1866.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS EUPLCEA. 299 



85. EUPLCEA ABJECTA, Sp. n. 



Alee supra olivaceo-fuscee, anticce punctis maculisve tribtis subapica- 

 libus elongatis punctoque uno costali ochreo-albis : posticce margine 

 costali pallido, maris maculis quatuor elongatis apud disci medium 

 submarginalibus ochreo-albis, femince velut maris punctis quoque 

 discalibus et quinque marginalibus similibus : corpus fuscum, collo 

 albo punctato, antennis nigris. 



Alee subtus pallidiores, ru/escentes, anticce margine interno pallido, 

 maculis velut supra, femince stria interna, punctis quatuor sub- 

 marginalibus albis, duobusque subcostalibus linea obliqua subvio- 

 laceis : posticce maris puncto uno maculisque quatuor velut supra 

 discalibus, punctis duobus marginalibus valde indislinctis ochreis ; 

 posticce femince maculis submarginalibus punctisque marginalibus 

 confusis, puncto uno subcostali subviolaceo : corpus thorace nigro 

 albo punctato, antennis nigris, abdomine fusco albo linealo. 



Alar. exp. unc. <$ 2^-, $ 2-j-f . 



Hab. Philippine Islands. B.M. 



This species in form much resembles E. mitra of Moore. 



Subdivision 2. 



Alee anticce fascia lata obliqua subapicali nivea, maculis apicalibus 

 unaque subanali albis, posticce immaculatce ; subtus punctis octo disca- 

 libus aliisque submarginalibus serie duplici vivlaceis. 



86. EUPLCEA MITRA. 



Euplcea mitra, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. Comp. p. 127. 

 n. 251 (1857). 



Hab. — ? B.M. 



Subdivision 3. 



Alee posticce supra maculis fasciave submarginalibus semper dis- 

 tinctis. 



87. Euplcea rogeri. 



Crastia rogeri, Hiibner, Samml. exot. Schmett. Zutrage, pi. ? 

 f. 947 (1806). 

 Hab. ? 



88. Euplcea orope. 



Euplcea orope, Boisduval, Faune de l'Oceanie, p. 100 (1832); Sp. 

 Gen. Lep. (planches) pi. 11. f. 9 (1836) ; Westw., Doubl. & Hewits. 

 Gen. Diurn. Lepid. p. 88. n. 35 (1847). 



Hab. Taiti (Bdv.) ; Timor. B.M. 



Var. Anticce fascia submarginali valde interrupta : posticce margine 

 postico pallido seriebus macularum albarum duabus, serie interna 

 maculis majoribus. 



Hab. Sumatra? B.M. 



Note. — I should have been utterly unable to recognize this insect 



