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Show 222 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON NEW OR RARE LEPIDOPTERA. [Mar. 26, nigris, linea interrupta transversali ad angulum ani posticarum continuatis : fascia marginali nigra, anticarum quoque lineas duas undatas (internam vix visam) exhibente. Alee maris subtus roseo-aurantiacce, stria media argentea posticarum regulari bene expressa, anticarum autem subtriangulari diffusa, fulvo utrinque limitata; striolis quinque basalibus, fascia submarginali undata bene expressa et margine externo fulvis; punctis tribus lunulatis subapicalibus argenteis diffusis : posticce punctis sex nigerrimis postmediis, fulvo lute cinctis : alee feminee subtus roseo-cinereis, area discali virescente; fasciis omnibus brunneis ; aliter velut in mare. Exp. alar. une. 2|-|-2^-|-. Hab. Malacca (Coll. Roberts). This beautiful species is allied to C. bajadeta and C. ravana of Moore, but is very distinct from both. Genus CRENIS, Doubleday (1849). CRENIS AMULIA, Cramer. (Pl. XVII. figs. 3 & 4.) Papilio amulia, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. pl. 180. figs. C, D (1779). Papilio amalia (sic), Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. pt. 2. p. 129, n. 398 (1793); Donovan, Nat. Rep. ii. pl. 40 (1824). Hab. Sierra Leone and Old Calabar (Coll. Druce). This beautiful species is little known, and is very rare. Mr. Hewitson has, I believe, three specimens in his collection ; and Mr. Druce lately picked up in an Old-Calabar collection a shattered example, from which I have made my figure*. Cramer's figure is scarcely recognizable. Genus EURYPHENE, Westwood (1850). EURYPHENE SWANZYANA, sp. nov. (Pl. XVII. figs. 7, 8.) 2 . Alee supra fuscee, apice anticarum niveo; fascia discali cceruleo-violacea, anticis abbreviata interno-anali. Alee subtus roseo-cinereee, squamis viridibus, prcecipue apud basin, adspersce; puncto anticis et macula posticis discoideis, nigris; maculis tribus anticis et quinque posticis niveis discalibus: anticis quoque macula velut supra apicali: corpus supra nigro-fuscum, subtus lateribus viridibus, thorace medio ochreo; palpis ochreis; antennis nigris, ochreo clavatis. Exp. alar. une. 3f. Hab. Gold Coast (Coll. Swanzy). This remarkable species seems almost to link the two genera Romaleosoma and Euryphene; it has the discoidal cells almost entirely open, and in form, size, and the coloration of the upperside appears to be nearly allied to R. eupalus of Fabricius; on the underside it more nearly approaches R. losinga of Hewitson. I believe, however, * Mr. Druce has since obtained a second example in somewhat better condition. |
