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Show 1883.] LEPIDOPTERA F R O M T I M O R L A U T . 367 2. CALLIPLCEA VISENDA, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.) Allied to C. hyems (arisbe, Fid.) from Timor, but much darker ; the primaries of the male velvet-black, the white spots on the primaries larger, especially the two last in the series, the last of all being the largest spot in the series; submarginal dots wanting on the upper surface of primaries, but present on the secondaries, which are not bordered with pearl-white but with greyish brown; the discal spots forming a sinuous white band well separated from the margin, somewhat as in the preceding species ; the usual whitish costa and cream-coloured sexual patch. Expanse of wings 64 m m. Maroe Island. This is one of the prettiest species in the genus, and is doubtless a copy of the preceding species. 3. SALATURA LARATENSIS, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 5.) Allied to S. artenice, Cramer, of Java; but the subapical white fascia decidedly broader; no central white markings on the secondaries ; the veins on the under surface of these wings less distinctly bordered with white. Expanse of wings 70-74 m m. Larat. N Y M P H A L I N ^ E. 4. H Y P O L I M N A S FORBESII, sp. n. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4.) 2 • Allied to H. polgmena from Aru: velvet-black shot with purple ; primaries with the pattern of H. velleda $ , but darker, and with all the white spots of double the size; the secondaries differ from H. polymena in having a series of hastate brown dashes along the internervular folds from just beyond the middle of the broad cream-coloured external area, through the centre of which a series of white spots can be dimly seen. Expanse of wings 80 m m. Larat. This is one of the most beautiful species in the genus; it bears a vague resemblance to H. albula of Timor, which, however, belongs to the H. anomala group. 5. PRECIS EXPANSA, sp. n. 2 • Allied to P. timorensis of "Wallace, from which, however, it differs in its clearer fulvous colouring above, the blackish colouring of the external area being confined to the apex, the paler coloration of the under surface, its broader and less produced primaries, and the less pronounced caudal angle to the secondaries. Wings above tawny, with black markings and bluish-centred ocelli, as in P. erigone of Java (Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 62. E, F), but the white markings of that species replaced by a slightly paler tint of tawny than the ground-colour ; under surface as in P. erigone. Expanse of wings 52-54 m m. Larat. W h y the P.-erigone group has been referred to Junonia aud the scarcely differing P. natalica to Precis it would, I think, be hard to explain. P. antigone and P. natalica seem very closely allied species. 25* |
