1866.] MR. A. G. UUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPLCEA. 295 



Note. — The Javan specimens of E. midamus are the nearest to 

 Linnaeus' s type ; they differ from the Indian ones in having the 

 wings slightly shorter and the spots larger ; the Bornean specimens 

 are very small. 



77 ■ Euplcea hewitsonii, sp. n. (PI. XXX. fig. 2.) 



? Euplcea eunice, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. (1836) pl. 24. f. 1, tf . 



1 Dunais eunice, Guerin, Icon, du Regne Animal, p. 4/4, pl. 77- 

 f. 4, cJ ; Lucas, Lep. Exot. p. 45. f. 1, 6* • 



2 • Alee supra nigro-fuscte, ccerulescentes ; anticce serie macularum 

 octo cceruleo-albarum submurginali, apud apicem arcuata ; macula 

 una costali duabusque discalibus medium versus, inferiore per- 

 magna subovali, superiore raro obsoleta, cceruleo-albis : posticce 

 rufescentes, margins costali albo, serie macularum sex submargina- 

 lium cceruleo-albarum ad apicem magnitudine crescentium, maculis 

 duabus discalibus post cellce finem punctisque sex minimis analibus 

 marginalibus cceruleis : corpus nigro-fuscum, medio rufescente, 

 antice nigrum albo punctatum, antennis nigris. 



Alee subtus cupreo-olivacece ; anticce margine interno pallidiore, ma- 

 cula una costali ccerulea, serie macularum albarum margina/ium 

 conlinua serieque subapicali macularum quinque interna, macula 

 una subanali unaque magna discali interna albis : posticce serie- 

 bus macularum albarum submarginalium duabus, serie interna 

 costce medium attingente, basi albo punctata : corpus nigrum, albo 

 maculatum, antennis nigris. 

 Exp. alar. unc. 4-^-. 



Hub. Philippines. B.M. 



I have named this insect after Mr. Hewitson, as a small acknow- 

 ledgment of the kind interest which he has always taken in my 

 efforts to acquire a knowledge of the Diurnal Lepidoptera. 



78. Euplcea viola, sp. n. (Pl. XXX. fig. 3 ) 



S . Alee supra rufescenti-fuscce, ccerulescentes : anticce serie macula- 

 rum submarginalium subccerulearum apud apicem bifurcata ma- 

 culaque una discali interna oblonga : posticce macula permagna 

 subcostali ochrea, margine costali cinereo, maculis duabus api- 

 calibus parvis ochreis, maculis quinque magnis submarginalibus 

 magnitudine decrescentibus subcceruleis, punclis sex cceruleis mar- 

 ginalibus : corpus fuscum ; capite nigro, albo punctata ; antennis 

 nigris. 



Alee subtus pallidiores, anticce margine interno cinereo-albo, macula 

 permagna ochrea, macula una discali magna ovali, quinque dis- 

 calibus minoribus, una costali, tribus marginalibus, punctis insuper 

 tribus punctisque septem marginalibus albis : posticce maculis 

 decern submarginalibus punctisque undecim marginalibus sub- 

 cceruleis, maculis quinque discalibus subviolaceis unaque subcostali 

 brunnea, basi albo punctata : corpus thorace nigro, ochreo-punc- 

 tato ; antennis nigris ; abdominc fusco. 



Exp alar. unc. 4-^. 



