate antica supra nigro-fuscce, margine postico rufescente : pos- 

 ticce medio nigrescentes ; area costali cinereo-fusca ; area anali 

 et margine apicali olivaceo -fuscis : corpus nigro-fuscum, antice 

 albo punctatum, antennis nigris. 



Ate subtus olivaceo-fuscce, anticce medio fuscescente, margine inte- 

 riore striga magna interna alba, puncto uno subcostali unoque dis- 

 cali sub celte extimo strigaque interna exiqua elongata albis : 

 posticce punctis nonnullis minimis subapicalibus albis, punctis 

 quinque discalibus serie arcuata post cellam unoque ad celte exti- 

 mum violaceis. 



Exp. alar. unc. 3^. 



Hab. Waigiou. B.M. 



Division IV. 



Atefuscce, breves, anticce maris et raro femince macula una discali, 

 sub nervulo mediano primo posita : ate subtus plerumque maculis sub- 

 marginalibus distinctis ; anticce maculis discalibus plerumque distinctis. 



Subdivision 1. 



Ate anticce supra striga media lata pallida roseo-ferruginea : ate 

 subtus sine maculis submarginalibus ; punctis discalibus indistinctis 

 obsoletisve. 



51. EUPLCEA USIPETES. 



Euplcea usipetes, Hewitson, Exot. Butterf. ii. pi. 12. f. 4 ( S) 

 (1857-61). 



Hab. Aru Islands. B.M. 



52. Eupl<ea confusa, sp. n. (Fig. 3, p. 283.) 



$ . Ate anticce supra ochreo-fuscce, striga discali interna elongata 

 confusa roseo-pallida, costa basi fuscescente : posticce obscuriores, 

 margine costali pallida, fascia triangulari nigro-fusca de margine 

 abdominali ad celte extimum currente : corpus fuscum, antice ni- 

 grescens alboque punctatum ; antennis nigris. 



Ate subtus velut in E. usipete (Hewitson) , posticce autem margine 

 anali pallidiore : corpus thorace nigro, abdomine chiereo-fusco. 



Alar. exp. unc. 3^. 



Hab. Waigiou (Coll. Salvin and B.M.). 



This insect may be only a local form of E. usipetes ; I have only 

 seen female specimens. 



