OCR Text |
Show 586 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. [June 18, blue area of tbe fore wing reaching to the outer marginal brown border. Underside perhaps nearest to T. venosus, Moore. Fore wing : basal streak shorter and much broader, and extending down to the submedian nervure, the streak beyond broader and placed at a greater angle, the spots beyond the middle more in line, the submarginal row distinctly separated, and the marginal row smaller. Hind wing: a broad basal streak from just below the costal margin to the anal angle ; a broad streak beyond, also from the costal to the anal margin ; then a series of spots as in T. venosus, which are more inclined to run parallel with the streaks; then a submarginal row of large distinct spots followed by a marginal row of small spots, the three upper being simply dots, the three lower gradually increasing towards the anal angle and dusted thickly w ith metallic green scales. The ground-colour of both wdngs is slightly tinged with yellowish and all the markings are black; the cilia of both wings black. Expanse ly1^ inch. Kina Balu (Waterstr.). Type Mus. Staud T. waterstradti presents such differences on the underside from the Indian species, that I feel sure it is distinct. TARUCUS PLINIUS. Hesperia plinius, Fab. Ent. Syst. vol. iii. pt. 1, p. 284 (1793). Lawas (Everett). W e possess one male obtained by Mr. Everett, which differs from Indian specimens by having broad and regular brown outer margins to both wings on the upperside, but is identical below. Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection also contains this form from Minahassa. CASTALIUS, Hiibn. CASTALIUS ROSIMON. Papilio rosimon, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 523 (1775). Borneo ( Wahnes). Dr. Staudinger has sent me this species, but the precise locality is not noted. It probably came from the neighbourhood of Labuan or from the S.E. of Borneo. CASTALIUS ETHION. Lyccena ethion, Doubl. & Hew. Gen. Diurn. Lep. vol. ii. p. 490, pi. lxxvi. fig. 3 (1852). Castalius ethion, Distant & Pryer, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xix. p. 267 (1887). Sandakan (Pryer) ; Labuan (Low, Wahnes, and Waterstr.); Lawas ; Sarawak (Everett). CASTALIUS ELNA. Lyccena elna, Hew. Exot. Butt. vol. v. Lyccena, pi. i. fig. 8 |