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Show 606 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS ADOLIAS. [Nov. 26, Singapore (six specimens). cf 12, Coll. Roberts. Allied to A. salia, but very distinct; the underside of the male much like that of A. bipunctata, Vollenhoven. 40. ADOLIAS BIPUNCTATA. cf . Adolias bipunctata, Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. voor Ent. p. 191, n. 11, pl. 10. fig. 4 (1862). cf, Borneo (Vollenhoven). Allied to A. salia. CLATHRATA group. 41. ADOLIAS CLATHRATA. cf. Adolias clathrata, Vollenhoven, Tijdschr. voor Ent. p. 105, n. 38. pl. 12. fig. 5 (1862). cf, Borneo (Vollenhoven). Seems almost to unite the Salia and Cocytus groups ; it comes nearer to the latter. COCYTUS group. 42. ADOLIAS JAPIS. cf . Adolias japis (Godart), Lucas, Hist. Nat. Lep. Exot. pl. 69. fig. 1 (1835) ; 2 • Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. p. 73. n. 21 (1859). Java (31oore). Java, cf 2> B.M. Race. Alee maris supra fascia communi nivea violaceo partim marginata (nee cceruleo inclusa), feminee obscuriores et fascia communi tenuiore quam in forma typicali. Java, cf $, B.M. 43. ADOLIAS ASOKA. 2 . Adolias asoka, Felder, Reise der Novara, p. 433. n. 69^, tab. 58. fig. 1 (1867). Malacca interior (Castelnau). Borneo, Coll. Felder. This species seems nearly allied to japis, $, of Godart. 44. ADOLIAS VACILLARIA, sp. n. (Plate XLV. fig. 1.) 2 • Affinis A. asckae Malacca;; alee supra fusca;, lineis consuetis basalibus obscurioribus; anticce fascia sexmaculari nivea, ma-culaque apud apicem, fascia diffusa obscure fusca ab apice ad marginem anali-internum posticarum currente, in anticis intus squamis cceruleis, extus apud angulum ani maculis squamosis violaceo-albidis marginata ; postica; punctis duobus submediis, linea lunulari discali obscure fusca extus maculas septem viola-ceo- albidas cingente, intus apud apicem maculis quatuor niveis quadrato-lunatis limitata; subtus omnino pallidiores, area basali flavescente lineis lunulatis distinctis ; maculis albis anticarum velut supra, posticarum obsoletis : corpus supra fuscum, subtus pullide flavescens. Exp. alar. une. 3. |