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Show 622 MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCEENID.E. [June 18, before me than is usual in Javan specimens. The dark fasciae the underside vary somewhat in wddth. EAPALA SCHISTACEA. Deudorix schistacea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 140. S.E. Borneo, near Banjarmasin ( Wahnes). The underside has a purplish tinge, as is usual in Javan specimens. It appears to be common there, as we have received a number of specimens. EAPALA SCINTILLA. Rapala scintilla, de Nicev. Butt. Ind. etc. iii. p. 461 (1890). Kina Balu ( Waterstr.). Waterstradt's specimens are identical with some in our own collection from Sikkim. It is a very distinct species. EAPALA VARUNA. Theda varuna, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. p. 91 (1829). Deudorix orseis, Hew. 111. Diurn. Lep., Lye. p. 23 (1863) ; Druce, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 353. Deudorix kinabalina, Staud. M S. Kina Balu (Waterstr.) ; Labuan (Low and Waterstr.). I have examined Horsfield's type in the British Museum and find that it is the form in wdiich the discal bands on the underside are broad and amalgamated with the bands closing the ends of the cells as described by Mr. de Niceville ; both forms occur together with intermediates in Borneo and in Java as they do Sikkim, so I do not hesitate to sink Hewitson's name. The ground-colour also varies from stone-colour to da>*k chocolate-brown. Below ' will be found the description of a species obtained in large numbers in S. Celebes by Mr. Doherty, and for which I am unable to find a name. Dr. Holland, in his "List of the Diurnal Lepid. taken by Mr. Doherty in Celebes " (P. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. xxv. 1890), does not mention it. 1 RAPALA OLIVTA, sp. n. (Plate XXXIV. fig. l(i cf.) d. Upperside allied to R. orseis (= B. varuna), and like that species without any purple gloss, but with the apex of the fore wing a blacker shade of brown and with the green more extensive, especially in the hind wing, where it reaches even closer up to the black anteciliary line. Cilia of hind wing pure white from just below apex to base of wing. Lobe pale orange with a black spot; extremity of cilia to lobe and between lobe and tail black. Fore wing without the patch of differently placed scales at the base of the median nervules. Underside dark greyish brown with a greenish tinge; both wings with the usual mark at the end of the cell and fascia, beyond both of which are distinctly bordered with sordid white, except towards the anal margin of hind wing, where the borders become pure white. The black lobe is large and prominent, as is also the black orange-crowned spot between the lower median nervules ; a patch of blue scales in the submedian interspace close to the margin. Cilia of fore wing brown, of hind wing white as above. Abdomen blackish above, buff-colour below. Expanse 1£ inch. Type Mus. Druce. S. Celebes (August and September). |
