652 ilR. fl. a. DEffOB oif BOEifBAN Llc^OTD*. [June 16, 



Kiaa, Bala (Waterstr.). Type Miis. Staud. 



This species appears to be quite distinct, and the black hind 

 wings above and tiie reddish-brown patches below should at once 

 separate it from its allies '. 



Pahageetdus, Distant. 



Pabageeydcs ptxus. 



Paraqerydus py.vus, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. vol. Ixiii. no. 1, p. 27, 

 pi. V. fig. 2, d (1894). 



Labuan ( Wahnes) ; Sandakan, Sapagaya, and Melikop ( Gator). 



Dr. StauJiuger has sent me several specimens which appear to 

 be referable to this species, and Mr. D. Cator has also captured it. 



Paeageeydus wateesteadti, H. H. Druce. 



Mr. Cator captured this species at Sapagaya. 



Mr. Cator has also obtained a long series of specimens of an 

 allied species from the island of Cagayan, which I believe is un- 

 named and have ventured to describe below ". 



Paeageevbus apuocha. 



Allotinus aphocha, Kheil, Ehop, Ins. Nias, p. 28, pi. v. flg. 30 

 (1884). 



' Mr. de Nic6ville i.i mistaken in supposing that the Miletus zi/mna, Doubl. & 

 Hew., is a true Gerydus (see J. A. S. B. Ixiv. p. 445, 1895), as the structure of 

 the legs at once proves that it is not. congeneric. Dr. P. Karseh has lately 

 placed this species, together with another from W. Africa (il/. metaleucus, 

 Ifarach), in the genus ilegalopalpzis, Bober (Berlin, entom. Zeits. 1§9.3, p. 217). 

 We possess specimens of M. symna, and on examination I find that they agree 

 with tlie Cguresgiren by Herr Ilober so far as the legs and palpi are concerned, 

 hut that the neuration does not exactly correspond with the ueuration as there 

 figured. I, however, still hold the same opinion as I expressed in P. Z. S. 

 1895, p. 5G1, footnote. On the other liand, Mr. Grose Smith has recorded 

 Miletus zymna, Poubl. & Ilew., from Sumatra, but Mr. de Nic6ville and 

 Dr. Martin did not obtain specimens. There is some confusion with regard to 

 Megalopalpus, which I regret I cannot clear up. 



An examination of the types of Gerydus boisduvalii, Butler (Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. ser. 5, vol. xiii. 188-1, p. 194), proves that they are synonymous with G. leos, 

 Guor., the female of which is well figured in the ' Voyage de La Coquille ' (pi. 18. 

 fig. 8, 1829)— the specimens which Dr. Butler referred to G. leos being the 

 recently described G. maxiiiius, Holland, froui Celebes. Of course, G. boisdu- 

 valii, Butler, could not in any case stand, as Mr. Moore, so long ago as 1867, 

 described unotlier species under the name boisduuali, with which tlie Amboinese 

 species is strictly congenorio. 



' Paragerydus MELOa, sp. n. 



Closely allied to P. horsfieldi. 



(J. Upperside much darker brown, with the disoal patch paler and more 

 conspicuous ; underside pale grey, with the marginal rows of spots in each 

 wing dark and distinct. 



5 . Dark brown above, very slightly paler on the disc of the fore wing ; 

 underside as male, but ground-colour paler. The outer margin of the hind 

 wing is much more dentate than in that sex of P. horsfieldi. 



Expanse, ^ I^V-IJ inch, J l/o-lj inch. 



Hub, Cagayan. Types Mus. Cator and Druce. 



A number of specimens were obtained in June, which vary only in size. 



