some new species of Rhopalocern. 89 



between discoidal nervules, and the fourth between submedian 

 nervure, and third median nervule. Under side : — Base of wings 

 pale ochreous, both crossed beyond the middle by a very broad 

 fascia, dusky in the centre, and metallic-purple at the margins, 

 which contains the ocellated spots, two on fore wings, six on hind 

 wings, and is bordered internally on both wings by another rather 

 broad, deep chestnut-red, fascia, its inner margin somewhat irregular, 

 and just entering apex of cell ; outwardly there is another rather 

 narrow pale purple submarginal fascia, broader towards the costa, 

 and bordered on each side by narrow reddish-purple lines, the 

 inner one rather waved, and beyond this a narrow marginal 

 ochreous fascia outwardly bordered by a reddish-purple line. 

 Fore wings : — Ocellated spots same as on upper surface, but larger 

 and brighter, and with their outer margins pale yellow. Hind 

 wings : — A narrow and somewhat waved chestnut-coloured fascia 

 from a third of costa crosses cell and terminates just beyond sub- 

 median nervure ; ocellated spots, second and third the smallest, 

 fourth and sixth about the same size, first larger than fourth and 

 sixth, and fifth the largest. Exp. 62 mm. 



Hah. Treasury Island, Solomon Islands. 



Ohs. This is a very beautiful and distinct species. 



NYMPHALINiE. 



Messarus melichrysos, n. s. 

 $ . Upper side : — Basal half of wings deep fulvous-brown. Fore 

 wings : — A broad transverse golden-yellow fascia crosses wings from 

 end of cell, its margins deep orange, and the outer strongly convex; 

 costa narrowly, apex and outer margin broadly, deep velvety 

 blackish brown, with an indistinct round black spot between each 

 of the median nervules. Hind wings : — Fascia much narrower 

 than on fore wings, and extending from costa beyond middle to 

 just beyond third median nervule, where it dies away ; outer 

 marghi broadly deep velvety blackish-brown, inwardly bordered 

 by a band of large black square-shaped spots with their inner and 

 lateral margins orange-brown, between wbich and the fascia there 

 is a band composed of a series of indistinct lunules bordered on 

 each side by dusky ; between macular band and outer margin an 

 indistinct line of a paler hue. Under side : — Basal area pale 

 ochreous, a fascia of a paler hue crosses wings from costa to near 

 anal angle, broad in fore wings, much narrower in hind wings. 

 Fore wings : — Apex and broad marginal band brownish-purple, with 

 a series of six blackish spots between the nervules, those between 



