1875. 227 



At first sight this species appears as though it belonged to the 

 2^ireus group. It is, however, more closely allied to P. Lalandii. 



Melanitis Masouea, sp. n. 



Uj)j}e>'-side : $ , white, slightly tinted with lilac and yellow. 

 Both wings dentated on the outer margin. Anterior wing with the 

 costal margin dark brown, broken into spots towards the apex ; marked 

 in the cell and below it by a yellow spot. Posterior wing deeply den- 

 tated ; some spots of the under-side seen through. 



Underside : white. Anterior wing with the yellow spot as above, 

 the costal margin spotted with black chiefly near the base, marked by 

 a small ocellus between the first and second branches of the median 

 nervure. Posterior wing undulated with black on the costal and inner 

 margins, crossed near the outer margin by six black ocelli, irroratcd 

 with white or yellow, the pupil white, the outer margin and a sub- 

 marginal liue black ; three or four indistinct spots of brown between 

 the ocelli and the outer margin. 



Exp., 3io inch. 



IliETEEOPSIS DllEPAXA, ? . 



Upper-side : white tinted with yellow. Anterior wing with a 

 brown spot at the end of the cell, the apex broadly dark brown, pointed 

 as in tlie male, and marked by two minute white spots, a band of brown 

 near the outer margin ; a black ocellus with white pupil between the 

 first and second branches of the median nervure. 



Underside : rufous-whito, undulated throughout with dark brown. 

 Anterior wing witli llic npex In-own, ni;ii"kcd by three white spots, an 

 indistinct band from the apex to the inner margin before its middle. 

 Posterior wing with a similar transverse band, clouded with rufous- 

 brown, which is marked by some minute white spots near the aiuil 

 angle. 



Exp., 2xx5 inch. 



The male, though brown below, is marked as in the female. It is 

 irrorated with white at the apex of the anterior wing, and on the outer 

 border of the transverse band of the posterior wing, which is crossed 

 towards the outer margin by a scries of minute white spots. 



Oatlands, Woybridgc : 



February, 1875. 



