330 Mr. A. R. Wallace's Notes 



Females. Mr. Hewitson's fig. 2, represents one from 

 Ke Islands ; another from Aru is much darker, and has 

 the white patch on the anterior wings reduced. Fig. 3 is 

 from the Aru Islands. Fig. 4 is from the Ke Islands. 



It is difficult to determine whether the forms from 

 these two islands should be separated. There are some 

 difi'erences in neuration, but a close examination of all 

 my specimens has shown that these are not constant in 

 both sexes. It will, perhaps, be better therefore to leave 

 them together till a more extensive series from both 

 islands may enable us to determine if any constant dif- 

 ferences exist. 



30. Elymnias Melantho, n. s. 



Rather smaller than E. Melane, the second branch of 

 the subcostal vein arising further from the end of the cell 

 in both sexes. 



Male. Above, purplish -brown-black, apex of the an- 

 terior wings slaty-blue, hind-wings with a bluish border 

 and ocelli, as in the less strongly marked specimens of E. 

 Melane. Beneath, nearly as in the Aru form oiE. Melane, 

 but the apex of the upper wings is less distinctly marked. 



Female. Dusky, a whitish patch towards the apex of 

 each wing, with an obscure ocellus and one spot on each 

 hind-wing ; beneath, as above, with three very dark large 

 ocellate spots on a small patch of rufous-orange. 



Hah. — Gagie Is. (West of Waigiou) (Wall., type) . 



This seems to be an extreme form of E. Melane, the 

 most obvious difference is in the whole basal and central 

 portion of the hind- wings beneath in the female being 

 dark, whereas the disc is white in all the forms of E. 

 Melane which I have seen. 



31. Elymnias Agondas. 



^ . Dyctis Agondas, Boisd. Voy. Astrol. Ent. p. 138, 

 pi. iii. f. 5. 



9 . Dyctis hioculattis, Westw. Gen. Diurn. Lep. p. 354, 

 pi. 54*, f. 4 {nee Morplio hioculatus, Guer.) . 



Hab.—New Guinea, Mysol (Wall.) . 

 This species may be readily distinguished from E. Me- 

 lane, by having only one or two ocelli near the anal angle ; 



