HESPERID^ ISMENE. 



ISMENE SAIDA. 5. 



Upperside. Male, dark brown. Anterior wing with a spot (broader than iu the last 

 species) near the base and costal margin, and a baud at the middle, both yellow ; a quadrafid 

 white spot before the apex. Posterior wing with the basal half, the outer margin and fringe, 

 orange yellow. 



Underside rufous, except the outer half of the anterior wing, which is dark brown and 

 has the subapical white spot as above. Both wings crossed by a broad common band of 

 yellow ; the outer margin of the posterior wing broadly yellow. 



Female (fig. 5) like the male, except that the yellow spot near the base is near the inner 

 margin ; the central spot distinctly trifid and transparent. 



Expau. 2-^7 inch. Ilab. Philippine Islands. 



In the Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 



This and the last described species are very nearly allied, but have this singular difference, — that whilst 

 the male of I. Chuza has the central spot of the anterior wing transparent, the male of I. Saida has the same 

 spot opaque, its female having the spot transparent. 



ISMENE STRIATA. 6, 7. 



Upperside. ]\Iale. Anterior wing dark brown, with the base and spaces between the 

 subcostal nervides rufous ; the median and submedian nervures black at their bases. Posterior 

 wing rufous, with the oitter margin dark brown. 



Underside green, closely striated longitudinally with dark brown. Anterior wing dark 

 brown below the cell ; the inner margin rufous, the fringe white. Posterior wing with the 

 fringe orange, broadest at the anal angle ; the abdomen below orange, banded with black. 



Expan. 2y^ inch. Hab. China. 

 In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



