1883.] LEPIDOPTERA FROM TIMOR LAUT. 367 



2. Calliplcea visenda, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.) 

 Allied to C. liyems (arisbe, Fid.) from Timor, but much darker ; 



the primaries of the male velvet-black, the white spots on the pri- 

 maries larger, especially the two last in the series, the last of all 

 being the largest spot in the series ; submarginal dots wanting on 

 the upper surface of primaries, but present on the secondaries, which 

 are not bordered with pearl-white but with greyish brown ; the 

 discal spots forming a sinuous white band well separated from the 

 margin, somewhat as in the preceding species ; the usual whitish costa 

 and cream-coloured sexual patch. Expanse of wings 64 mm. 



Maroe Island. 



This is one of the prettiest species in the genus, and is doubtless a 

 copy of the preceding species. 



3. Salatura laratensis, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 5.) 

 Allied to S. artenice, Cramer, of Java; but the subapical white 



fascia decidedly broader; no central white markings on the secon- 

 daries ; the veins on the under surface of these wings less distinctly 

 bordered with white. Expanse of wings 70-74 mm. 

 Larat. 



Nymphalin^. 



4. Hypolimnas forbesii, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4.) 



$ . Allied to H. polymena from Aru : velvet-black shot with 

 purple ; primaries with the pattern of H. velleda $ , but darker, and 

 with all the white spots of double the size; the secondaries differ 

 from H. polymena in having a series of hastate brown dashes along 

 the internervular folds from just beyond the middle of the broad 

 cream-coloured external area, through the centre of which a series 

 of white spots can be dimly seen. Expanse of wings 80 mm. 



Larat. 



This is one of the most beautiful species in the genus ; it bears a 

 vague resemblance to H. albula of Timor, which, however, belongs to 

 the H. anomala group. 



5. Precis expansa, sp. n. 



$ . Allied to P. timorensis of Wallace, from which, however, it 

 differs in its clearer fulvous colouring above, the blackish colouring 

 of the external area being confined to the apex, the paler coloration 

 of the under surface, its broader and less produced primaries, and 

 the less pronounced caudal angle to the secondaries. Wings above 

 tawny, with black markings and bluish-centred ocelli, as in P. erigone 

 of Java (Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pi. 62. E, F), but the white markings 

 of that specii'S replaced by a slightly paler tint of tawny than the 

 ground-colour ; under surface as in P. erigone. Expanse of wings 

 52-54 mm. 



Larat. 



Why the P.-erigone group has been referred to Junonia and the 

 scarcely differing P. natalica to Precis it would, I think, be hard to 

 explain. P. antigone and P. natalica seem very closely allied 

 species. 



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