NYMPHALID.?3. — NYMPHALIN^E. — MYNES. 



Y.— MYNES COTTONIS. i . Figs. 5, (i. 



Miiui's CotiQiiis, H. Grose Smith, " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," ser. C, vol. 13 (June, 1894). 



Exp. 2} inches. 



" Male. Upperside resemhles 3/. Eucosnictos, Godni. and Salv. [iigured, 

 (nitcii, vol. 1, Miines, pi. 1, figs. 4-6], but the pale area is purer vi^hite. On the 

 anterior wings the pale patch towards the apex is less conspicuous, being 

 scarcely visible. On the posterior wings, the pale area is more restricted, the 

 outer third of the wings being more broadly and more bluish-black. 



" Underside. The subapical pale patch is pure white, not tinged with 

 yellow as in M. Eucosmetos, and is considerably narrower ; the pale area in the 

 middle of the wings is also pure white, but more extended, and the red 

 submarginal spot between the upper median nervules is much smaller. On the 

 posterior wings the red costal band at the base of il/. Eiicosmctos is extended 

 uninterruptedly into the interspace between the costal nervure and the upper 

 subcostal nervule, and extends over it towards the apex until it joins the dark 

 outer-marginal band ; the outer three-fourths of the costal margin is broadly 

 black, the basal fourth being red, below which is a large black patch at the base, 

 as in M. Mtcosmetos, which extends over the basal part of the cell and of the 

 interspace above it ; the outer third of the wings is blue-black, in which, 

 between the median nervules and submedian nervure, are situate three 

 greenish-yellow patches, and a series of submarginal pale streaks." (H. 0. S., 

 loc. cit.) 



Head and antenna; above black, the former spotted with white ; thorax 

 bluish-grey, abdomen lighter, palpi white below, pectus yellow in the middle, 

 grey on the sides, legs brown, femora with a white line beneath ; abdomen 

 white below. 



Hab. New Britain (Captains Cayley Webster and Cotton). 



In the Collection of Mr. H. Grose Smith. Described from a single male specimen. 



