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Show 506 MR. PHILIP CROWLEY oN [May 8, NYMPHALIN.E. ECLEPIS EUDAMIPPUS WHITEHEADI, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 1.) Male. Upperside-Fore wing : discal white area clearer and much broader than in E. eud. rothschildi, being in this respect not essentially different from E. eud. nigrobasalis, the marginal and submarginal spots having the same arrangement and direction as in its allies. Hind wing as in E. eud. nigrobasalis, but the black marginal band separated into rather smaller portions just touching each other, outer marginal interspaces much shaded with blue. Underside-Fore wing : middle of costal margin black, disco-cellular portion of middle band black; two conjoined costal black spots midway between cell and postdiscal band; discal band similar to E. eud. rothschildi. Marginal band olive-brown. Hind wing: median band as in E. eud. rothschildi, but with the upper black bars more strongly developed. Series of double lunules with heavy bluish-white centres parallel to outer margin, as in E. euda-mippus. Black submarginal spots, which are heavy and slightly transverse, especially 5-6, midway between lunules and margin of wing. Expanse 3^- inches. HESTINA NAMA Doubl. d • ADOLIAS ELEANOR Fruhs. d, 2 ' KIRONTISA WHITEHEADI, sp. n. (Plate XXXV. fig. 4.) Male. Upperside deep olivescent brown. Fore wing with two paler olivescent marks within, one at the end, and another beyond the cell. Cilia white. A slight bluish-grey marginal band. Hind wing with a bluish-grey marginal band, narrow at the apex, widening to the anal angle ; extreme edge black. Underside dark ochraceous umber-brown, cell and basal marks black. Both wings crossed by discal and submarginal sinuous blurred darker bands, most prominent on fore wing. Femcde. Upperside paler than male. Fore wing: cell-markings as in male. Beyond the cell a series of five semidiaphanous whitish spots, the middle one indistinct, a subapical spot situate just below the base of the fifth subcostal; a bluish-grey marginal band beginning narrowly just below the apex, and widening to the posterior angle. Hind wing: basal marks obscure, a very wide bluish-grey outer marginal baud enclosing six dentate black spots ; blackish extreme outer edge. Underside brownish ochreous. Fore wing : cell-markings slender as in male ; a series of prominent bluish-white black-edged semidiaphanous discal spots as on upper-side ; a submarginal series of six black spots separated by the veins. Hind wing : basal marks obscure; a faint discal band ; a series of diffused sinuous submarginal spots. Expanse, d 2T\, $ , 3T 3„ inches. |