1891.] W. Dolierty — The Butterflies of Suniha and Samhawa, ^'c. 161 



or nine dots, not extending above the radial veins, the inner of seven 

 large spots placed irregularly, the first four and the last three in line, 

 the first minute. Hindwing bronzy brown with a slight bluish lustre 

 subapioally, the velvety area extending below the upper median vein. 

 Below chocolate-brown, forewing with a purple cell-spot, a costal and 

 usually three or four minute discal spots, and one or two submarginal 

 dots near the lower angle. Hindwing with a large paler area subapical- 

 ly around the subcostal branches ; usually a few submarginal bluish 

 dots. The wings are short and broad, quite unlike those of T. midamus. 



Female with no trace of blue. Above, forewing with whitish 

 markings, one geminate in the cell, (besides a basal pale streak there), 

 one costal, two approximate beyond the cell, three discal, two outer- 

 discal spots, besides a few pale ones subapioally and an interno-median 

 pale streak. Hindwing with the white rays larger and more distinct 

 than in T. 7nidamus, the submarginal spots obscure. Below, all the 

 markings are white and well-defined. 



Nearest T. m,indanaensis, Semper, from the Philippines, but the 

 female and the underside of the male are very different. 



Taken spai-sely in the mountains of Sambawa, in the Donggo 

 country. 



6. BoPLCEA (Trepsichrois) elwesii, n. sp. PI. II, fig. 1, 



Female, above brown without any blue reflections, a pale longi- 

 tudinal streak in the cell, a small round whitish spot at its end, two 

 similar discal spots between the median branches, a long bent pale 

 streak in the upper part of the interno-median space, a subapical area 

 of five large white spots, separated by veins only, from the costa to 

 the upper median vein, the lower spot large and quadrate. Hindwing 

 with four white streaks occupying the greater part of the cell, two good- 

 sized elongate quadrate markings at the base of the spaces between the 

 upper subcostal and the radial vein, small spots beyond the cell below 

 the radial vein, and above the lower median, narrow whitish streaks in 

 the submedian space, and two in the internal space. Below, there are 

 obscure subapical dots on both wings, and a few marginal ones nearly 

 obsolete. The white masses of the forewing and the hindwing are 

 unchanged. 



This species, the most aberrant of the genus, obviously mimics 

 Radena oberthurii, a dominant species in Sumba. No male was seen, 

 and only two females, both now in bad condition, were taken at Koloki 

 and Mandas, Central Sumba, 2 — 3000 ft. 



I name this butterfly after Mr. H. J. Elwes, the well-known 

 lepidopterist and ornithologist. 



