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ME. A. G. BUTLER ON THE BUTTERFLIES 



on the males of Euploea and Stictoploea is not certainly known ; 

 they are, however, distinctly impressed upon that portion of the 

 primaries which comes in contact with the anterior border of the 

 secondaries and the very prominent costal vein of the same wings 

 (between which the surface is much depressed) ; it is therefore 

 possible that they are for purposes of strigillation. In the fol- 

 lowing pages I shall give a list, under each genus, of the species 

 contained in the Museum cabinets, adding notes where necessary 

 to the elucidation of changes in synonymy &c., but not needlessly 

 burdening the paper with a repetition of the references contained 

 in Mr. Kirby's ' Synonymic Catalogue.' 



The first genus, Salpinx, is not altogether a satisfactory one ; 

 it contains two groups of species, the one group being much like 

 an enormous form of Galliploea (I refer to the S.plicenareta group), 

 the other having a blue or sericeous brand upon the interno- 

 median area ; in other respects the species seem nearly allied, 



I propose to give the first of these groups the subgeneric title 

 of Macroploea. 



Salpinx, Hiihner. 

 Macroploea, Butler. 



1. S. pnj^:NARETA,/Sc7mZZer. $, Amboina and North Ceram. 

 S. unibrunnea of Salvin should follow this species. 



2. S. ELiSA, Butler. S $ , Ceylon. (Types.) 



3. S. PH(EBUS, Butler. S $ , Moulmein, Penang, Malacca. 

 (Types.) S. hrowni of Salvin should be placed here and suc- 

 ceeded by S. mesocala of Yollenhoven, the female of which some- 

 what resembles it. 



4. S, CALLiTHoi;, Boisd. $ , New Guinea. I mistook this fine 

 species for the female of S. mesocala, than which it is altogether 

 darker ; the Euploea callithoe of my Monograph is an entirely 

 distinct species. 



5. S. SEMICIRCULU9, ^w^Zer. Rob. ? (Type.) 



Salpinx, typical. 



6. S. HiSME, Boisduval. $ , Aru. Felder redescribes this spe- 

 cies under the name of ^. hernsteinii. 



7. S. PASiTHEA, Felder. 6 $ , Amboina and Ceram. This is 

 the E. eunice of my Monograph, and much like the Java species ; 



