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(lefiiiiiig tlieiu Cdiilesciiig with a >eries of lines runniiii; from the ontor aagle tcS 

 the third median iiervulo. The double series of luaules appearing on the primaries 

 is produced upon the secondaries, but between veins 2 and '^ is interrupted by a 

 conspicuous black ocellns, suimonutcd with a. red lunnlo, and liaving' a few iridescent 

 bluish green scales on its outer margin ; there are also two similar, but much 

 smaller, black sjwts at the anal angle, likewise ornamented with bluish green scales. 



E.xpanse : t.'.") mm. 



Descrilied from three male specimens. 



80. N. poecilta sp. nov. 



cT. The npperside of the body is dark fascons, clothed with pale bine hairs ; 

 the lowerside of the body and the legs are blackish. Tlie abdomen on the lower- 

 side is narrowly marked with pale grey. The palj)i are black. Tiie antennae are 

 black, ringed with white on the lowerside. Both wings are very pale violet-blue, 

 in certain lights having a pale brown cast, especially about the base. The margin 

 of both wings is defined by a very fine black line. The fringes are white, checked 

 with fuscous at the ends of the nervules. At the end of vein "-' on the secondaries 

 there is a short tail, fuscous, tipped with white. On either side of the c.Ktremity 

 of the same vein are two small dark spots, narrowly edged outwardly by fine white 

 lines. On the underside the wings have the outer margin pale grey, almost white, 

 with the discal and basal areas broadly suftused with dark mouse-grey. The 

 primaries are marked by three transverse bands of dark blackish brown, defined 

 inwardly and outwardly by light lines, which on the <osta are represented by small 

 very distinct white spots. These bands are : 1st, a snbbasal band extending from 

 the costa across the cell to the submedian nerve ; 2nd, a discocellular baud, 

 covering the end of the cell : and :^rd, a catenulate discal band, running from the 

 costa to the submedian nerve. In the latter band the three spots, which are opposite 

 the cell, are somewhat dislocated, and pushed forth in the direction of the outer 

 margin. There is a double series of pale grey lunnles along the margin, irregnlar 

 in size, the upper one of the outer series at the ape.x being the largest and quite 

 conspieuons, those about the middle of the margin tend to become obsolete. The 

 secondaries on the nnderside are crossed by a basal ciu'ved catenulate band, by a 

 discocellular bar, followed closely by an irregularly curved discal catenulate band. 

 All of these bands are dark blackish brown, and the maculae composing them are 

 edged with lighter colour. There is a double row of rather irregular marginal 

 Innules, grey in colour, edged with white. Between veins 2 and 3 there is a 

 conspicuous ocellus, surmounted with an orange-red lunnle, its deeji velvety black 

 central spot marked externally by a very fine lunette of bluish green. Another 

 very small ocellus is situated at the anal angle. 

 Expanse : 20 mm. 



There is a single specimen of this species in tlie cnllection, marked by Mr. 

 Doherty " Nacaduba, species incerta." I have another specimen in my collection 

 coming from Amboyua, and purchased by me several years ago in a lot of 

 Amboynese material. In the Amboynese example the ground colour is somewhat 

 paler, and the outer margins are broadly whitish. In consequence the transverse 

 markings stand forth much more conspicuonsly in this specimen. This thing I at 

 one time thought was the hitherto undeseribed and unfignred male of N. palmi/ny 

 Feld, the words in Felder's description {Sitrher. Ah. Wisx. Wim, Math. Kit. t'f. 



