CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF 

 THE PHILIPPINES. 



By W. SCHULTZE. 



{Froiir the Entomolofjical Section, Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, 

 Manila, P. I.) 



A. NEW LEPIDOPTEKA. 



Fam. LYC.ENID^E. 



TARUCUS Moore. 



Let?. Ceylon (1881), 1, 81. 

 Type: 2'. theoplirastus Fabr. 



Tarucus leopardus sp. nov. PI. I, fig. 9. 



$ . Upperside of wings irridegcent purplish blue with a narrow dull 

 black line along outer margin ; cilia white. Tail black, tipped with white. 

 Hind wing with two indistinct subnaarginal spots at posterior angle. 

 Underside of wings white with a faint oehraceous tinge and numerous dark 

 brown markings as follows : A narrow subcostal band from base to middle 

 of fore wing, thence obliquely toward posterior outer angle; basal area 

 'itli three triangular patches, the medial one being most prominent ; outer 

 area with three oblique bars from the costa, the second, which is the 

 loi.gest, reaching vein TV ; a prominent, nearly round, postmedial spot 

 betv.'een veins III and IV; a submarginal band and a marginal row of 

 six very small spots, each between two veins and a very fine marginal line. 

 Cilia white. Hind wing with a basal bar, six antemedial transverse 

 streaks, two medial transverse streaks, two postmedial streaks, and a 

 postmedial band from inner margin to vein VI ; a prominent subjnarginal 

 band, six submarginal spots and a fine anteciliary line. The submarginal 

 area between veins I and III is dark oehraceous and the two black spots 

 upon it are surrounded by a highly metallic, green line. 



9 . Upperside of wings grayish brovm with a l)luish irridescence on 

 basal half. Discal area whitish. All markings on underside similar to 

 those above although less diffused. Hind wing with the sulmrarginal 

 row of spots large and distinct. Underside similar to that in S ; all 

 markings somewhat larger. 



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