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Show 278 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [May 5, It is just possible that this may not be Boisduval's species, as the type was said to come from Bouru ; the present species was also labelled E. paykullei in Mr. Saunders's collection. 24. EUPLOEA BRENCHLEYI. Euploea brenchleyi, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. v. p. 357. n. 2 (1870) ; Cruise of the Curacoa, p. 464, pi. 46 (1873). South-Sea Islands (Brenchley). Type B.M. 25. EUPLOEA ESCHSCHOLTZII. Euploea eschscholtzii, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 345. n. 480 (1867 ?); Herrich-Schaffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxx. pi. 2. fig. 9 (Jan.-Mar. 1869). Fiji Islands ; Aneiteum (Cuming). B.M. Herrich-Schaffer figures a very small example of this species. 26. EUPLOEA HELCITA. Euploea helcita, Boisduval, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, p. 156(1859). Euplaa montrouzieri, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 345. n. 479 (1867?). New Caledonia (Macgillivray). B.M. Scarcely differs from the preceding species. 27. EUPLOEA DISTINCTA, n. sp. Euploea eleutho, var., $, Herrich-Schaffer, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxx. pi. 2. fig. 7 (Jan.-Mar. 1869). Hab. ? 28. EUPLOEA PROSERPINA. Euploea proserpina, Butler, P. Z. S. p. 300. n. 90 (1866). Euploea herrichii, Felder, Reise der Novara, Lep. ii. p. 344. n. 477, tab. xxxix. figs. 3, 4 (? 1867). Fiji. Type, B.M. 29. EUPLOEA PERRYI, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 1.) (51. Allied to E. eschscholtzii ; primaries more elongated ; all the white spots smaller; central spot of postmedian oblique series sub-pyriform, diffused internally; subanal spot absent; wings below paler; primaries with all the spots well defined ; the second of oblique postmedian series pyriform, notched in front; no subanal spot; only five submarginal points ; the three or four lilacine spots at end of discoidal cell absent; secondaries with one minute lilacine point between subcostal branches, the others all absent; the submarginal series of creamy white points wider apart; expanse of wings 3 inches 3 lines. Nieue or Savage Island, 4th Nov. 1873 (W. Wykeham Perry). B.M. Nearly allied to, but clearly distinct from, E. helcita and E. eschscholtzii. |