25y MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLOEINA. [May 1, 



1. NiPARA HELCITA. 



Euplcea helcita, Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1859, p. 156, 

 cJ ; Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 453; id. Journ. Lian. Soc, Zool. xiv. 

 p. 299. 



Euj)l(xa montrouzkri, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 345 (1867). 



Hah. New Caledonia ; Navigators' Islands. 



2. NiPARA DISTINCTA. 



Euplcea distincta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 278 ; id. Journ. 

 Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 299. 



Eiiplixa eleutho, var., 5 , Herr.-Schaffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1869, 

 pi. 2. f. 7, 6; id. Exot. Schmett. ii. (1869), f. 107, 6- 



Hah. Ellice Islands. 



3. NiPARA INTERMEDIA, n. Sp. 



Male. Intermediate betvFeen N.perryi and N. distincta. Fore wing 

 with similar markings to N. perrijl, but less distinct, and the discai 

 spot only half the size : hind wing with a submarginal row of large 

 spots, the three upper spots being obconie, the four lower a 

 lengthened oval ; a marginal row of very small spots. 



Female. Fore wing with larger spots, similar to those in N. helcita : 

 hind wing similarly marked to the male, but with six oval spots in 

 the submarginal row. 



Expanse, S 2 J^, 2 2 ■f'^ inches. 



Hah. Raratonga Island. In coll. British Museum. 



4. NiPARA INDISTINCTA, U. Sp 



Male. Nearest allied to N. pernji. Of a darker brown colour ; 

 fore wing with a very indistinct small whitish costal spot, an upper 

 subapical spot, a discai spot, and a submarginal spot below it : hind 

 wing with a submarginal and marginal row of very minute white spots. 



Expanse 2^^^^ inches. 



Hab. Raratonga Island. In coll. British Museum. 



5. NiPARA PERRYI. 



Euplaa perryi, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 278, pi. 44. f. 1 ; 

 id. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 299. 

 Hah. Nieue or Savage Island. 



6. NiPARA ESCHSCHOLTZII, 



Euplcea eschsclioltzii, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 345 ; Butler, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 299 ; H.-Schiiff. Stett. ent. Zeit. 

 1869, p. 69, pi. 2. f. 9, ?; id. Exot. Schmett. ii. f. 109, $ (1860). 



Hab. Fiji Islands. 



Oranasma, n. g. 



Differs from Patosa in the fore wing being much less triangular, 

 narrower, the exterior margin more oblique and uneven, the posterior 

 margin more convex in the middle ; hind wing more triangularly 

 oval. 



