NYMPHALin^. — NYMPHALIX.E. — MYNES. 



Exp. * , 2-7 ; ? 3-2 inches. 



.!/((/.■. Upperside. Wiiiiis pale milky-white, 'uitli a faint yellow tint, the 

 costa and outer margin of the anterior wings blaek, the apex sprinkled with 

 whitish scales, and crossed by a curved row of five spots of the same colour, 

 the base of the wings and the inner border of the black margin pale grey ; 

 outer margin of the posterior wings broadly black, edged inwardly with pale 



grey. 



Underside. Base, costa, apex, and a curved band from the middle of the 

 costa to the anal angle of the anterior wings black, discal and subapical areas 

 white, the latter tinged with yellow, an oval red spot near the outer margin 

 between the median vein and its second branch. Posterior wings orange- 

 yellow, a large irregular spot near the base, the discal portion of the costa 

 and the outer margin black, the latter with a nai'row submarginal white line ; a 

 black band nearly parallel to the outer margin, between which and the black 

 margin the yellow is of a greenish tint, a large red spot at the base of the 

 costa, and a few red scales near the apical angle. 



Body and palpi white, antennse black. 



Female. Larger than the male. Anterior wings with only the discal 

 portion as far as the inner margin dirty white, with a faint yellow tinge, the 

 cell greyish, the apical half of the wings black with a large subapical yellow 

 spot divided by the black veins. Posterior wings sordid white, faintly tinged 

 with yellow, the outer margin black, inwardly edged with brown. 



Underside. Similar to that of the male, but the black of the anterior 

 wings more extended, that of the posterior wings less so, the band parallel to 

 the outer margin being absent. 



Hab. New Ireland (Rev. G. Brown). 



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



In the original description, the type, and the only specimen in the Collection of Messrs. 

 Godman and Salvin, is said to be a female. This now proves to be a mistake. 



On the upper surface of the wings M. Eitcoeviefos resembles M. Geoffroyi, Gut r., from New 

 Guinea, but, as will be seen on reference to the plate, there are several differential characters, 

 especially on the under surface, and in no other species is the yellow colour so extensive. 



The female described and figured is in the Collection i f Mr. Henley Grose Smith. (O. S.) 



