1896.] MR. H. H. DRUCB OX BOBNBAN LTCjENlD^. 669 



Abhopala moobbi, sp. n., Bethune-Baker. (Plate XXXI. fig. 

 Id.) 



Labuan ; ICiiia Balu ; Malacca. 



(S . Upperside : both wings bright purplish blue, rather deep in 

 tone ; primaries with very narrow black costa and broad black 

 outer margins ; secondaries with broad black borders of almost 

 equal width all round ; abdominal fold dark grey ; no tail. Under- 

 side : both wings dirty brown, with very slightly darker spots 

 palely edged. Primaries with all the markings very obscure ; three 

 increasing cell-spots, the third the most obscure, with a trace of a 

 small one below : trans\'erse catenulated band composed of five 

 spots, the first on the discoidal nervure, the upper three are very 

 oblique outwardly, the fourth is shifted decidedly inwards, and 

 the fifth outwards ; submarginal row exceedingly indistinct ; sub- 

 median area pale. Secondaries with pattern distinct ; four basal 

 spots, the second and fourth shifted inwards, followed by three 

 larger spots below each other, the two lower ones being near 

 together ; cell closed by a lai'ge spot, below which is another small 

 one: transverse catenulated band composed of eight spots, the 

 upper two distinct from the othei's but not disconnected, the 

 second spot is shifted well outwards, the third right out again, 

 the fourth rather further out still, fifth inwards, small, sixth 

 outwards ; seventh angular spot right inwards(sometimes dislocated), 

 eighth almost confluent with it ; submarginal band indefinite ; anal 

 area with two dark spots, over which are imposed bluish or bluish- 

 green metallic scales. 



5 . Upperside ; both wings of paler blue than the male, with 

 short broad black costa, very broad outer margin, and excessively 

 broad apical area ; secondaries with \ ery broad black borders all 

 round, the costa being the broadest. Underside precisely as the 

 male in every respect. 



This species, with A. ivaierstradti, will come between A.metainuta, 

 Hew., and A. hypomuta, Hew. It can readily be distinguished from 

 the former in that the colour of both the wings is the same without 

 the purple gloss, and darker altogether than the colour of the 

 hind wings of that species ; the borders are also narrower than in 

 A. metamuta; whilst the bluer colour and the broad borders separate 

 it (todtl A. hypomuta. From A. ivatersiradti it differs in being a smaller 

 insect with broader borders and of a deeper and more purple-blue. 

 I have two specimens, kindly lent me by Herr Kibbe, from Malacca, 

 which, though larger than Bornean specimens, yet cannot be 

 referred to anything but this insect. 



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



[We also possess two males of this species from Sumatra. — 

 H. H. D.-\ 



Abhopala bbva, sp. n., Bethune-Baker. (Plate XXX. fig. 3, S •) 

 N. Borneo, Sandakan. 

 Expanse, 6 40, $ 40 millim. 



6 . Upperside : both wings purple, with black linear costa and 



