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Show 296 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA [Mar. 5, PLUSIOTIS BOUCARDI, Salle. (Plate XVI. fig. 3.) Oblongo-parallela, valde convexa ; capite thoraceque viridi-aureis, subtiliter punctatis, margine cupreo; elytris splendide viridi-aureis, fortiter punctatis; infra cupreo-rufa, tibiis tarsisque nigris, antennis fuscis. Length 1 inch 2 lines. Head, thorax, pygidium, and elytra of a magnificent metallic golden green, with red reflections, surrounded by a narrow coppery-red margin. The elytra are rugose and strongly punctured; the underside is of a coppery red ; femora, tibiae, and tarsi quite black in the anterior legs; in the middle and posterior pairs the femora are coppery red and the tibiae and tarsi are black ; antennae nearly black. Hab. Costa Rica. I have only one specimen of this magnificent species, found in the mountains of Candelaria, in the forest of robles (oak trees) at the altitude of 5000 feet. Its place is near P. victorina. Type, museum Boucard. I have seen all the species of this genus described in this and my previous paper, and am satisfied that they are good and distinct. I have examples of all of them in m y collection, except P. psittacina and P. gloriosa. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XVI. Fig. 1. Plusiotis rodriguezi, p. 295. 2. P. badeni, p. 294. 3. P. boucardi, p. 296. 4. P. mnizechii, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 124. 5. P. prasina, p. 295. 2. On a small Collection of Lepidoptera obtained by the Rev. J. S. Whitmee at the Ellice Islands. By A R T H U R G. BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. [Received Feb. 6, 1878.] The little series of Lepidoptera obtained from the Ellice Islands Mr. Whitmee, although it contains only five species of Butterflies and two of Moths, makes a valuable addition to our knowledge of the geographical distribution of the forms inhabiting the Australian region, since we have hitherto been quite ignorant of the insect-fauna of these islands. Of the seven species, all of which are described, one is of special interest to me ; I refer to Euplcea distincta, a form figured by Herrich-SchJiffer, from an example taken in the Viti Islands, as a variety of E. eleutho. To this insect I gave a name in m y " List of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of the South-Sea Islands " (P. Z. S. 1874, pp. 2/4-291), and was severely censured for so doing by Herr |
