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Show 368 MR. H. H. D R U C E O N T H E [June 2, with white. Underside much as in J. woodfordii, but rather and the black spot over the tail larger and bordered inwardly with a broader band of dark red, not orange. Expanse ly-p- inch. Aola, Guadalcanar I. This species is perhaps nearest to J. morphoides, Butl., from New Hebrides, but is even more brilliant, and has much narrower borders. LAMPIDES, Hiibn. LAMPIDES ARATUS. Papilio aratus, Cr. Pap. Exot. iv. t. 365, A, B (1782). Lampides coerulina, Mathew, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1887, p. 46. Alu I., near Shortland I. Fauro I. Guadalcanar I. Ugi I. The types of Mr. Mathew's species (now in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection) are stated (loc. cit) to be allied to L. celianus, Felder, but they are not in any way distinguishable from Cramer's species from Amboina and Ceram. LAMPIDES EVANESCENS, Butl. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 615. Alu I., near Shortland I. Fauro I. Maravo I. Florida I. Aola, Guadalcanar I. Cape Astrolabe, Malaita I. Opposite Ugi, San Christoval I. Ugi I. St. Anna I. Ulaua I. I have before me a large series of this species which shows considerable variation as to the breadth of the black border to the primaries above, and as to all the other distinctions pointed out by Mr. Butler (loc. cit.), excepting that the wings do certainly appear somewhat shorter than Indian specimens of L. celianus, Fabr. There are examples from most of the localities which agree well with the types and other specimens in Messrs. Godman aud Salvin's collection from New Hebrides Islands. There can be no doubt that L. alianus, Auct., is a synonym of L. celeno, Cr., the type of which is, of course erroneously, stated to have come from Surinam. LAMPIDES AREAS, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. figs. 7 6 ? 8 § .) Male. Upperside uniform light cobalt-blue, outer margins very narrowly black. Underside much like L. aratus, Cr., but the groundcolour of both wings dark greyish in place of brownish, and all the white markings narrower : the black sagittate lunules on hind wing being less distinct and somewhat smaller, aud the upper black apical spot being much the largest, the reverse being the case in L. aratus. Female. Upperside : fore wing blue as in male, with the costa very narrowly and the apex and outer margin broadly black. Hind wing slightly suffused with blue from the base to rather beyond the middle, bordered with a distinct row of bluish-white spots, beyond which and between the marginal row of deep black oval lunules, which are bordered inwardly and near the anal angle outwardly with bluish white, the wing presents a decided cupreous appearance, which is caused by the abnormal quantity of orange on the underside |