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Show 1895.] MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. 577 EVERES, Hiibn. EATERES ARGIADES. Papilio argiades, Pallas, Eeise, vol. i. App. p. 472 (1771). Polyommatus lacturnus, Godt. Enc. Meth. ix. p. 66 a (1823). Cupido lacturnus, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348. Kina Balu (Waterstr.) ; Labuau (Loiv). I have no hesitation in placing P. lacturnus, Godt., as a synonym of E. argiades after examining specimens from Timor. The species is also a very common one in New Guinea, where the females are sometimes pale grey with darker borders, and where it varies much in size, one male in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection measuring only slightly more than ^ inch. NACADUBA, Moore. N A C A D U B A PAVANA. Lyccenapavana, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 77 (1828). Kina Balu ( Waterstr.) ; Sandakan (Pryer) ; Labuan (Low). Specimens from Kina Balu are darker ou both surfaces than those from the other localities. NACADUBA LUGINE, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 15 d •) Cupido pactolies, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 348 (nee Feld.). d • Allied to N. macrophthalma, Feld.; rather larger. Upper-side brighter and more violaceous blue, and with scarcely any silvery gloss. Underside pale rufous brown, with the fasciae narrower, paler, and in the fore wing much more irregularly broken, so that there is no distinct Y- The black spot between the lower median nervules is larger and more broadly edged with rich dark orange. Expanse If inch. Labuan (Low). Type Mus. G. & S. On comparing this species wdth the type of L. pactolus, Feld., to which it was referred by Mr. Herbert Druce in his paper on Bornean Butterflies, I find that it is quite distinct, and, as I can find nothing else like it, am compelled to describe it as new. Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains another small female specimen of a species belonging to this group, which on the upperside resembles that sex of N. atrata, Horsf., and on the underside is much like N. pavana, Horsf., but until the male is discovered I do not care to propose a name for it. It expands lT\j inch and is from Sandakan. NACADUBA ANGUSTA. Cupido angusta, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 349, pi. xxxii. fig. 9. Labuan (Loiv). Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains the type of this species. The figure given is quite useless and misleading and hardly bears any resemblance to the insect. In it the wdngs appear to be dark grey with yellow borders and black markings PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1895, No." XXXVII. 37 |
