1891.] W. Doherfcy — The jButterJlies of Sumha and Samlawa, Sfc. 167 



Pada Dalung, Central Sumba : a very dull- coloured species. It 

 appears to belong to Mr. Moore's newly-described genus Badacara, along 

 with B. nilgiriensis. 



A single male from Sambawa agrees in the main with those from 

 Sumba. But the whitish markings are better defined and more trans- 

 parent, the outer submarginal spots of the forewing extend on the 

 underside to the apex, the elongate discal streak between the radial 

 veins is shorter, and all the discal and submarginal marks of the hind- 

 wing are somewhat larger and more distinct. The specimen is not 

 now in my possession, and I am unable to compare it with D. larissa. 



15. Radena oberthueii, n. sp. PI. II. fig. 6. 



Male, above dark brown, the markings yellowish, somewhat trans- 

 lucent ; a pale streak along the costal vein, the tip clavate and more 

 distinct ; the basal cell-streak bifid, its upper ray very slender, short ; 

 terminal cell-spot narrow, obliquely transverse ; interno-median space 

 with two strong white bands scarcely convergent, a broad dark space 

 between them ; a large, elongate spot in the lower median space ; a 

 broad obliquely-transverse discal band of four large white spots se- 

 parated by veins, one on the costa somewhat apart from the others, the 

 fourth largest, ovate, the third incised outwardly ; another small spot 

 beyond these on the costa, and six small inner-submarginal spots, the 

 upper three in a line across the apex, the others small, transverse, be- 

 tween the upper median and internal veins ; no outer-submarginal 

 spots are present. Hindwing paler brown than the forewing, the cell 

 all white, a large spot in each space beyond it, making, besides the long 

 submedian streaks, four in all, the second (above the upper median 

 vein) incised outwardly, and projecting beyond the others, the first and 

 fourth elongate, the third small, triangular ; a line of about nine inner- 

 submarginal dots, placed rather irregularly. Beloio, similar, five or six 

 obscure outer-submarginal dots on the hindwing only. The tufts are 

 long, as in H. juventa. 



Kearest Eadena purpurata, Butler, from 'New Guinea, from which it 

 obviously differs in the two interno-median streaks, and the broad 

 oblique discal band on the forewing. 



I name this fine species in honour of the distinguished entomologist, 

 M. Charles Oberthiir, of Rennes. It is a dominant species in Sumba, 

 occurring both on the coast and inland, and seems to be the most 

 western representative of the Papuan group to which, it belongs. 



16. Radena kambera, n. sp. PI. II. fig. 7. 



Allied to B. juventa, from Java. The wings are shorter, and 



