272 [December, 



on two species of calopteryginje from the island of 

 lombock:, with varietal notes. 



BY ROBERT McLACHLAN, P.R.S., &c. 



EuPHiEA Lara, Kriiger. 



This species has just been described by Herr L. Kriiger (Stett. 

 ent. Zeit., 1898, p. 131) from a ^ from Sumba Island, and is remark- 

 able for its shining, uniformly brownish-yellow wings. In the point 

 of wing coloration its nearest ally is E. ochracea, Selys. 



I possess a ^ example from the same locality that practically 

 agrees with Kriiger's description (the apical segments of the abdomen 

 absent). Length of posterior wing, 31 mm. (30 mm. according to K.) ; 

 21 — 23 antenodals in anterior wing (23 — 24. K.) ; quadrilateral without 

 nervule in each anterior wing, with one nervule in each posterior 

 (without nervule in three of the wings. K.) ; nodal sector arising from 

 the oblique nodal nervule in the right wings and slightly before in 

 the left ("ein wenig nach dem Nodus." K.). The markings of the 

 thorax agree with Kriiger's description. 



Materials from adjacant islands tend to prove that the species is 

 subject to local variation. All my examples are ^ . 



EuPH^A Lara, var. balica, var. n. 

 $ . Length of posterior wing, 28 mm. (abdomen mutilated) ; 21 — 22 antenodals 

 in anterior wing ; quadrilateral with one nervule in all the wings ; nodal sector 

 arising distinctly after the oblique nodal nervule ; markings of the thorax apparently 

 as in the type from Sumba. 



Kab. : Bali {Boherfy, 1 adult (J). * 



The principal point in which this appears to differ from the Sumba 

 type-form is its smaller size ; the character of the quadrilateral 

 nervule is of little importance, but it is remarkable that in both ex- 

 amples from Sumba there should be a tendency towards the absence 

 of any such nervules. 



EuPHiEA Lara, var. lombockensis, var. n. 

 I have before me 8 males (7 adult and 1 immature), part of a 

 larger number collected by Herr Fruhstorfer at Sapit, Lombock, in 

 April, 1896. These appear to possess more marked differences than 

 the (^ from Bali. 



Length of posterior wing, 33 — 35 mm. Abdomen, 39 — 40 mm. (35 mm. in the 

 type-form. K.) ; 29 — 31 antenodals in the anterior wings ; one (or occasionally two) 

 nervules in the quadrilatei-al (absent in both wings on one side in one individual) ; 

 nodal sector arising distinctly before the oblique nodal nervule as a rule (at the same 

 point in one individual). The markings of the thorax are liable to be oblitei-ated 



