NYMPHALIDZ—MESSARAS. 
of lunular and linear spots of yellow. Anterior wing with a bifid spot near the apex, 
and four other large spots of yellow, also a band of black spots. Posterior wing 
with a band of eye-like purple spots, their centres black, their upper margins lilac- 
white. 
The male does not differ. 
Expan. 2;% in. Hab. New Guinea. 
In the Collections of W.W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
MESSARAS MAONITES. 4, 5. 
Uprrrsipr. Male. Anterior wing with the base rufous-brown ; crossed at the 
middle by a broad transverse band of orange. Beyond the band black. Posterior 
wing rufous-brown. ‘The outer margin, and a row of round spots near it, black. 
Unpersipn yellow. The base of both wings rufous-yellow. The central band 
light yellow, and beyond it to the outer margin rufous-brown, marked with some 
indistinct lilac spots near the costal margin ; two black spots near the anal angle, and 
a submarginal row of pale yellow spots. Posterior wing crossed at the middle by a 
narrow band of pale yellow; beyond it to the outer margin rufous-brown, crossed 
by a band of lilac spots, by a band of black spots, by a band of triangular yellow 
spots, and again by a band of linear yellow spots. 
Expan. 2;4 in. Hab. Amboyna. 
In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 
