660 ME. H. H. DBUOB ON BOENBAN lyOjBNId^. [June 16, 



less distinctly spotted, and the transverse band has a longish spot 

 below the lower median nervule ; the secondaries are likewise less 

 darkly spotted, especially the transverse band, vs'hich is continuous 

 without a break, and with spots more quadrangular. 



This is a very distinct species and will come after A. iameanga. 

 ■ (3 e mils. Semper ; $ e mus. Staudinger. 



Aehopala dajaijaka (Stgr. MS.), sp. n., Bethune-Baker. (Plate 

 XXIX. figs. 11 d, 12 ?.) 



Kina Balu, Labuan, Tameang-Lajang. 



Expanse, cJ ? , 55 to 56 millim. 



cJ . Upperside : both wings bluish purple, with a very slight 

 brown tinge in side lights. Priniai-ies with costa and outer 

 margin finely black. Secondaries with broad brown costa and 

 narrow black outer margin ; abdominal fold grey ; no tail, but a 

 slight tooth-like projection at the end of the lower median nervule ; 

 no lobe. Underside brown with an ochreous tinge, with dark 

 spots palely encircled. Primaries with three increasing cell-spots, 

 below the first and second a large spot, sometimes divided into 

 two, below the third a spot in the lower median angle ; transverse 

 catenulated band composed of six spots — the first, on the costa, 

 small ; second, third, and fourth shifted well outwards and out- 

 wardly oblique ; fifth and sixth below each other, shifted inwards 

 but outwardly oblique ; submarginal row indefinite ; submedian 

 area paler. Secondaries with a spot at the extreme costal basal 

 extremity ; four basal spots of fair size below each other, the 

 second shifted slightly inwards, the fourth right inwards, followed 

 by three more spots below each other ; cell closed by a large sub- 

 ovate spot, below which is a smaller one connecting it with the 

 lower of tlie previous three ; catenulated band composed of eight 

 spots, all of which (except the eighth) are completely encircled 

 by a pale margin and are arranged in a fairly even semicircle ; the 

 first and second are detached from each other and from the others, 

 all of which touch each other (in one specimen before me I notice 

 the third and fourth spots are not quite completely encircled with a 

 pale margin) ; submarginal row rather indefinite ; anal spot black ; 

 a dark spot on each side the lower median nervule, over which are 

 superimposed bright pale blue metallic scales, as also over the anal 

 spot ; this sealing is rather plentiful. 



5 . Uppeiside : both wings bright violet. Primaries with a 

 dark patch beyond the apex of the cell ; costa not very broadly 

 brown ; outer mai-gin with deep scollops of brown between the 

 nervules, apex broadly brown. Secondaries : costa broadly brown, 

 outer margin with brown border of medium width ; abdominal fold 

 greyish. Underside as in the male, but paler; but the catenu- 

 lated band of the primaries has an additional spot below the lower 

 median nervule, and the same band in the secondaries has not 

 the spots so completely palely margined as in the male. 



This species wUl precede A. anamuta. Semper. 



Mus. Staudinger, Semper, G. T. B.-B. 



