118 MR. H. H. DRIJCE ON 'SEW AND LITTLE-KNOWN [June 3, 



lolatcs, and at the same time erects a new gen vis for /. mermeros 

 Mabille. 



I have lately been able to examine a specimen ( cj" ) of lolaus 

 trimeni Walleng-., and find that it agrees in venation with 

 Epamera sidus Trimen, and should be placed in the same genus. 



HORAGA AMETHYSTUS, sp. n. (Plate XI. figs. 4, 5.) 



S ■ TJpperside dull dark bluish purple, with a minute white 

 spot at end of cell and sharply- defined dark brown margins. 



Fore wing : costal very narrowly, outer margin rather broadly 

 dai-k brown, broadest at apex. Hind wing : costal, outer, and 

 anal margins dark-brown bordered, of about equal width to outer 

 margin of foi-e wdng. A white antecili;\ry line near the anal 

 extending about halfway up the wing. 



Underside rather pale greenish brown, inclined to a more orange 

 shade towards anal regions of hind wing. Fore ^\Ya.g crossed 

 just about the middle by a rather distinct white band, outvrardly 

 bordei-ed by a dark brown line, commencing just below the costa 

 and reaching neaily to the inner margin, which is palei-. 



Hind wing with a rather nairow, but distinct, pale metallic 

 blue band, inwardly bordered by a dai'k brown line, crossing the 

 wing about the middle from the costa 1 margin to the lower median 

 nervule, where it becomes broken into a number of short streaks 

 and crescent-shaped markings, wdiich are spread over the anal 

 region and inwardly to the innei' margin. A rather large black 

 spot on the mai-gin between the lowei- median nervules, crowned 

 by a metallic blue crescent, and above this spot anothei- minute 

 black speck almost covered with metallic blue. A black spot on 

 the lobe which is small. The marginal space beloM^ the sub- 

 median nervure is dusted with black and grey scales. An 

 aiiteciliary black line followed by a narroAv white line. 



Cilia of fore wing brown ; of hind wing brown, tipped with 

 white towards anal angle. 



Abdomen bi-own above, sordid white below ; palpi white with 

 black tips ; legs white with black spots. 



5 . TJpperside violaceous blue, with a distinct white spot at 

 the end of the cell, and broad dull bi-own margins ; on the hind 

 wing the blue area scarcely extends beyond the cell. 



Underside as in male, but ground-colour paler. 



Expanse, <S 1 inch, $ li inch. , 



Hah. British N. Borneo {W. B. Fryer). 



(Type, S Mus. Druce ; $ in coll. Hope, Mus. Oxon.) 



We have long possessed the male of this apj^arently very distinct 

 species ; it was formerly in Herr Semper's collection, and Professor 

 Poulton has sent me the female for examination. 



Herr Frlihstoffer (Berlin, ent. Zeit. 1897, 1898) has described 

 several new species of this genus and given lists of those already 

 known, but I can find nothing amongst them that will agree with 

 the one here described. 



