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Show 1883.] MR. F. M O O R E ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 261 3. VADEBRA SIMULATRIX. Euploea (Crastia) simulatrix, Wood-Mason, Journ. Asiatic Society Bengal, 1881, p. 229, cf. Euplcea\simulatrix, Wood-Mason, loc. cit. 1882, p. 15, pl. 3. f. 1, 2, <*?.?• Euploea (Crastia) simulatrix, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 76. Hab. Great Nicobar. 4. VADEBRA ZINKENII. Euploea zinkenii, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 335 (1807). Hab. Amboina. 5. VADEBRA MELINA. Danais melina, Godart, Enc. Me'th. ix. p. 179 (IS 19). Euplcea melina, Boisduval, Faune de l'Oceanie, p. 89 ; Butler, Proc Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 282. f. 1, 8- Crastia melina, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 299. Euplcea paykullii, Boisd. M S . Euploea redtenbacheri, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 330 (1867). Hab. Aru; Ceram. 6. VADEBRA HONESTA. Crastia honesta, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 5,x. p. 39, 2 (1882). Hab. Solomon Islands. 7. VADEBRA CHAROX. Euplcea charox, Kirsch, Mitth. Zool. Mus. Dresden, 1877, p. 115. Hab. New Guinea (Mysore, Kordo). In coll. Godman and Salvin. 8. VADEBRA CORACINA. Euplcea coracina, Hopffer, Stettin, ent. Zeit. 1874, p. 30. Male. Upperside uniform violet-brown ; without any markings. Underside paler : fore wing with a small white costal spot above end of the cell, three very slender short streaks beyond, near base of subcostals and upper radial, a spot at lower end of the cell, and two on the disk between the medians : hind wing with a small white spot at lower end of the cell, six smaller discal spots beyond, and a partly obsolete submarginal and marginal row of white dots. Expanse 3f to 4 inches. Hab. Celebes. In coll. H. G. Smith. LONTARA, n. g. Male and Female. Fore wing long ; anterior margin much arched at the base, apex convex; exterior margin slightly oblique aud convex, even ; posterior margin long, straight. Hind wing prolonged |