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Show 572 MR. H. H. D R U C E O N B O R N E A N LYCJENID^E. [June 18, Underside as male. The black marginal spots of the hind wing are seen through to the upper surface in both sexes, but are more noticeable in the female. The bases of both wings on upperside in female are slightly dusted with bluish scales. Expanse, d lyo> 2 l"iV~-*-T incn« Kina Balu (Everett and Waterstr.). Mus. Staud. and Druce. C. dilectissima should be distinguished by its narrow black apex, by the absence of the white disc on the fore wing on its upper-side, and by the distinct rows of black spots on the margins and the generally larger markings below. It is also allied to the recently described C. ceyx, de Niceville, from Java \ CYANIRIS PUSPA. Polyommatus puspa, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 67 (1828). Cupido cagaya, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348. Cyaniris lambi, Distant & Pryer, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xix. p. 266 (1887). Labuan (Low); Sandakan (Pryer). I have seeu one specimen only of this species from Borneo, a male, which was identified by Mr. Herbert Druce as C. cagaya, Feld., aud is now in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection. This specimen is identical with one from Malacca, also in these gentlemen's possession, marked " C. lambi" by Mr. Distant. I do not know how C. cagaya can be distinguished from C. puspa. The broad-bordered and the narrow-bordered forms occur together in the Philippine Islands, both with and without white discs. What I take to be the typical C. cagaya is the broad-bordered form of the ' Novara' Voyage, and which now stands in the Felder collection marked " lalage," which appears to have been affixed to it in error, as I could find no specimen marked " cagaya." CYANIRIS PLACIDULA, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. figs. 6 c?, 7 ? .) d. Closely allied to G. placida, de Nicev. Upperside darker blue, with the outer margins more broadly black and less sharply defined inwardly ; costal margin of hind wing much more broadly black. Underside differs from C. placida by the discal band of spots in the fore wing being more iu line and, towards the outer angle, reaching close to the submarginal line. The submarginal lines in both wings are composed of less distinctly crescent-shaped striae than in C. placida. 2 • Upperside broadly black-bordered, bluish on the discs, both wings with a black mark closing the cell; fore wing with a whitish blotch beyond the end of the cell; hind wing with a marginal row of lunules enclosing black marginal spots. Underside as male. Expanse, d 1§-1TVJ 2 lj inch. Kina Balu (Waterstr.). Type Mus. Staud. and Druce. Apparently plentiful where it occurs. There seems to be practically no variation, judging from the specimens I have examined. 1 C. ceyx, de Nicev. Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. vii. p. 329, figs. 6, 7 (1892). X S |
