( 543 ) 



tlu' forewings ; disc outside this line cliestiint ; a su1imari;inal, very ill-defined 

 baud butF, outer margin light chestnut. 



Thorax and abdomen ferrugincms ; an ill-defined sj)ot on each side of tlu; thorax 

 anteriorly, and sides of the abdomen buff. 



Expanse : 2-6 inches = (16 mm. 



Hal). Khasia Hills (Assam). 



Among the Sjjhiuges sent me to be named by Dr. iStamlinger were three 

 s])eeimens of my Mef/anotom coci/tioides ; one from Labuan (North Borneo), one 

 from Mindanao, and the third from the Andaman Islands, while my two came from 

 Queensland ; this proves it to be a very widely sjiread species. 



AN ACCOUNT OF A COLLECTION OF DIURNAL 

 LEPIDOPTEBA 



MADE BY MR. "W. DOHERTY AT HUMBOLDT BAY, DUTCH NEW 

 GUINEA, AND IN NEIGHBOURING ISLANDS, IN THE MUSEUM 

 OF THE HONOURABLE WALTER ROTHSCHILD AT TRING, WITH 

 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By H. GROSE SMITH, B.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., Etc. 



PART II. 



LEMOXIIDAE. 



NEMEOBIINAE. 



171. Dicallaneura pulchra Guer. 

 Two males and ^female. 



1T2. Dicallaneura decorata Hew. 



173. Dicallaneura ostriua sp. nov. 



Male. — Upperaide : both wings jiinkish browu, suffused with dnll purple in 

 certain lights. Anterior wings unicolorous, posterior wings with au obscure patch 

 of reddish brown towards the apex extending to the costal margin, and two 

 submarginal obscure streaks of the same colour between the discoidal and middle 

 median nervules. 



Underside : closely resemliles D. pulchra and D. decorata, but differs from both 

 in having the basal piortion of the anterior wings much darker, and the pale narrow 

 row of streaks on those wings, which crosses the disc on its outer fourth uninter- 

 ruptedly, curves inwardly towards the costal margin, and terminates fnrther 

 from the apex in two elongate white spots, and there is au additional white spot 

 between the veins beyond the cell. 



The posterior wings are more orange brown and the light spots and markings 

 are less distinctly marked, niauy of them being tinged with pale orange brown. 



Expanse of wings : 1§ inch. 



A good series is in the collection. 



