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band; a discal series of white spots and a double series of lunated sub- 
marginal whitish spots; body below red-brown spotted with white, palpi 
and inner edge of femora white; expanse of wings, 8 inches 9 lines. 
Female.—Above black-brown, fringes white-varied ; primaries with a 
more or less extended tawny patch upon and above the internal border; an 
oblique whitish band beyond the cell, more or less divided into five 
elongated spots, the uppermost (upon the costal area) tinted with lilacine ; 
a sub-apical whitish spot, from which a series of small rounded spots 
extends across the disc; a double sub-marginal series of interrupted 
lunulated whitish spots; secondaries crossed by a broad whitish patch 
bordered with tawny or pale blue; a sub-marginal series of spots as in 
the primaries; wings and body below much as in the male but redder, 
with the white markings better defined; expanse of wings, 3 inches 9 lines. 
The range of this species is peculiar: it occurs in Java, Australia, New 
Guinea, and the Loyalty Islands. In Samoa a small representative occurs,* 
of which Mr. Whitmee has recently brought home a good series exhibiting 
scarcely any variation. 
Dr. Semper, in his paper ** Auf der Insel Yap gesammelte Schmetterlinge 
und deren Verwandlungsgeschichte,” says that the larva is similarly 
marked in Yap, Ebon, and the Samoa Islands, lives long after it is adult, 
and then becomes a pupa very abruptly. The pups hang suspended every- 
where on trees, old stones, etc., and change after twelve days. Breed in 
November. It is probable that the habits of the larva of typical D. nerina 
would be similar to that of Samoa. 
Dr. Schmeltz, in his paper ‘‘ Ueber Polynesische Lepidoptera," expresses 
the belief that the whole of the “species” (Arten ) of this section of Diadema 
are varieties; his views respecting many of the forms recently characterized 
as species, show a similar tendency to lumping constant local forms which 
it is melancholy to contemplate ; many of his conclusions respecting South 
Pacific species appear to be based upon an examination of series of allied 
forms from the Philippines. 
Family Lycænidæ, Butler. 
This family is now separated into two subfamilies—the Lycenine and 
the Thecline, to the former of which the whole of the New Zealand forms 
are referable. 
Subfamily Lyczyipx, Stephens. 
Lycena, Fabricius. 
8. Lycena phebe, Pl. XII., figs. 2 and 8. 
Lycena phebe, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag., 1873, p. 107. 
* D. otaheite, Felder. 
