368 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON THE [JunC 2, 



with white. Underside much as in J. woodfordii, but rather darker 

 and the black spot over the tail larger and bordered inwardly with a 

 broader band of dark red, not orange. 



Expanse Ij^^ inch. 



Aola, Guadalcanar I. 



This species is perhaps nearest to J. morphoides, Butl., from New 

 Hebrides, but is even more brilliant, and has much narrower borders. 



Lampides, Hiibn. 

 Lampides aratus. 



Papilio aratus, Cr. Pap. Exot. iv. t. 365, A, B (1782). 



Lampides ccerulina, Mathew, Trans. Ent. See. Lond. 1687, p. 46. 



Alu I., near Shortland I. Fauro I. Guadalcanar I. Ugi I. 



The types of Mr. Mathew's species (now iu Messrs. Godman and 

 Salvin's collection) are stated (loc. cii) to be allied to L. celianus, 

 Felder, but they are not in any way distinguishable from Cramer's 

 species from Amboina and Ceram. 



Lampides evanescens, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 615. 



Alu L, near Shortland I. Fauro I. Maravo I. Florida I. Aola, 

 Guadalcanar I. Cape Astrolabe, Malaita I. Opposite Ugi, San 

 Christoval I. Ugi I. St. Anna I. Ulaua I. 



I have before me a large series of this species which shows con- 

 siderable variation as to the breadth of the black border to the 

 primaries above, and as to all the other distinctions pointed out by 

 Mr. Butler {loc. cit.), excepting that the wings do certainly appear 

 somewhat shorter than Indian specimens of L. (sUayius, Fabr. There 

 are examples from most of the localities which agree well with the 

 types and other specimens in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection 

 from New Hebrides Islands. 



There can be no doubt that L. cBlianus, Auct., is a synonym of 

 L. celeno, Cr., the type of which is, of course erroneously, stated to 

 have come from Surinam. 



Lampides areas, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. figs. 7 c? , 8 $ .) 



Male. Upperside uniform light cobalt-blue, outer margins very 

 narrowly black. Underside much like L. aratus, Cr., but the ground- 

 colour of both wings dark greyish in place of brownish, and all the 

 white markings narrower ; the black sagittate lunules on hind wing 

 being less distinct and somewhat smaller, and the upper black apical 

 spot being much the largest, the reverse being the case in L. aratus. 



Female. Upperside : fore wing blue as in male, with the costa very 

 narrowly and the apex and outer margin broadly black. Hind wing 

 slightly suffused with blue from the base to rather beyond the 

 middle, bordered with a distinct row of bluish-white spots, beyond 

 which and between the marginal row of deep black oval lunules, 

 which are bordered inwardly and near the anal angle outwardly with 

 bluish white, the wing presents a decided cupreous appearance, 

 which is caused by the abnormal quantity of orange on the underside 



