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Show 602 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. [June 18, a common, straight, dark red linear band outwardly edged with white, angled towards anal margin of hind wing; inner margin of fore wing paler greyish brown. The cells of both wdngs are closed by faint marks caused apparently by appressions. Hind wing-a large black spot crowned by metallic-blue scales occupying the whole of the lobe, above that from the submedian nervure to the third median nervule a large greyish patch thickly dusted w ith black scales, and resting on this between the first and second median nervules a rather small black spot crowned wdth dark red. Thorax and abdomen bluish above, dark buff below. Head brown ; antennse black, ringed with white. All the legs black, spotted with pale buff. Cilia on both surfaces cupreous brown, except at anal angle, where it is greyish. 2 . Upperside paler and more lavender-blue; the blue more extensive in the fore wing and reaching beyond the end of the cell, at which there is a wdiite spot; the black spot in the lobe is faintly crowned with orange scales. Underside as male but paler. Expanse, o* $ , 1^ inch. Kina Balu ( Waterstr.). This is a beautiful species, not closely allied to any other. The distinctly spotted legs are quite unusual in the mantra group. The types belong to Dr. Staudinger's collection. TAJURIA TRAVANA. Myrina travana, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 38, pi. xvii. fig. 59, 60 (1865). Sithon travana, Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 352. Kina Balu (Waterstr.) ; Sandakan (Pryer) ; Labuan (Low). Mr. de Niceville (Butt. India, iii. p. 38, 1890) is of opinion that this species should be treated as a local race only of T.jangala, Horsf. Two females of T. jangala, Horsf., in Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection are entirely brown on the upperside. TAJURIA DONATANA, de Nicev. Tajuria donatana, de Nicev. J. A. S. B. vol. lvii. p. 287, pi. xiv. fig. 5 (1888); Butt. Ind. etc. iii. p. 382, pi. xxv. fig. 154, d (1890). Labuan (Low). Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains a single male specimen of this species, which differs only from the figure (no. 154, Butt. India, iii.) by the black spot in first median interspace on the underside of hind wing being somewhat larger. PURLISA, Distant. PURLISA GIGANTEUS. Iolaus (Purlisa) giganteus, Distant, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. xvii. p. 245 (1881). Purlisa gigantea, Distant, Ehop. Malay, p. 250, pi. xxi. fig. 28 (1885). |