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entirely lost towards the middle of the submedian interspace, extending narrowly 
along the outer margin as far as the first median inter-nervular fold; the wing is 
crossed by four broad parallel highly irregular black bands, all commencing close to 
the costa; the first band is straight and is quite close to the base of the wing, and 
ends on the submedian nervure ; the second band is also nearly straight and ends on 
the internal inter-nervular fold; the third band is highly irregular and lunulated, 
the concavity of each lunulated portion directed towards the outer margin, it ends 
in a somewhat faint detached spot on the internal inter-nervular fold, anteriorly it is 
joined to the second band by a thin black line running along the costa; the 
fourth band is also highly irregular and lunulated, the concavity of each lunulated 
portion directed towards the base of the wing; a somewhat broad submarginal 
fuscous line posteriorly becoming lost in the ochreous anal area; a very fine black 
line on the margin ending posteriorly on the first median inter-nervular fold. Cilia 
throughout very short and cinereous; antenne black; thorax in front ochreous, 
posteriorly, and abdomen pale fuscous.” 
Expanse, ¢ 4,°, inches. 
Hasitat.—North Chin Hills, Upper Burma. 
*« A reference to Hewitson’s, Westwood’s, and Distant’s figures (Rhop. Malay. pl. 
8, f. 2), of Melanocyma faunula, Westwood, all taken from female specimens, will at 
once reveal the many important characters in which that species differs from the 
present one, which characters are also borne out by the numerous specimens of M. 
faunula I possess from several localities in the Malay Peninsula and from Chanta- 
boon in Siam. The ground-colour in M. faunula is almost white on the upperside of 
the hindwing instead of being concolorous with the forewing; the yellow colour is 
more extensive also, reaching to the second median nervule; in M. faunuloides it 
ends midway between the first and second median nervules; on the underside of the 
forewing the black discal bands are highly lunulated, and the points of the lunules 
almost meet in M. faunula, while in M, fawnuloides the bands are nearly straight and 
the inner one is only slightly lunulated; this character is even more strongly 
pronounced on the hindwing, as in M. faunula anterior to the third median nervule 
these bands entirely join, enclosing large oval spots of the ground-colour ; lastly the 
yellow colour is much duller, and does not extend half as far on to the disc in M. 
faunuloides.” 
« Described from two specimens kindly given to me by Lieut. E. Y. Watson, which 
were captured in June, 18935, at Number Three Stockade, in the North Chin Hills, 
at 3500 feet elevation above the sea”’ (de Nicéville, 1.c.). 
Twpo-Matayan Species or Mepanocyma, M. faunula (Thaum. faunula, Westwood, 
Gen. D. Lep. pl. 54, fig. 1) (1851); Trans. Ent. Soc. 1856, p. 186, pl. 21, fig. 2,°%. 
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