on Eastern Butterflies. 329 



brown. Beneath, marked as in E. ViielUa, but the spots 

 have a greenish-yellow tinge, and those on the hind-wings 

 are placed nearer the posterior margin. 



Hah.— Bouvn (Coll. Wall., type). 



Very close to E. Vitellia, of which it may be considered 

 to be a local modification. 



26. Elymnias Cybele. 



Melanitis Cyhele, Fold. Wien. Ent. Monats. 1860, p. 248. 

 Hah. — Batchian, Kaioa Is., Ternate (Wall.) . 



27. Elymnias Melias. 



Melanitis Melias, Feld. Wien. Ent. Monats. 1863, 

 p. 120; Nov. Voy. Lep. tab. Ixi. f. 11. 



Hah. — Bourias, Locban (Philippines) . 

 A remarkable black and white species, resembling an 

 Euploea. 



28. Elymnias papua, n. s. 



Male. Above, dusky purplish-black, the hind-wings 

 paler towards the outer margin, towards the centre of 

 which are a few groups of pale ochreish scales forming 

 indistinct spots. Beneath, dusky, the margins paler, 

 especially on the lower wings, which have also three 

 bluish-white round spots parallel to the inner margin, and 

 two very minute ones near the outer margin. 



Expanse 2f inches. 



Hah. — New Guinea (Coll. Wall., type) . 



This species closely resembles an Euploea. 



29. Elymnias Melane. 



Melanitis Melane, Hewits. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 465, 

 pi. Iv. f. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Hah.—Axu Islands, Ke Islands (Coll. Wall., B. M.). 



Males. Mr. Hewitson's fig. 1, represents a male from 

 the Aru Islands ; one from the Ke Islands has the whitish 

 band on the hind-wings much broader, and the black 

 spots without ocelli. 



