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Show 316 MR. F. M O O R E ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [MAY 1, 17. ISAMIA ^EGYPTUS. Euplcea cegyptus, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 277.' Salpinx agyptus, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 295. Hab. S. Borneo; Billiton; Sumatra. 18. ISAMIA LOWEI, n. sp. Nearest to I. cegyptus. Upperside olivaceous-brown, palest externally ; no bluish-violet tint; apical white spots larger; no marginal spots: hind wing with very small aud indistinct submarginal and marginal spots. Expanse 3\ inches. Hab. Borneo. In coll. Mons. C. Oberthur. 19. ISAMIA DAMELI, n. sp. Duller-coloured than in any of the allied forms of 1. chloe. Upperside dark fuliginous-brown: fore wing also smaller and comparatively narrower, with five upper submarginal distinct white spots two thirds less in size, and one above posterior angle; a marginal row of five central and three lower very minute spots ; sericeous streak narrow: hind wing with two rows of very small white spots; discoidal patch brighter-coloured. Expanse 3| inches. Hab. Shanghai (Bamel). In coll. G. Semper. TIRUNA, n. g. Fore wing comparatively shorter than in typical Isamia; costa less arched ; exterior margin less oblique, somewhat rounded towards the apex and less convex at the posterior angle; the posterior margin very convex; upper discocellular with a short spur emitted within the cell; sericeous brand narrow, strongly impressed: hind wing shorter and broader, with a distinct discoidal glandular patch. Type 1. roepstorffii. 1. TIRUNA ROEPSTORFFI, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 8, cf •) Male. Colour and pattern of markings similar to Karadina andamana. Pale olive-brown, but darker than in K. andamana: fore wing with a similarly disposed marginal and submarginal row of olivaceous-white spots; the marginal series smaller, conical, and terminating at the apex ; the three lower submarginal spots indented on their outer edge; a discal row of much paler spots, and a similar rounded spot at lower end of tbe cell; sericeous streak blackish: hind wing with two rows of spots ; the marginal row smaller, conical, and the submarginal narrower than those in K. andamana; discoidal patch olivaceous-white. Expanse 3h inches. Hab. Andaman Isles. In coll. G. Semper. |