196 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and A. Noakes on 



32. Elymnias viridescens cinereomargo, subsp. nov. 



(Plate XXV, fig. 5, ^.) 



(J. Outer margin of both wings straighter than in the type 

 form. Ufperside of forewing with margins more bluish and darker 

 than in viridescens, Sm. Hindwing with a much narrower band. 

 Underside of a uniform dark olivaceous-brown. Forewing with 

 no light apical suffusion. Hindwing with no light distal border 

 but a margin of short white and intermixed striae. 



$. Larger than the ^ and coffee-brown in colour. Upperside of 

 forewing with the costa and a submarginal area paler than the 

 ground-colour. Hindwing with basal area including cell of same 

 ground-colour as forewing, distal area much paler. 



Underside pale coffee-brown with broader marginal striation. 

 Forewing with a small blue spot near the margin in cellule 4 and 

 one above it in 5. 



Length of forewing : 33 mm. 



6 (J (J, 1 $ obtained. 



The $ is apparently mimetic. It bears on both sides 

 a resemblance to the Hypolimnas pithoeka, and to the $ 

 of Ewploea cerberus, Butl., on the upperside. 



A single specimen received which we hope to figure in a 

 succeeding paper. 



33. Melanitis amabilis angulata, subsp. nov. 



$. The white band does not reach below the submedian, is 

 sharply angled just before, and ends in a point along the vein. 

 Below, the angle is less pronounced. 



Three specimens. 



Erycinidae. 

 34. Dicallaneura princessa, Sm., (^. 

 (Plate XXVI, fig. 6.) 

 Nov. Zool., vol. i, p. 544, $. 



Upperside similar to (J of pulchra, Gu6r., the band being a little 

 shorter and wider than in that species. The ground-colour is 

 darker and more strongly shot with blue. Underside as in the $. 

 A smaller dark discal patch on the forewing, the 3 sjjots within it 

 being slightly larger. 



Length of forewing : 21 mm. 



A series of both sexes was obtained. 



