226 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on new 
p- 391 (1895), is preoccupied by AZimas, Hiibner, Verzeichniss, 
p. 142 (1822). 
We therefore propose the name MMimene for this genus. 
Beside the species here described, the following two are 
known, but are not mentioned by Mabille in the ‘Genera 
Insectorum ’ :— 
Mimene (Ismene) miltias, Kirsch, Mitth. K. Zool. Mus. 
Dresden, vol. i. pt. 2, p. 128, pl. vii. fig. 6, 9 (1877) 
(Jobi Island). Type of genus. 
Mimene (Mimas) militias, de Nicév., J. B. N. H. Soc. 
vol. ix. p. 393, ¢ (1895) (Humboldt Bay). 
Mimene (Mimas) melie, de Nicéy., J. B. N. H. Soc. vol. ix. 
p- 394, pl. Q, fig. 55, 9 (1895) (Humboldt Bay). 
Mimene basalis, J. & T., 3g. 
Mimas basalis, Joicey & Talbot, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916, p. 80 
(Schouten Is,), 2. 
3. Upperside with metallic bluish-green scaling in the 
basal areas. Lore wing with basal patch extended but 
slightly into the cell. ind wing with basal patch extended 
beyond ceil between veins 4 and 5, and mostly covered with 
white hair. 
Underside as in ? and with a blue spot on vein 5. Hind 
wing asin 2 and with a brown discal spot and a quadrate 
blue postcellular spot in 4. 
Fore and hind tibia with a fringe of hair, black on the 
former, and on the latter black anteriorly and white poste- 
riorly. 
Length of fore wing 18 mm. 
Hab. Waigeu, Feb.—March, 2 ¢ ¢. 
Mimene biakensis, sp. n. 
3. Upperside with stigma not wavy, but straighter than 
in waigeuensis ; yellow discal band much reduced and scarcely 
indicated below vein 2. 
Underside of fore wing unicolorous, without median yellow 
patch which is present in watgeuensis. 
?. Upperside with only faint yellow scaling in the median 
and basal areas of fore wing. Hind wing without discal 
spots. 
Sit eey of fore wing with a small yellow discal patch 
below vein 2. 
Hab. Biak, Schouten Is., June, 3 6 6,3 2 2. 
