NYMPHALID/E. 163# 



Meneris Tiilbaghia, Douhl., Westw., Hewiis, Gen. Biurn, 



[Lep., pi. 46., f. 3. 

 „ „ Chenu, Enc. di'Hist. Nat. — Pap., pi. 



[40, f. 2. 



Expands 3 in. 2 lin. — 4 in. 1 lin. 



Rich dark-brotvn, with deep yelloto-ochreoustransverse stripes 

 and spots : Jmid-wiiig loith blue ocellated spots. 



$ . Fore-wing : sulFusecl with chocolate-brown from base ; 

 beyond middle, a short, transverse, deep yellow-ochreous 

 band, from costa to between second discoidal and first median 

 nervules, divided unequally into four by three crossing ner- 

 vules ; a little before this band, commencing immediately 

 beneath extremity of discoidal cell, a similar, longer, trans- 

 verse band of the same colour, also crossed by three nervules, 

 and extending to inner-margin beyond middle ; beyond bands, 

 near and parallel to hind-margin, a row of eight yellow- 

 ochreous spots, — the first three of which are contiguous and 

 somewhat quadrate, — the fourth sub-ovate and inclining out 

 from the line towards hind-margin, — the remaining four 

 rounded, the last of them (between third median nervule and 

 submedian nervure) being the smallest ; along hind-margin, 

 a moderately-wide border, slightly paler than ground-colour, 

 and containing a thin, dark, median streak from apex, nearly 

 to anal angle. Hind-wing : ochreous band of fore-wing (that 

 extends to inner-margin), continued across this wing by a 

 slightly-paler band from costa, narrowing to a little before 

 anal angle, but not quite reaching inner-margin ; space before 

 band almost wholly chocolate-brown, with a coating of hairs 

 of that colour, which are longest on submedian nervure ; 

 beyond band, a transverse row of five ocellated spots, of 

 different sizes, black, in thin, yellow-ochreous rings, with 

 glistening violet-blue centres pupilled with white, extending 

 from second subcostal nervule to anal angle ; of these ocelli, 

 the second is sometimes wanting, and always small when 

 present, — the fifth, at anal angle, being always bipupillate, 

 with scarcely a tinge of the blue central colouring, but in a 

 complete yellow-ochreous ring. Fringe of both wings pale 

 creamy-yellow ; brown-chequered in fore-wing, only partly so 

 in hind-ioing. Under-side. — Paler and duller in colouring, 

 but the surface more glossy and smooth ; yellow-ochreous 

 markings much paler, especially in hind-wing. Fore-iving : 

 in and beyond middle of discoidal cell, a broad, transverse, 

 short, pale-yellowish bar, rather widely black-margined both 

 internally and externally ; basal portion, and hind-margin 

 from apex, paler than rest of ground-colour, the latter in- 

 cluding two thin, parallel, dark streaks from apex, becoming 



