78 THE RHOPALOCERA COLLECTED BY THE THIRD NEW-GUINEA EXPEDITION. 



Gen. Lampides Hûbn. 



133. L. elpis Godt. — 2 cf^ 1 , Kloofbivak 7 March 191 3 and 25 Febr. Thèse spéci- 

 mens are very damaged, but they are very near to the form alecto Feld. from Amboina. 



134. L. pactolus Feld. ■ — 2 cfcT, Kloofbivak 7 and 10 March 191 3. The cT çf are 

 darker coloured on the upperside of the wings than the typical pactolus from Amboina. The 

 marginal spots on the underside of the posterior wings are also nearly black. 



Gen. Cyaniris Feld. 



135. C. cagaya Feld. — n çfcf and 1 Ç, Kloofbivak 5 March 191 3. Loc? Mr. G. 

 VERSTEEG leg. Nov. 1913. 



Gen. Catochrysops Boisd. 



136. C. strabo F. — 1 cf> Kloofbivak 3 March 1913. Hesperia strabo F. = Catochrysops 

 lithargyria Moore. 



Gen. Lycaenesthes Moore. 



137. L. emolus Godt. — 4 çfrf, Kloofbivak 7 March 1913. This species seems to be 

 very constant. 



Gen. Nacaduba Moore. 



138. N. hermus Feld. — 47 cfcf an d 2 OÇ, Kloofbivak Nov., Febr. and March; 

 Beaufort River Nov. 1912; Loc? Mr. G. VERSTEEG leg. Nov. and Dec. 1912. Lycaena hermus 

 Feld. = Lampides viola Moore. The 95 seem to be rare. Hermus is a form easily discrimi- 

 nated on account of the acuteness of the apex and the straight outer-margin of the anterior wings. 



139. N. atrata Horsf. — 1 rf, Kloofbivak 1 March 1913. 



140. N. perusia Feld. - - 6 cfcf an d 1 9> Beaufort River 12 Nov. 1912; Kloofbivak 

 18 Oct.? 1912; Loc? and Kloofbivak 8 March 1913. 



141. N. nora Feld. — 8 cfcf, Kloofbivak 3 and 7 March 1913. 



142. N. nov. spec? — 5 çfc? Kloofbivak 27 Jan. and 27 Febr. 191 3. 



I hâve not found a description which convinced me that it indicates this species from 

 Kloofbivak, but the literature on this subject being rather dispersed, there are several works 

 in which it was impossible for me to hâve a look. The species will be very near to N. 

 ardâtes Moore and ^V. nora Feld. The expansion of the wings is 25 — 27 mm. The anterior 

 wings are acute as in N. hermus, but the outer margin is not straight, more convex. The 

 colour on the upperside is shiny pale blue, velvety; the costal, apical and outer margins are 

 bordered with dark brown. The subcostal part of the posterior wings is grayish brown, a 

 subterminal black spot in interspace 2, seen only by transparency from the underside. The 

 anteciliary black line is distinct near the anal angle and more faded towards the apex of the 

 posterior wings. The ciliae are grayish brown, nearly black at the ends of the nervules. The 

 colour on the underside is dark brown ; the pattern, consisting of small transverse whitish 

 strigae, is like in N. hermus. Only the two short discocellular strigae are not convex to the 

 apex but concave and near the back margin of the anterior wings is a grayish area. The 

 two black spots surrounded by orange(red) in the anal part of the posterior wings are like 

 those in hermus. The antennae, palpi, head, thorax and abdomen entirely like in hermus. 



