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Show 1895.] MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENIDEE. 623 Dr. Staudinger having kindly sent me the types of his Palawan Lyceenidee for examination, I find that his D. anabasis is allied to R. suffusa, Moore, his D. varuna, Horsf. = R. sphinx, Fab., and that his D. schistacea, Moore, is a species without any purple gloss on either wing and = R. orseis = R. varuna. EAPALA CHOZEBA. Deudorix chozeba, Hew. 111. Diuru. Lep., Lye. p. 24, pi. v. figs. 48 (1863). Kina Balu (Waterstr.) ; Labuan (Low and Waterstr.). Several specimens agreeing well with Hewitson's type. The female is dull purplish brown on tbe upperside, darkest at the margins and with darker veins ; on the underside it is like the male. The species appears to be quite a distinct one. EAPALA PHERETIMA. Deudorix pheretima, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 21, pi. figs. 27-29 (1863). Deudorix metajarbas, Staud. M S. Kina Balu and Labuan (Waterstr.) ; Sarawak (Hew.). R. pheretima apparently takes the place of R. petosiris, Hew., in Borneo. Tbe lower half of the club of the antennae is broadly white-ringed, giving it quite an unusual appearance; this, however, is present only in the male. EAPALA XENOPHON. Hesperia xenophon, Fab. Ent. Syst. vol. iii. pt. 1, p. 272 (1793). Kina Balu, Labuan ( Waterstr.). 2 var. CEERULESCENS. Deudorix intermedius, var. ccerulescens, Staud. Lep. Palaw. p. (1889). Sandakan (Pryer). Messrs. Godman and Salvin's collection contains a female specimen which agrees well with Dr. Staudinger's type of D. intermedius, var. ccerulescens ; his male is identical with typical xenophon, Fab. EAPALA BARTHEMA. (Plate XXXIV. fig. 11 cf •) Deudorix barthema, Dist. Ehop. Malay, p. 280 (1885). cf. Differs from 2 o n the upperside by being darker brown, and by the hind wing being rich cupreous brown with the costal margin broadly brown and crossed by brown nervules. Underside as 2 • The tuft of hair at end of abdomen is buff-colour. Kina Balu, Labuan ( Waterstr.). The male described above has no purple shading, and if I am correct in identifying the species it is not conspecitic with R. suffusa, Moore, as suggested by Mr. de Niceville (Butt. Ind. p. 467). I have before me two females which agree with Mr. Distant's |