NYMPH ALID.E.-XYMPHALIN.E. 



MYNES. I. 



I.— MYNES HERCYNA. $ Figs. 1, 2. 2 Fig. 3. 



3Iijncs Hcrcijua, Godman and Salviii, " Annals and IMagazine of Natural 

 History," ser. 6, vol. 1, p. 211 (March, 1888). 



Exp. 2-7 inches. 



Male. Upperside. Anterior wings black, the greater part of the cell, a 

 triangular spot beyond it, and three oval spots between the median vein and its 

 branches, milky-white ; a small spot near the costa and an indistinct subapical 

 band of spots of the same colour. Posterior wings black, with a large central 

 milky-white spot. 



Underside. Anterior wings black, somewhat extensively varied with large 

 white spots, a round red spot near the outer margin between the median vein 

 and its second branch. Posterior wings black, with a large central white spot 

 slightly tinged with yellow on its inner border, the outer black border marked 

 with four subconccntric rings, the two inner ones composed of greenish-yellow 

 scales, the two outer ones white ; a large greenish-yellow patch near the anal 

 angle ; the base of the costa red. 



Body dark, palpi white, front legs yellowish, antennffi black. 



Female. Upperside similar to the male, but much darker, the light spots 

 being smaller. There is a yellow spot near the outer margin, between the 

 median vein and its first branch. 



Hab. Aola, Guadalcanar Island, Solcmon Group (C. M. Woodford). 



In the Collections of Henley Grose Smith and Messrs. Godman and Salvin. 



The Collection recently brought by Mr. C. M. Woodford from the Solomon Islands con- 

 tained several specimens of this species, which appears to be quite distinct from any previouslv 

 described. Its nearest ally is Mynes Woodjordi, G. and S., from Alu Island, in Bougainville 

 Straits. This may be distinguished by the greater extent of the milky-white colour of the 

 upf)erside of the anterior wings, which moreover forms a more continuous spot, covering the 

 discal area and most of the cell. In M. Hercyna this sjjot is broken into five by the veins. 

 (0. S.) 



IF— MYNES EUCOSMETOS. $ Figs. 4, 5. $ Fig. 6. 



Mijnes eucomdos, Godman and Salvin, " Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society of London," 1879, p. 053. 



VOL. I., JULY, 1888. 



