1883.] mr. p. moore on limnaina and euplceina. 283 



3. Rasuma guerini. 



Ewplcea guerinii, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 332 (1867) ; 

 Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p, 300. 

 Hab. Aru ; New Guinea (Port Moresby). 



4. Rasuma denticulata, n. sp. 



Near to R. ordinata. Fore wing comparatively longer, the seri- 

 ceous brand narrower, the submarginal spots, eight in the male and 

 nine in the female, are less distinct, narrower, and the three lower 

 spots dentate. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Hah. New Guinea (Port Moresby). In coll. British Museum. 



5. Rasuma bipunctata, n. sp. 



Allied to B. guerini. Fore wing with the subapical spots less 

 distinct, the fourth and fifth spots oval and only half the size. Hind 

 wing with two smaller upper submarginal spots. 



Expanse, c? $ 2| inches. 



Hab. New Guinea (Port Moresby). In coll. British Museum. 



6. Rasuma dolosa. 



Euplcea dolosa, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 765, pi. 77. fig. 1, 

 S; Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 300. 



Hab, New Guinea (Port Moresby). Vu.»e "li ;«*g^.„.c. Y.i.V;;^:i,i.^> 



Note. The female of R. dolosa has the subapical spots of the same 

 size as those in the male. 



The insect described by Mr. Butler as the female of R. dolosa 

 belongs to R, pleiadis. 



7 . Rasuma pleiadis, n. sp. 



Euploea dolosa, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 765, $ . 



Differs from R. siderea in being smaller. Fore wing with a slender 

 sericeous brand of half its width, fourth and fifth subapical spots longer 

 and narrower, the male also having three smaller spots beneath the 

 fifth. 



Expanse, c? 2 2| inches. "tt^ sl - — • ^ — v-ui^x ».«.- 



Hab. New Guinea (Port Moresby). In coll. British Museum. 



8. Rasuma louisa, n. sp. 



Near R. pleiadis. Fore wing with the larger submarginal spots of 

 a blunt oval shape, the three lower s|)Ots more distinct, the upper 

 one being larger and the middle one not entire in the male ; these 

 three spots in the female are also larger, the middle one entire and 

 the largest. 



Expanse 2| inches. 



Hab. New Guinea (Port Moresby). In coll. British Museum. 



9. Rasuma siderea, n. sp. 



Near to R. astrcea. Fore wing with a much broader sericeous 



