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Show 322 MR. F. MOORE ON LIMNAINA AND EUPLCEINA. [May 1, 16. STICTOPLCEA WATSONI, n. sp. Male. Dark purplish violet-brown, suffused with intense but not shining blue in some lights. Fore wing with a submarginal medial row of four very small blue spots, the upper spot somewhat largest and dentate; two long sericeous streaks. Hind wing with a submarginal upper series of three geminated bluish-white spots followed by three single small spots. Expanse 4\ inches. Hab. Bouru (Wallace). In coll. Hewitson, British Museum. 17. STICTOPLCEA IN^EQUALIS. Stictoplcea incequalis, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. cf (1878). Hab. Amboina. 18. STICTOPLCEA MCESTA. Euplcea mcesta, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 284, fig. 3 (p. 281), cT. Stictoplcea mcesta, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303. Hab. New Guinea (Dorey, Port Moresby). 19. STICTOPLCEA IMMACULATA. Stictoplcea immaculata, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303, cf 9(1878). Hab. New Guinea (Port Moresby). 20. STICTOPLCEA PAPUANA. Euplcea papuana, Reakirt, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1866, p. 240. Hab. New Guinea. 21. STICTOPLCEA DOLESCHALLII. Euplcea doleschallii, Felder, Wien. ent. Monats. iii. p. 267, pl. f. 2 (1859). Stictoplcea doleschallii, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. Hab. New Guinea (Port Moresby). 22. STICTOPLCEA TRISTIS. Euplcea tristis, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 284. Stictoplcea tristis, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xiv. p. 303. Hab. New Hebrides (Aneiteum). The following species, referred by authors to the genus Euplcea, have not been verified :- EUPLCEA DRYASIS. Papilio dryasis, Fabricius, Ent. Syst. iii. p. 39 (1793) ; Jones, Icon. t. 85. fig. 1 ; Donovan, Nat. Repos. v. pl. 158 (1827) ; Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. Brit. Mus. p. 3. Hab. Unknown. |
