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Show 446 ON THE LYCENID.E OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC. [May 17, here for the first time from these islands. The species must either be very rare or very local, or we should have seen specimens before this. DEUDORIX MATHEWI, sp. n. (Plate XXVII. fig. 9.) 2 . Upperside. Fore wing rich dark brown, darker in the cell, with a confined disk of brownish orange; hind wing a uniform cupreous olivaceous brown, lobe with a black centre bordered inwardly with orange-red, outwardly with a few metallic-blue scales. Underside pale ashen grev, with rather darker white-bordered bands arranged much as in D. epijarbas, Moore, but that on the fore wing extending nearer to the inner margin, and those on the hind wing being more compact and placed altogether nearer to the base. The black spot between the lower median nervules broadly bordered inwardly with light metallic blue ; a large metallic-blue patch between this spot and the lobe and a metallic-blue line along the anal margin as in D. epijarbas. Head whitish; thorax above greenish ; below, together with legs, concolorous with wings. Abdomen pale buff below, greyish brown above. Cilia of fore wing above and below yellowish brown ; of hind wing paler white towards anal angle. Antennae black, spotted with white and tipped with red. Palpi whitish, tipped with black. Tail black, lower edge and tip white ; half as long as in D. epijarbas, or any other true Deudorix, and considerably broader. Expanse l-j7^ inch. N e w Hebrides (G. F. Mathew) (Mus. G. 6f S.). Mr. Mathew only obtained one specimen of this interesting species, a female, and, judging from its bright coloration, the male should turn out to be an insect of exceptional brilliancy. It is quite distinct from every other species of the group. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXVII. Fig. 1. Zizera labradus, Godt., 3, p. 435. 2. „ lulu, Mathew, 3, p. 436. 3. Nacaduba vitiensis, Butl., 3 > P- 437. 4. „ „ „ $,p.437. 5. „ samoensis, sp.n., 3> P- 437. 6. „ „ „ $,p.437. 7. „ novce-hcbridensis, sp. n., 3, p. 438. 8. „ „ „ „ ?, p. 438. 9. Deudorix mathewi, sp n., § , p. 446. 10. Nacaduba ncbulosa, sp. n., 3, P- 440. 11. .. „ ,. 2, P- 440. 12. „ florinda, Butl., $, p. 438. 13. Jamides walkeri, sp. n., 3 > P- 443. 14. „ i „ „ $,p. 443. 15. ,, kava, sp. n., 3> P- 443. 16. „ pulcherrima, Butl., 3. p. 442. 17. „ carissima, Butl., 3, P- 443. 18. Nacaduba mallicollo, sp. n., §, p. 439. |
