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NEW FORMS OF LYCAENIDAE FROM CERAM AND 



NEW IRELAND. 



By J. J. JOICEY and G. TALBOT. 



1. Deudorix ceramensis Ribbe ? . 



Iris xiii, p. 366, t. vi, fig. 3 (1900) (Ceram) S . 



Upperside shining cerulean blue as in maudei J. and T. but with 

 a narrower black costal and distal edge. The white discal spot not 

 very distinct. Hind wing with a faintly marked submarginal line. 

 Anal lobe orange-yellow with a round black distal spot bearing on 

 its outer edge some metallic blue scales. 



Underside with some basal fuscous suffusion, and all the bands 

 broader than in the male. 



Length of fore wing : 20 mm. 



Central Ceram : Manusela, 6,000 feet, October and November, 

 C, F., and J. Pratt, one ? , also one $ . 



2. Deudorix ceramensis Ribbe niepelti subsp. nov. 



Distinguished by the much reduced patch on the fore wing, and 

 enlarged band below. 



c? . Fore wing with the brown patch limited by vein 2 and shorter 

 than in ceramensis or in maudei J. and T. from Biak, also only touching 

 the submedian at the base and outer edge, a few brown scales below 

 the submedian enclosing a streak of ground-colour. Hind wing with 

 broader costal fuscous-brown which fills the cell, nearly the whole of 

 cellule 6, two-thirds of 5, and forms a streak below vein 5. The base of 

 cellules 4 and 5 and the submedian area with strongly developed 

 fuscous-brown hair. The edge of the wing more heavily bordered 

 with black than in the two other forms. 



Underside of fore wing with a broad fuscous-brown basal bar. 

 Postdiscal band broader and touching the darker distal border on the 

 submedian. Distal border with a thinner pale line. Hind wing with 

 distal and submedian bands very broad and merged together posteriorly. 

 Inner edge of discal band nearly reaching base on the costa. A broad 



