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



1. NiPARA HELCITA. 



Eaploea lielcita, Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1859, p. 156, 

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

 p. 299. 



Eu^iloea montrouzieri, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 345 (1867). 



JIab. New Caledonia ; Navigators' Islands. 



2. NiPARA DISTINCTA. 



Euplmi clistiiicta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 278 ; id. Journ. 

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



Eujjlcea eleutho, var., $ , Herr.-Schaffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1869, 

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



Hah. Ellice Islands. 



3. NiPARA INTERMEDIA, U. Sp. 



Male. Intermediate between N.perryi and N. clistincta. Fore wing 

 with similar markings to N. perri/i, but less distinct, and the discal 

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

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

 lengthened oval ; a marginal row of very small spots. 



Female. Fore wing with larger spots, similar to those in J!f. helcita : 

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

 the submarginal row. 



Expanse, J 2 -^^, $ 2 y5_. inches. 



Hub. Raratonga Island. In coll. British Museum. 



4. NiPARA INDISTINCTA, n. Sp 



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

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

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

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



Expanse 2y^|J inches. 



Hab. Raratonga Island. In coll. British Museum. 



5. NiPARA PERRYI. 



Euploea 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. 



Euploea eschscholtzii, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 345 ; Butler, 

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

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



Hah. 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. 



