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Show 300 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [May 1, 4. HIRDAPA FRIGIDA. Salpinx frigida, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 293, cf (1878). Hab. N. Ceram. 5. HIRDAPA IMITATA. Euplcea imitata, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, v. p. 359 (1870) ; Brenchley's Cruise of ' Curagoa/ p. 466, pl. 47. f. 1, 2, cf (1873). Salpinx imitata, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 293 (1878). Hab. Solomon Islands. Genus SALPINX. Salpinx, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 17 (1816); Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 292. Euplcea (Salpinx, sect. C, part.), Marshall & de Niceville, Butt. of India, p. 59 (1882). Wings short. Fore wing in male very broad, somewhat quadrate, apex acuminate; exterior margin slightly oblique and convex ; posterior margin acuminate at the angle, very convex in the middle ; cell broad, short; with a short broad blue or silky brand. Hind wing broad, anterior margin convexly angular in middle ; cell very long; with a large pale-coloured upper discoidal glandular patch of compact scales. Female with longer triangular wings. Type S. nemertes. 1. SALPINX NOVARCE. Euplcea novarce, Felder, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesell. ii. p. 482 (1862); Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 317, pl. 39. f. 7, cf • Euplcea (Salpinx) novarce, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt, of India, p. 68 (1882). Hab. Nicobar Isles ; Tenasserim. In coll. F. Moore. 2. SALPINX VESTIGIATA. Euplcea vestigiata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1S66, p. 281, cf only. Salpinx vestigiata, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 293 (1878). Euplcea vestigiata, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 26, pl. 3. f. 6, 7, cf 2 (1882). Hab. Sumatra (type cf *)• In colls. British Museum and F. Moore. 3. SALPINX LAZULINA, n. sp. Calliploea vestigiata, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. 2nd ser. i. p. 533 (1879). Euploea vestigiata (part.), Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 27. Differs from typical S. vestigiata. Male. Fore wing of a darker 1 O n reference to the original register at the British Museum, it has been found that the locality of this species there given is Sumatra, not Java as stated in M r . Butler's description. |