Lepidoptera collected in Northern Celebes. 473 
27. Messaras Meonides ?, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. 
(Mess., t. i., f. 1, 2 (1859). 
Fore wings with basal half fulvous-brown, a broad oblique 
whitish-buff fascia extending from the middle of the costa (beyond 
the cell) nearly to the anal angle, where it ends in a round black 
Spot; apex of wings dark brown, with a small obscure paler spot 
towards the apical angle ; hind wings with the basal half reddish 
brown, apical portion redder brown, with a row of six black dots and 
two rows of submarginal black scallops. Expans. alar. antic. unc. 
2192. : 
Hab. Cockatoo Island, 1886. 
28. Messaras ophthalmicus, Westw., n.s. 
Alis supra saturate fulvis, anticis costa apiceque late fuscis colore 
fusco ad angulum analem sensim angustato et macula obscura 
rotundata notatis ; alis posticis concoloribus, rudimentis ocellorum 
pagine infer vix distinctis lineaque tenui nigricanti, margine 
apicali parallela in omnibus alis; subtus tulvo-albidis, singula ala 
ocellis duobus rotundis magnis nigris puncto minuto medio notatis, 
. circulo externo fulvo-fuscescente, arcu brunneo-fulvo inter ocellos 
et medium alex, striga angulata subapicali lineaque marginali 
nigra; ocelloque minuto precedenti ad angulum analem posticarum 
adjecto. Expans. alar. une. 24. 
Hab. Talisse Island, Sept. 21st, 1885. 
29. Laogona Hippocla, Cram., iii., + 220, f. O<D; 
Var. Laogona Hyleus, Wallace, Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond., 1869, p. 345. 
Hab. Kalelonda, April 20th, 1886. 
30. Precis Ida, var. Iphata, Cramer, il., t. 209. f. c,d. 
Hab. Kalelonda (April 20th, 1886), Senger (Nov. 24th, 
1885), Talisse (Sept. 5th, 1885). 
31. Neptis Antara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1858, 
te 49) fF, 2: 
Hab. Talisse Island, Sept. 6th, 1885 ; Sept. 9th, 
1885 ; Sept. 12th, 1885. 
Obs. The type-specimen of this species in the British 
Museum is a male measuring nearly 2 in. in expanse. 
