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Show 1878.] LEPIDOPTERA OF HAINAN. 699 JUNONIA ALMANA. Papilio almana, Linn. S. N. i. 2, p. 769 ; Cramer, Pap. Exot. i. pl. 58. f. F, G. SYMPHAEDRA PARDALTS, n. sp. Allied to S. dirtea, Fabr. Differs in the male having somewhat shorter wings, the fore wing more convex on the costa, the outer margin being slightly concave, and the antennse are shorter and less robust. Distinguished on the fore wing above by the broad greenish grey marginal band, which is uniformly coloured and extends to the apex ; the band on the hind wing is also comparatively broader, the submarginal spots larger, and irrorated with greenish-grey anally. The underside is more uniformly ferruginous, but with the spots paler. Female with the spots above of a greenish-yellow tint. Expanse, 3 3<|, 2 3f inches. Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce. DIADEMA AVIA. Papilio avia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 111. Papilio iacintha, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. ii. pl. 21. f. 1, 2. ATELLA PHALANTA. Papilio phalanta, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. i. pl. 21. f. I, 2. P. columbina, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 238. f. A, B. MESSARAS ERYMANTHIS. Papilio erymanthis, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. i. pl. 15. f. 3, 4. CETHOSIA BIBLIS. Papilio biblis, Drury, 111. Exot. Ent. i. pl. 4. f. 2. PIERIDAE. NYCHITONA XIPHIA. Papilio xiphia, Fabr. Spec. Ins. ii. p. 43. P. nina, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1, p. 194. CATOPSILIA GNOMA. Papilio gnoma, Fabr. Syst. Ent. App. p. 808. TERIAS AESIOPE. Terias cesiope, Menetr. Cat. Lep. Mus. Petr. p. 85, ph 2. f. 3. TERIAS SUBDECORATA, n. sp. Upperside deep yellow : fore wing with a moderately broad blackish border, the inner margin of which forms a slightly sinuous curve in the ma'le, but a more angled curve in the female: hind wing with a slight speckled spot at end of the veins. Underside similarly but more prominently marked, as in T. cesiope, Mene'tr. Expanse, 3 If, ? 1| inch* Hab. Hainan. In coll. H. Druce. 45* |