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discoidal iiervule paler sericeous; the disc is crossed a little beyond the middle by 

 a row of white spots between the veins, those from the subcostal to the lowest 

 median nervules large and conical, the others indistinct and becoming obsolete ; 

 close outside this row is another row of broad whitish brown bars, divided by the 

 brown veins, traversed a little above their middle by indistinct brown lines ; beyond 

 these is a third row of narrower brownish white bars, followed, a little before the 

 outer margin, by a series of indistinct grey streaks. 



Underside: very rufous brown, with the spots and bars as on the upperside ; tiie 

 cell of the anterior wings is crossed at its extremity by an indistinct ])aler brown 

 streak. 



The femule resembles tlie mule, but is larger and rather jjaler. 



Expanse of wings: male, 2^ inches ; fcuMle, 2\ inches. 



Two inales and five females from Dili. This species mimics Audaneafi orope 

 Boisd. 



y. Neptis dohertyi sj). nov. 



M.\LE. — Upperside: greyish black. Anterior wings crossed towards the ajiex 

 by a row of three white s[iots placed obliquely, the first near the costa linear, the 

 second and third subquadrate. On the disc is a transverse broad band of confluent 

 white spots : the uppermost, between the two upper median nervules, subovate ; the 

 lowest, on the inner margin about its middle, is elongate inwardly towards the base. 

 Between these rows of spots and the outer margin is a row of small whitish spots, 

 tho.se towards the apex the whitest, bordered on each side with indistinct bars 

 darker than the rest of the wings; there is an indistinct pale streak in the cell. 

 On the posterior wings is a very broad white band, which crosses the disc and cell at 

 about its midille ; half-way between the band and the outer margin is an indistinct 

 pale brown line, bordered on each side with indistinct darker brown bars; ciliae of 

 both wings between the veins narrowly white. 



Underside: chocolate brown, with tlie markings as on the upperside. On the 

 anterior wings the submarginal row of small spots is more distinct, and the white 

 subapical and discal bands are bordered outwardly by indistinct sinuate pale lines ; 

 along the lower part of the cell is a basal white line, followed at the end of the cell 

 by a narrow subtriangular white spot ; there are two submarginal rows of white lines, 

 one in the middle, the other at the posterior angle, bordered outwardly with gi-ey 

 scales. On the posterior wings the shoulder is Iwoadly white, followed by a white 

 streak which crosses the basal part of the cell and extends on either side of the first 

 subcostal nervule ; outside the white discal band is a continuous row of white bars 

 following the contour of the wings, with a narrow, rather short, white line above it, 

 commencing on the inner margin, and a submarginal band of narrow white lines. 



The female resembles the mule, but is rather larger. 



Expanse of wings : 1| inch. 



Hub. Tenimber. 



10. Melanitis belinda sp. nov. 



M.^LK. — Upperside: both wings olivescent brown — anterior wings very falcate 

 truncate at the apex— becoming darker lirown in the middle towards tlie rather oblique 

 bright ferruginous brown sinviate band which broadly crosses the wings fi-om (he costa 

 at about three-fourths from the base to the posterior angle. The inner edge of Ibis 



