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Show 158 MESSRS. GODMAN AND SALVIN ON BUTTERFLIES [Feb. 18, These differ from the male in having the wings above dark brown instead of bluish black ; the lighter blue bands of the upper surface are wanting; beneath, the irregular light band which crosses the secondaries in the male is also absent. 22. *CYRESTIS FRATERCULA, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 145. New Ireland. 23. CYRESTIS AD^EMON, sp. n. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) cS Exp. 2*5 in. Allied to C. mcenalis (Erichs. Nova Acta Ac. Nat. Cur. xvi. Suppl. p. 402, t. 50. f. 3), but differs in having the common white transverse band of both wings more clearly defined and the central dark line included within it almost obsolete ; the transverse white bands near the base of the wings are much less clearly defined, as are also the white markings in the broad dark margin of the primaries. New Ireland. 24. *MINETRA SYLVIA (Cram.). New Ireland. Several examples sent by Mr. Brown in this collection are doubtless referable to this species, differing in no respect from Amboyna examples. It does not, therefore, bear out our anticipation of its being a new species. 25. *DOLESCHALLIA BROWNI, Salv. et Godm. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 145, pi. xxii. f. 3-4. New Ireland. 26. NEPTIS VENILIA (Linn.). New Ireland. 27. NEPTIS PRASLINI (Boisd.), Voy. Astr. Ent. p. 131. New Ireland. LYC^ENID^E. 28. A M B L Y P O D I A , sp. ? W e have received only one specimen of this Amblypodia, which seems closely allied to A. araxes (Feld. Vov. Nov. Leo. ii. D. 224, t. 29. f. 3-5). r v > New Ireland. 29. LYCCENA, sp. ? Allied to P. hylas of Cramer, but darker blue above. New Ireland. 30. LYCENA, sp. ? Allied to P. elpis, Godt., but appears to be a distinct species. New Ireland. 31. LYCCENA ARATUS, Cram. Pap. Ex. iv. t. 365. f. A, B. New Ireland. |