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EUPLOEA. By H. Fruhstorfer. 
lorenzo. 
aenea. 
Jessica. 
gamelia. 
martini. 
roepstorffi. 
aegyptus. 
lowei. 
singapura. 
sophia. 
limyrus. 
staudingeri. 
sticheli. 
rafflesi. 
with pulverulenta- pattern and on an average somewhat larger than treitschkei. New Pomerania. — lorenzo Btlr. 
was described from the Solomons without more exact locality, unknown to me. Probably it approaches 
salomonis Bihhe from the Shortland Islands; above like unicolor Hag., but with larger Salpinx- stripe on the 
forewing. Discal dots on the under surface reduced. - aenea Btlr., likewise inaccessible to me, erected on 
a ? from the Solomons. — jessica Btlr. is said to come from the Fiji Islands, a locality which 1 much question, 
as the species has never again been brought to Europe from thence. According to the figure it is allied to 
Ursula , but bears yellowish instead of grey-green discal spots on the forewing, and very broad, elongate 
spindle-shaped sexual stripe. Hindwing with broad submarginal band, composed of larger patches than 
in Ursula , placed in pairs. According to the markings jessica probably comes from the satellite-islands of 
eastern New Guinea. 
E. gamelia Him. (= faber Zinck.) recalls eichhorni Stgr. (81 c) in its refined general colouring, except 
that in gamelia the luxuriant white is extended on to the fore wing. On a deep velvety black ground are 
placed three long oval, pure white transcellular spots, to which are added above the cell three costal patches 
and an irregular series of admarginal dots, following the same course as in martini (80 c). The double row 
of white marginal dots on the hindwing is widely separated, not confluent as in martini. In the glossy blue 
scent-area of the hindwing above a pointed oblong grey-yellow androconia-patch. Found by me exclusively 
in West Java, and there only at the volcano Gede and at elevations of not less than 4000 ft. 
E. martini Nicev. (80c) considerably surpasses gamelia in size; ? about as common as the cf, differing 
in the duller brown ground-colour and broader submarginal spots in both wings, c? without oblong androconia- 
patch on the scent-area of the hindwing. Forewing prominent among all the Salpinx by possessing two long, 
narrow sexual streaks, which to a certain extent bring it near Stictoploea and which in gamelia are replaced 
by a short, more rectangular scent-spot. Sumatra, not below 1000 m.; not rare, but also not one of the 
commonest butterflies of the district. 
E. roepstorffi Moore rather ressembles aelia (85 c), except that the submarginal patches of the hindwing 
are more than twice as large and the forewing adorned with two discal and four subapical spots, sometimes 
rounded and sometimes elongate. Very rare, only one example yet known, which was in coll. Semper, and 
is now in the possession of Herr Weiss of Deidesheim. . 
Li<~C<\scx . 
E. aegyptus, a Macromalayan species which is split up into sharply differentiated branches on the 
separate islands. In common with martini a second, although smaller sexual stripe is occasionally present 
on the forewing. It is not impossible that the name ochsenheimeri Luc. (1853) is entitled to priority. Absolute 
certainty could only be arrived at by examination of the type, which is said to be in the Paris Museum, but 
as the name clashes with ochsenheimeri Moore it would only tend to cause confusion and is hence provisionally 
suppressed. - aegyptus Btlr., the type of which probably came from South Borneo or Sarawak, differs from 
the figured rafflesi (84 a) in the more pronounced white spots of the forewing. Valve similar to that of E. 
leucostictos, vestigiata Btlr., but more quadrate, distally cut off straighter, the obtuse tip somewhat separated 
from the main part by a distal incision, lowei Moore is an unimportant aberration with somewhat larger 
white apical spots and without marginal dots on the forewing. Hindwing likewise with reduced rows of dots. 
Borneo. — singapura Moore, on the other hand, has according to the examples in my collection two strongly 
expressed double rows of white submarginal dots on the hindwing and in the ? distinct transcellular patches 
on the forewing. Singapore, probably also on the Malay Peninsula. — sophia Moore is rare in the alluvial 
plains of North-East Sumatra, but apparently rather common in the west of the island, and shows on both 
surfaces somewhat brighter discal spots on the forewing. - limyrus subsp. nov. is a very dark island race 
with deep black instead of brown ground-colour, without transcellular spots and with small oomma-shaped 
subapical patches on the forewing. Pulo Tello in the Batoe Islands. — staudingeri Kheil , one of the best 
known butterflies of Nias, is almost entitled to specific rank. Wings shorter, more rounded than in the 
preceding races of aegyptus. Forewing ornamented with large admarginal dots and a complete row of rounded, 
strongly expressed submarginal spots. Hindwing with a row and a half of small white marginal spots. Under 
surface with white instead of violet discal spot. The ? must be very rare. — sticheli Hag. differs from the 
preceding chiefly in having all the dots of both wings reduced, neither above nor beneath larger than an 
entomological pin’s head. Only the whitish discal spot on the underside of the forewing is very large, pointed- 
oval. Mentawej Islands, only cfc? known, aegyptus is wanting on Engano. — rafflesi Moore (84 a) is the 
more certain name for the Javan representative of aegyptus , which was perhaps first described as ochsenheimeri 
Luc. It occurs both in East and West Java, but is everywhere rare. It is met with in the coast-forests 
of Palabuan and in the mountain-ranges to the south of Malang, where, however, it is never found at over 
500—600 m. above sea-level. Two principal forms may be distinguished, one with large, pure white sub¬ 
apical wedge-spots and grey-violet transcellular stripes on the forewing, corresponding to the description 
of ochsenheimeri. and the form here figured with the white spots of the forewing sometimes dusted with grey- 
