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Show 1883.] MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. 315 13. ISAMIA FABRICII, n. sp. Euplcea fabricii, Boisduval, M S . Near to I. rafflesi. Upperside uniform olive-brown: fore wing with the sericeous streak somewhat longer and placed nearer the base; the submarginal row of spots less distinct, the marginal row being almost obsolete: hind wing with the two rows of very small spots, the inner row obsolete from the upper median. Expanse 3y5 0 inches. Hab. Cochin China. In coll. Mons. C. Oberthur. 14. ISAMIA CHLOE. (Plate XXIX. fig. 7, cf.) Danais (Euplcea) chloe, Guerin, in Delessert's Vov. Inde, ii. p. 71 (1843). Salpinx chloe, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 295. Euplcea chloe, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 30, pl. 4. fig. 2, 8, pl. 2. fig. 5, 9 . Euplcea clerckii, Boisduval, MS., 9 . Hab. Malay peninsula (Province Wellesley). 15. ISAMIA SINGAPURA, n. sp. Nearest to I. chloe. Male and Female. Of a more uniform and duller tint, the colour being dark olive-brown; in the male the basal area is slightly pitchy brown and washed with violet-bluex in certain lights ; the five apical spots on fore wing similar but more prominent and narrower, followed by two pale obsolete spots and a minute white dot at the posterior end ; the marginal dots less distinct; the sericeous streak somewhat narrower and less distinct: hind wing with smaller spots. Underside much greener olive than in I. chloe; all the spots on both wings more distinct; the discal spots on hind wing very prominent. Expanse, cf 3 | inches. Hab. Singapore. In coll. British Museum. 16. ISAMIA SOPHIA, n. sp. Male. Similar to I. singapura, but somewhat paler and of an ochraceous olive-brown colour, without any violet-blue reflections; the spots of the inner row on the fore wing comparatively shorter, and the outer row larger: hind wing similar ; the two rows of spots also similar. Female paler than the same sex of I. singapura, with the apical spots much more distinct, and the rows on the hind wing much smaller. Expanse, 8 3-f, 9 3 | inches. Hab. Sumatra (Buxton). In colls. F. Moore and British Museum. 1 In typical Malaccan specimens of I. chloe the blue gloss is prominent, and extends over two thirds of the wing. |