464 THE CEUISE OF THE ' CUBAQOA. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family NtmpbalidyE (Westwood). Sub-Family Danain^b Bates). 



Genus Euplcea (Fabricius). 



PLATE XL VI. Figs. 1-4. 



EUPL(EA BBENCELETI, Butler. 

 Ami. and Mag. Nat. Hist. s. 4, Tol. v., p. 357, n. 2 (1870). 



$ Wings above pitchy-brown : front wings with white external 

 area ; the outer margin broadly brown ; a silky streak below the 

 first median branch : hind wings brown, the outer anal area paler; 

 costa silky pale brown. 



Wings below paler than above, external area white : front wings 

 with three central violet-tinted points^ the largest within the dis- 

 coidal cell, and a white discal point : hind wings with pale brown 

 costa ; a discoidal spot and an angulated series of five discal 

 points, all violet-tinted ; base white-spotted : body black, white- 

 spotted. 



$ Differs from the male in having a broad white external area 

 to all the wings and a white internal streak on the under surface 

 of the front wings. Expanse of wings 3 inches 2 lines. 



Five specimens (four $ , one § ). South Sea Islands. Colls. 

 Brit. Museum and Maidstone. 



Allied to E. lapeyrousei and E. sepnlchralis, and interesting 

 as being one of a double series of parallel species resembling one 

 another in colour but differing in form. 



