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with all the bands pure white and very prominent j the portion of the 

 black ground-colour between the third and the fourth white bands 

 of the upperside bearing a series of more or less conjoined ocelli, 

 black with large silvery pupils, and outwardly defined by a narrow 

 yellow line ; the marginal white line narrow, regular, and very pro- 

 minent. Forewing with an additional short white band at the base. 

 Female, both icings broader and more rounded than in the male. 

 Upperside, both wings with all the bands broader and clearer white, 

 though still sprinkled with black scales. Underside, both icings as 

 in the male. 



Nearest to R. cnsilda, Hewitson, which occurs not uncommonly 

 in several parts of Assam and Burma. Differs from that species in 

 the different shade of the black coloration of the upperside, and in all 

 the bands being strongly sullied (especially in the male) . In R. cri- 

 silda the third band from the base of the wings is pure white, as is 

 the fourth band on the hindwing, which latter also is much narrower. 



I am indebted to Mr. Fritz M oiler for the gift of a pair of specimens 

 of this species, obtained last October by his native collectors in 

 Bhutan, where it appears to be by no means uncommon. 



Ragadia is a small and compact Indo-Malayan genus. One species 

 occurs in Bhutan ; a second in Assam and Burma ; R. crista, Hiibner, 

 is found in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bantam, Java, and Bor- 

 neo ; Mr. Grose Smith has also described R. annul at a from the Kina 

 Balu Mountain, in north Borneo ; while Herr George Semper in his 

 " Schmett. der Philipp. Inseln, " gives three species R. crohpnica, 

 Semper, and R. luzonia and melindena, Felder, from the Philippine 

 group of islands. 



Subfamily Morphinje.' 



2. ELYMNIAS CHELENSIS, n. sp., PI. D, Fig. 3, $ . 



Habitat : Khasi Hills, 



Expanse : £ , 2*7 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, both icings fuscous-brown. Fore- 

 wing with the basal half of the costa and the outer margin narrowly 

 ferruginous, the rest of the wing strongly glossed with rich deep 

 blue, becoming obsolete basally ; two large conjoined equal-sized 

 oblong pale blue spots occupying the whole middle third of the dis- 

 coidal interspaces ; two similar but smaller spots in the median inter- 



