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Show 608 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. [June 18, are indications of brownish marks close to the margin between nervules beyond the spots. There is an anteciliary black line to that part of the hind wing which is white, and beyond a white ciliuin. The cilia of fore wing and remaining portion of hind wing concolorous with wings. 2 . Upperside much like that sex of P. martina, Hew., but the wdiite anal area of bind wing more extensive, with the black spots more inclined to be separated and the nervules crossing the white area white, not brown as in that species. Underside as male, but the yellow of a much brighter shade and the black markings on hind wing inclined to be larger and more distinct. Kina Balu ( Waterstr.); Labuan (Low and Waterstr.) ; Sandakan (Elwes). In the figure given of this species (P. Z. S. 1873) the tuft of hairs appears to he along the median nervure from the base. This is incorrect, as it does not originate near the base but just over the glandular patch. The female can be distinguished from that sex of P. martina by the inner black band on hind w ing being (as in the male) placed farther from the margin than in that species. V. scopula varies much in size, one male measuring 1T 3^ inch, whilst another expands ly7^ inch. The female has three subcostal nervules as in the male. NEOCHERITRA, Distant. NEOCHERITRA AMRITA. Myrina amrita, Feld. Wien. ent. Monatsch. vol. iv. p. 395 (1860). Labuan (Low and Wahnes); S.E. Borneo, near Banjarmasin ( Wahnes). Var. THEODORA. Neocheritra theodora, H. H. Druce, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xxii. p. 155 (1885). Elopura (Pryer). Differs from the typical form by the blue on the upperside being rather more extensive and of a paler, greenish shade, but on the underside cannot be separated. I have examined the specimen from Singapore figured by Mr. Distant1 as the female of N. amrita and find that it is that sex of Jacoona anasuja, Feld., the black streak at the base of the costal nervure being distinctly present, although it has apparently escaped the notice of both its describer and his artist. NEOCHERITRA TEUNGA. Sithon teunga, Grose Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. iii. p. 317 (1889). Kina Balu ( Whitehead). I have not seen this species, which appears to be very distinct. 1 Neocheritra amrita, Dist. Rhop, Malay, p. 252, pi. xx. fig. 15 (1885). |
