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Show 1879.] SOME DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 653 M Y N E S EUCOSMETOS, n. sp. § . Exp. 2*7 in. Alis stramineo-albis, costa anticarum et marginibus externe nigris, margine ad apicem anticarum latiore et stramineo atomato, basi et marginibus nigris introrsum glauco tinctis. Subtus anticis basi, apice ipso, costa, et fascia arcuata, a costa angulum analem eunte, nigris; area discali et area subapicali albis, hue flavo tincta, macula ovali rufa in medio fasciee nigree marginem externum versus notuta: posticis leete flavis nigro circum-cinctis, introrsum vivide flavis et fascia arcuata limbo externo sub-paralleli notatis, linea angusta alba in limbo anali ipso, costa basin rufa, macula juxta earn, et altera angulum analem versus nigris notatis. This appears to be a very distinct insect: it differs from all the other described species in the extreme brilliancy of the markings of the underside. PIERIS BAGOE, Boisd. Voy. Astr. Lep. p. 49. Pieris eurygania, Godm. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1878, p. 734, and 1879, p. 159, t. 15. f. 5, 6. Boisduval described a female Pieris in the Voyage of the ' Astrolabe' under this name, giving as its habitat " Port Praslin (Nouvelle- Hollande)," an evident mistake for " Nouvelle-Irelande." W e think it undoubtedly the same as our P. eurygania, of both sexes of which we gave figures in our last paper. CALLIDRYAS CATILLA (Cram.). A female of this widely ranging species from the Duke-of-York group of islands. PAPILIO CILIX, n. sp. eS. Exp. 5*6 in. P. albino similis, sed major et posticarum litura straminea aream medium occupante multo augustiore et ad limbum internum producta, margine ejus extrorsum inter venas convexo, introrsum fere in linea recta ducto; macula ochraceo-rufa unguium analem versus, altera ultra earn minore notata : subtus posticis maculis septem albis in serie transeuntibus, quarum prima et ultima lunulatee sunt, aliis quinque subrotundis, lunulis quoque septem (ultima in flnem marginis interni posita) ochraceo-rufis, lunulis que cyane is, interioribus fere obsoletis; caudis majoribus et latioribus. 2 mari similis, sed saturatior et litura posticarum latiore. In a former paper (P. Z. S. 1877, p. 148), we mentioned having received from Mr. Brown two imperfect specimens of a Papilio allied to P. albinus, which we thought might prove to be a distinct species. In the present collection there are more examples of this insect, which confirm this opinion; and we have therefore given it a specific name. It differs from P. albinus in several important points : the posterior wings are more elongated, and the tails longer and broader; the |