RIIOPALOCKJIA MALA VAXA. 



2. Euripus pfeiflerae." 



Kurt pit* Pft'ipw, IVlder, Wieii. Kill Mon, iv. p. 285, n. 8*2, l. a. f. I ■ ISUtVi. 



As I only know this species by Felder's figure ami description, I here reproduce 

 both, a course necessary and justifiable when neither are capable of exact verification with 

 specimens. 



u 5? . Abe antic*e margine externo convexo, supra 

 fusca?, baai dihitiores, extus obseuriores, purpureoque 

 tinctfl?, macula ad cellula? extimum srepius obsoletn 

 faseiaque transversa nhhreviata giibcoatali, venis in 

 macular quatuor subelongatas divisa (int'nua minors) 

 albis. Aire poaticffi remote exciso-dentatsa, supra pur- 

 pureo-fuscce, costa limboque interne- flilutioribus, macula 

 cellular! elongata atomaria alba (afepius striis etiam 

 binitf interior ih us eoneoloribuB), Alas subtus saturate 

 brunnea? T maeulis marginal! bus elliptieis seriatis albis 

 creruleo-atomatis, anticre mtua lilacino tinctse, macula 

 fascioque paging superioris, maculis duabus atomariis 



versus angulum internum cterulescentibus, posticte macula striisqut; patina; superioris plus minusve 

 diatinctis, raaculb aeptera exterioribus albis creruleo atomatis nigroque cinctin, liuea angulum formante 

 uigestis (prima majori). Abdomen supra nigrum, maeulis lateralibus aliisque ventralibus hiseria-tis albis." 



Exp. vviugR, 70 millim.i 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; " Singapore/' 



1'iLT. f.miput pfrtjjfirTtr, J. 



Genus EURYTELA. 



I'.imjttla, Boisduval, Faun. Modag. p. 54 (1888); Westw. Gam Diuru. Lep. p. 408 11851); Trim, Ithop. Afr. 

 Austr. p. 211 (1866). 



Anterior wings suhtrian£uhir, tin* costal margin archil ami convex, the apical angle broadly 

 subtnincate, the outer margin oblique, concavely sinuated beneath apical angle, and somewhat convex 

 at posterior angle ; inner margin nearly Straight, slightly convex, ami dilated near base. Costal nervure 

 greatly swollen at the base ; ru*at and second subcostal nervules emitted More, but near tbe extremity 

 of the cell : third emitted at rather lrss than half the distance between extremity of cell and apex ; 



* Tliie species was brought from Singapore by Mad. Ida Pfeifler, after whom it was very properly unmet] by Fehler, 

 who observes (Wicn. Knt. Mini, iv, p. :— " We hav*- often deplored that In r collection, obtained from po many sources with 

 each wonderful application, should again he distributed in all direction*, thai ii is inipofiaible, even in her own country, 

 to succeed in reuniting thetn."— This is unfortunately too true of moat collections. Could they be retained and studied 

 aa a whole much misconception as to no-called apeciea and varieties would be avoided, and we should better know the 

 geographical range of some of the common species. Unfortunately audi collections are usually *' picked" by different 

 specialists, thfir (ii^idenita bein« rIoiip climirmted. while the xnal&fl nsiirilly receive 00 scientific treatment whatever* 

 Consequently founrc are very imperfectly represented in some of the biflt coUectionK, owing to th»> eomniouer or wide-ranging 

 (ipeeies not beinj^ relained. TJiese remark* are particularly applicable to the splendid collection of Ilhopalocera maile by 

 Mr. Wallace in Uie Malay Archipelago, which are now (and, mider the circuiastauces, inevitably \ distributed ir; all porta. 



Mad. Pfeifler ie well described bv I'Vlder iibi<I.\ as " that marvellous woman, driven by an unconquerable love of 

 troveL 1T AOcording to Potermonn p AthenieiitD, 1 6th Dec. 18511, ts It took her twenty year* to save enough mmiey to perform 

 her first journey." In all her wauilerings fdie ardently collvcted insects, and in Borneo, when she accompanied Spencer 

 St. John to visit Ihe Dayaks of Sirambau. that untln.r relates lljjit aiimn^i the inliabitants "Madame Pfeitter was a ^retu 

 attraction, and a crowd followed her everywhere, ami wondered it the eaReniesn she displayed in the chose of a butterfly or 

 the capture of an insect" (' Life in the Forests of the Far East,' vol. u p, tfifi), 



\ Taken from Feldera ii^nre only. 



