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Show 1895.] MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCENID.E. 567 Sandakan. I have not seen this species; on the underside it is said to be similar to P. pleurata, Hew., from Singapore. PORITIA PHALUKE, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 15 d •) d. Upperside : fore wing rich ultramarine-blue, with a large oblong black patch about the middle of the costa, which is also black, extending downwards to the median nervure ; apex and outer margin black, irregularly serrated on its inner edge : hind w-ing black, with a rather broad central ultramarine-blue streak extending from the base nearly to the outer margin, sharply bordered on its upper edge by the median nervure. Underside much like that of P. phraatica, Hew., but the ground-colour much whiter and the markings somewhat narrower, and the bands more broken and with their edges darker and more conspicuous. 2 . Upperside brown, with dark margins much as in P. phraatica. Underside as male, but paler. Expanse If- inch. Kina Balu (Waterstr.). Mus. Staudinger. The female appears to be identical with the type of Hewitson's P. phraatica; but the male is very different from the male of that species which I have before m e from Malacca (Eichorn), and which has been described by Mr. Distant. By the single streak on the hind wing it seems to be allied to P. pellonia, Dist. & Pryer. PORITIA PHILOTA. Poritia philota, Hew. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 346 ; 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 217, pi. 89. fig. 20 (1878). Labuan ( Wahnes); N.E. Borneo (Mus. G. Sf S.). I have received specimens which are identical with Hewitson's type from Sumatra; we also possess a male from Java. Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection also contains a pair from Borneo, and a single male from the Philippine Islands (Pryer)1. The female is dull brown, slightly ochreous on the disc of the fore wing, and towards the outer margin of the hind wing ; on the underside it is much paler than the male. PORITIA PLATENI. Poritia plateni, Staud. Iris, ii. p. 104, pi. i. fig. 8 (1889). Kina Balu (Waterstr.). 1 Dr. Staudiuger has sent another form which I believe is distinct and describe as below: - PORITIA PHARE, sp. n. (Plate X X X I V . fig. 14 d •) d. Upperside allied to P. philota, but larger, and with the blue streak in the cell replaced by a small blue spot about its middle, close to the subcostal nervure. Underside : ground-colour pale grey, with the bands and spots much as in P. philota and standing out prominently. Expanse If inch. Hab. Mindanao, Davao (Platen). Type Mus. Staud. This species should be at once distinguished from P. philota by the pale ground of the underside, thus throwing up the markings prominently. |