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A NEW NEPTIS AND A LYCAENID FROM HAINAN. 



Collected by C. T. Bowring, Esq. 

 By J. J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 



Neptis soma Mre. Candida subsp. nov. 



Allied to the race lutatia Fruh. from Formosa, but with purer white 

 markings. 



c? 2 . Fore wing with larger spots, postcellular spot longer, spot in 

 3 longer. Hind wing with the androconial area not reaching the discal 

 band. Discal and postdiscal bands a little broader. 



Underside fuscous, markings larger than above. 



Hainan Interior, September, one g- , two S ? ; August, one 5 ; 

 July, two $ $ , one 2 . 



In the Hope Museum, Oxford, presented by C. T. Bowring, July, 

 one ? . 



Tajuria travana Hew. hainanensis subsp. nov. 



$ . Fore wing with blue reduced to a small patch on the inner 

 margin. 



Underside of fore wing with paler submedian area, and postdiscal 

 line thinner. Hind wing with posterior pale edging to the postdiscal 

 line more strongly developed, green scaling less developed. 



? . Hind wing without blue, one specimen with fore wing also 

 without blue. 



Underside ochraceous-yellow, postdiscal line weaker than in the $ . 



Hainan : Hoihow, October, one <? , two ? ? ; December, two $ $ ; 

 September, one ? ; August, one ? ; November, two ? ? ; Leanui, 

 wet month, two S 8 , one ? . 



