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Underside: both wings with the rows of spots as above, situate in a broad 

 fuliginous wliite space, and with an additional spot near the apex of the posterior 

 wings nearly (mjuhI in size to the largest spot; the cell of both wings is crossed 

 at the middle from the costa to near the middle of the inner margin by an 

 irregular brown streak ; the ends of the cells are also marked by a brown 

 streak. 



Kxpanse of wings : 'nude, 1| inch ; female, 2j. 



Five males and three females from Korrido, Jobie, and Humboldt Bay. Near 

 M. aethlops Butler, and ^f. shiva I5oisd., which two species are e.xeeedingly 

 close to each other. 



150. Mycalesis comes sp. nov. 



Male. — Upperside : near to M. fidviu/ia, Init duller rufous lirown and smaller. 

 On the anterior wings the dark apical area extends inwardly nearer the end of 

 the cell, and the black discal sijot is more surrounded by the dark colour. On 

 the posterior wings there is only one spot on the disc which lies between the 

 two lowest median nervules, and the zone round it is scarcely visible. 



On the iiiiderside the ground colour is pinkish grey on both wings. The 

 third spot in the discal row on the anterior wings is obsolete, and the row of 

 spots on the posterior wings is somewhat curved. 



Female. — Much darker and more rufous than M. fulviaan, and the area in 

 which the discal spots are placed is almost the same colour as the basal part of 

 the wings, but across both wings there is a faint indication of a dark streak. 

 There is no zone round the discal spot on the anterior wings, and the zone 

 roTind the spot on the posterior wings is much darker. 



Underside with the spots and bars as in M. fidviana; the space in which 

 the discal spots is situate is the same colour as the ground colour of the rest 

 of the wings, and is more violaceous than in M. fidviana.. 



Expanse of wings: nude, H inch; feniaU, If. 



One 'nude and two females. 



151. Mycalesis pliidon Hew. 



152. Mycalesis emiuens Staudinger. 

 ]'"rom Biak and Humboldt Bay. A long series. 



15:;. Mycalesis mynois Hew. 

 A long series of both .sexes, from Wetter and Dili. 



154. Mycalesis perseus Kabr. 



155. Mycalesis medus Fabr. 



lot). Lamprolenis nitida Ciodman and Salviu. 

 A long series of this fine species of both sexes. The fenude is mucii larger 

 than the male, and is without its beautiful metallic lustre. On the upperside 

 of the anterior wings there is a subapical black spot centred with a white dot, 



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