182 W. Dolievty — The Butterflies of Sumha and Samhawa, 8jX. [No. 2, 



wiiio- discally to the submedian vein, slightly dislocated inwardly at 

 the upper median vein, "below which it is narrow and broken. Hind- 

 wing with a row of serrate ocelli as on the forewing, a very large 

 black ocellus in the lower median space, slenderly edged with dark 

 orange, and then a darker ring ; a black anal spot; the three trans- 

 verse bands much broken, the discal one forming two dark quadrate 

 areas, the upper from the costa to the lower subcostal vein, the lower 

 lying further out, extending thence to the upper median vein ; the disc 

 is chiefly white. 



This curious species* is something like Dr. Felder's Lyccena palmyra 

 from Amboina. The venation places it in Nacaduha, but it has little 

 resemblance to the usual forms of the genus, and looks more like a 

 Catochrysops. 



Sumba, rare. 



79. Nacadfba latjra, n. sp, PI, II, fig. 9, ? , magnified two diameters. 

 Female, above, forewing about three-fifths dark brown; a large 

 white area, sprinkled, especially at the base, with blue scales, extending 

 from the cell to the hind-margin. Hindwing with the cell and the two 

 spaces beyond it discally white, the rest of the disc paler brown ; two 

 submarginal rows of black spots, the outer round, the inner lunular. 

 Below, forewing with a large white area occupying the end of the cell 

 and the disc to the hind -margin ; a basal transverse dark band across 

 the cell and the intemo-median space ; the discal transverse bands are 

 obliterated, except costally, one being represented by two brown lines 

 extending from the hind margin into the white area as far as the 

 middle median vein. Hindwing with the white area much smaller and 

 duller-coloured, the transverse bands confused. Both wings have two 

 submarginal rows of conspicuous dark spots, the inner large, black, 

 semicircular on the foi-ewing, lanceolate on the hindwing, the outer 

 paler, transverse. The hindwing has two slender ocelli with slender 

 irides of orange, touched with metallic, the outer one with the black 

 area very large ► 



* An allied species, of which N. gaura is presumably a local form, occurs in 

 south-eastern Borneo and Java. I also took a male in Engano (unluckily omitted 

 in my list), and I think I found it in the Nicobars. A Bornean specimen before me 

 has the black marginal band above very narrow and equal, the black spots on the 

 hindwing obsolete, except that in the lower median space, which is large. Belovo 

 there are no distinct white areas, but all the markings are conspicuously edged with 

 white. The discal band is bent outwardly and very irregular as far as the middle 

 median vein, below which it it broad, straight and quadrate, the subanal ocellus ia 

 broadly bordered with orange. 



I propose the name of N. 'p&eustis for this species. 



