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Show 314 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [May 1, 10. ISAMIA BRAHMA, n. sp. Euplcea margarita, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, pl. 4. fig. 3, cf. Near to I. margarita. Smaller in size : fore wing shorter, not so broad; the exterior margin more oblique, with an intense violet-blue gloss extending three fourths of the wing; a single minute indistinct blue dot at end of the cell, and one on costa above it; a white dot near posterior angle ; the sericeous streak is only half the length of that in I. margarita: hind wing with two rows of small white spots. Expanse 3f inches. Hab. Hatseiga, Moulmein. In coll. F. Moore. Has much the appearance of Menama tavoyana. 11. ISAMIA DEJEANI. Euplcea dejeanii, Boisduval, M S . ; Distant, Rhopalocera Malayana, p. 29, pl. 4. fig. 1, cf (1882). Near to I. chloe: fore wing comparatively broader; the exterior margin less oblique; the posterior margin longer; both the subapical and marginal rows of spots are all nearly obsolete, showing only minute dots between the radial and upper median veins, and three between lower median and submedian ; the sericeous streak is one third less in length: hind wing with the marginal rows of spots smaller; the inner series more straightly disposed. Female. Paler than male; both rows of spots on fore wing brownish white, and with some indistinct discal and costal spots : hind wing marked as in male. Expanse 3 | inches. Hab. Sumatra (Boisd.) ; Malacca (Distant). In colls. Mons. C. Oberthur, British Museum, F. Moore, and W . L. Distant. 12. ISAMIA RAFFLESI, n. sp. Male. Fore wings narrower than in I. dejeanii. Upperside uniform dark olive-brown, glossed with golden brown: fore wing with a submarginal row of seven small white spots, a marginal lower series of smaller and very indistinct white spots; a very slender short sericeous streak between lower median and submedian veins: hind wing with a prominent ochreous-white discoidal patch, and two marginal rows of small white spots, the inner row decreasing in size to anal angle, the outer row being of uniform size. Underside paler: fore wing with both rows of marginal spots more distinct; a small spot at lower end of the cell; another contiguous spot between the upper and middle median veins, and an elongated spot below the latter: hind wing with both marginal rows of spots as above; a small spot near the cell between the first and second subcostal veins, and another between the upper and middle median veins. Female. Slightly darker; the marginal rows of spots the same, except that the inner row are larger. Expanse 3^ inches. Hab. Java (Wallace). In coll. Messrs. Godman and Salvin. |