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Show 252 ON BUTTERFLIES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES. [Feb. 1, variety, in which the tawny spot of primaries above is barely and the submarginal whitish spots are obsolete. The specimens were taken on the 7th of July, 1875 ; they are much worn, which indicates that they must have been some time on the wing. 6. DIADEMA OCTOCULA, Butler (one male and two females). Havannah Harbour, Sandwich Island (22nd July, 1875). This species has hitherto been unique in Mr. Druce's collection from Totoya, Fiji; the male from Vate differs slightly from my figure in the outline of the tawny band of primaries. Hitherto I have considered the D.formosa of Herrich-Schaffer to be the male of my D. octocula ; but now that we have both sexes I am compelled to admit that Mr. Wallace was correct in determining the type to be a male in which the abdomen is greatly distended; D.formosa is a distinct species. The female of D. octocula differs from the male in its superior size, the much paler colour of the tawny bands ; the primaries with better-defined papillated ocellus ; four or five subapical white spots ; secondaries with white pupils to all the black spots. Family LYCENID^E. Genus LAMPIDES, Hiibner. 7. L A M P I D E S TAITENSIS, Boisduval (one female). Espirito Santo, New Hebrides (6th August, 1875). The arrival of this little species is interesting ; I had supposed L. taitensis to be the L. platissa of Herrich-Schaffer ; but as Boisduval says, at the end of his description, " II est de la taille de Catochrysops baticus" (which suits this species admirably, whilst L. platissa more nearly resembles L. strabo), I have very little doubt that we now actually possess the typical L. taitensis of the ** Astrolabe.' 8. LAMPIDES CANDRENA, Herrich-Schaffer (one female). Montague Island. It is impossible to decide, without seeing plenty of specimens of both sexes, whether or not the females of this species vary in the width of the brown outer border ; in the specimen here registered, and one previously received from Fiji, the border is nearly twice as wide as in an example sent to us from Germany with Herrich-Schaffer's name attached to it, yet in the males I find no such difference. 9. LAMPIDES GOODENOVII, n. sp. 2 • Allied to the preceding, but brilliant greenish morpho-blue, the outer borders black, sharply defined ; the under surface altogether deeper in colour, reddish brown, crossed by the same whitish lines; ocelli with reddish-orange zones. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. Espirito Santo, New Hebrides (6th August, 1875). This species is more brilliantly coloured than any other Butterfly in the genus; I have named it in honour of the universally beloved |