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Show 320 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [May 1, 4. STICTOPLCEA HARRISI. (Plate XXX. fig. 8, cf •) Euplcea harrisii, Felder, Reise Novara, Lep. ii. p. 328, cf Euplcea grotei (2 only), Felder, loc. cit. p. 339, pl. 41. f. 7, 2- Stictoplcea grotei, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 6\U; Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 824. Euplcea (Stictoplcea) grotei, Marshall and de Niceville, Butt, ot India, p. 91 (1882). Eulpcea grotei, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 36, pl. 3. t. d, tf (1882). Euplcea boisduvalii, Roger, MS., 9 . Hab. Cochin China (Felder), Upper Tenasserim, Moulmein, Malacca. In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. The insect described by Dr. Felder as the male of E. grotei is a species of Isamia. 5. STICTOPLCEA TYRIANTHINA, n. sp. Male. Upperside-fore wing similar to that of S. harrisii, the blue marginal spots less distinct above the posterior angle, the two sericeous streaks each one third shorter and not quite so broad as m that species : hind wing with only three small white upper submarginal spots, the marginal spot being scarcely visible. Underside similar ; the marginal spots on fore wing less distinct, the marginal series on the hind wing and tbe upper submarginal spots small. Expanse 3| inches. Hab. Borneo (Pryer) ; Sumatra (Bock). In coll. F. Moore and H. G. Smith. 6. STICTOPLCEA PYGM^EA, n. sp. Allied to S. microsticta. Smaller in size: fore wing in both sexes with smaller discal spots and larger marginal spots, the latter series triangular in form in the male and somewhat confluent with the marginal series in the female, the marginal dots being more distinct; the cell-spot is also larger. Hind wing in male with three upper submarginal minute spots only, the female also showing indistinct marginal spots. Expanse, cf 3, 9 3\ inches. Hab. Cachar. In coll. British Museum. In S. microsticta the expanse of male is 3|- inches. 7. STICTOPLCEA MICROSTICTA. Stictoplcea microsticta, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 302 (1878). Hab. ? In Banksian coll., British Museum. 8. STICTOPLCEA PICINA. Euplcea picina, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1866, p. 280, pl. 30. f. 1, cf • Stictoploea picina, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc Zool. xiv. p. 302. Hab. Sumatra. |
