1891.] W. Doherfcy — The Butterflies of Sumha and Sambawa, S/^c. 187 



HUPHINA TEMENA, HeW. 



Sambawa. A very beautiful species. 



98. HuPHiNA JULIA, n. sp. PI. II, fig. 12. 



Male, above, creamy- white, a black marginal fascia, scarcely wider 

 on the forewing than on the hindwing, its inner border diffused ; the 

 submarginal dark bands of the underside visible through the wings ; 

 all the veins of the forewing dark, as well as those of the hindwing out- 

 wardly. Below, forewing white, a submarginal diffused brawn band, 

 connected along the two upper median veins with a dark longitudinal 

 band in the lower part of the cell ; apex diffused ochreous-yellow, the 

 yellow area just crossing the submarginal band costally, the outer 

 margin narrowly brown. Hindwing bright yellow ; a narrow dark 

 marginal band, a broad, irregular, serrate dark submarginal band 

 enclosing seven large orange-scarlet spots, obsoletely edged with yellow ; 

 the subcostal space nearly all scarlet, without any black border inwardly 

 or outwardly. Expanse two and two-third inches. 



Female, above, forewing with all the veins heavily outlined with 

 dark, the spaces more or less white, a united subapical white band, 

 and a row of submarginal spots. Hindwing pale yellow, the veins 

 slightly darkened, a broad outer dark band enclosing white spots. 

 Below, duller than the male, the radial and upper median veins of the 

 hindwing marked with lines of blackish scales. 



I^earest H. Iceta, Hewitson, from Timor, which has the forewing 

 broadly and the hindwing slenderly black above, while below, the disc 

 of the hindwing is uniform black, the submarginal dark band of the 

 hindwing is obsolescent, and the scarlet costal stripe bordered on both 

 sides with black. It is a much smaller butterfly than H. julia. 



Sumba, interior. 



This insect, the most beautiful Oriental species of Pieris known, 

 has when flying none of the air of a protected butterfly. If it stood 

 alone, I should certainly suppose it to be a mimic of some form of 

 Delias hyparete yet undiscovered in the island. But both H. Iceta and 

 H. temena require to be accounted for in the same way, and while it is 

 possible that some Timorese Delias may resemble H. Iceta, I feel sure 

 that H. temena can have no such original. It must then be assumed 

 that this group is less pressed by its enemies in the Timorian Islands, 

 and has therefore been able to acquire more brilliant colours than its 

 allies. 



Huphina Iceta, julia, temena and tamar form the nearest approach to 

 a peculiar group of butterflies which these islands possess. But H. tamar 

 is from Bali, beyond Wallace's Line, and no doubt extends into Eastern 

 Java, 



