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Show 562 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCiENIDiE. [June 18, E. I. C. vol. i. p. 19, pi. 1 fl. fig. 2 (1857); Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 347. Kina Balu (Waterstr.); Labuan ( Waterstr. and Low) ; Elopura (Pryer) ; S.E. Borneo ( Wahnes). Mr. Pryer took the species in March. PARAGERYDUS WATERSTRADTI, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. figs. 1 o*, 2 $.) d . Upperside allied to P. horsfieldi, Moore; same shade of brown, but with the discal patch more elongated and less distinct. Underside pale brown, with darker markings and spots and a marginal row of black spots inwardly bordering white dots. 2 • Upperside uniform dull brown, not paler disc-ally in tbe fore wing; underside as male, but ground-colour rather paler. Ab. ABSENS, nov. 2 • Upperside as typical female; underside pale brownish cream-colour, with the larger brown markings only present, the wavy lines being entirely wanting. Expanse, d lyV-!!- ? 1J-l^inch. Kina Balu (Waterstr.). Mus. Staud. and Druce. P. waterstradti differs from P. horsfieldi by the more elongate discal band and by the underside being usually darker. It is also a smaller insect, noticeable especially in the males. The variety described above presents a very curious appearance. PARAGERYDUS PYXUS. Paragerydus pyxus, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. vol. xliii. pt. 2, no. 1, p. 27, pi. v. fig. 2, d (1894). Borneo. Described as rufous brown on the upperside. PARAGERYDUS MOOREI, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. figs. 5 ,5,6 $ .) Miletus moorei, Staud. M S . d. Upperside dull brown, colour of P. waterstradti, but with the discal patch paler, more conspicuous, and about half as long as in that species. Underside pure white, with spots and striae much as in that species and P. horsfieldi, but With the marginal row of spots placed further from the margin in both wings. 2 . Upperside uniform dull brown, wdth disc of fore wing slightly paler. Underside as in male. Expanse, J ljV- $ ^-i incn* Mu s - Staud. Kina Balu ( Waterstr.). This species should be distinguished from its allies by the pure white ground of its underside and by the short discal spot on the male above. The male appears to agree exactly with Mr. de Niceville's figure of P. horsfieldi (Butt. Ind. iii. pi. xxvi. fig. 156), which I believe is not the true P. horsfieldi, Moore, as the discal band is considerably shorter. P. horsfieldi occurs in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Malacca. |