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15. Mycalesis harhara pallida, subsp. n. 



c? . Upperside similar to harhara, Gr.-Sm., but the bands 

 paler brown. Fore wino- with inner edge of band curved 

 inwards below submedian, ocellus in 2 not touching the band 

 and with a pale brownish ring-. Hind wing with broader 

 band than in harhara, the ocelli ringed with tulvous yellow, 

 the one in 3 being anteriorly obscured by ground-colour. 



Underside with white postmedian bands on both wings 

 broader, marginal area whiter. 



? . The bands are white and much broader. Hind wing 

 with a fulvous-yellow anal suffusion. Underside with basal 

 area of both wings dark grey-brown and marginal area 

 darker than in c? • 



Length of fore wing, ^ 26, ? 29 mm. 



7 (J c?, 1 ? , 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



Nemeobiin^. 



16. Prcetaxila postalha wandammanensis. subsp. n. 

 (PI. V. fig, 6.) 



? . Fore wing more rounded ; apical spots a little larger ; 

 spot in cellule 3 not connected with bar in 4 and 5 ; spot in 

 2 distinctly larger. Hind wing with white band scarcely 

 projecting in cellule 3 ; in 5 a white subapical spot. 



Underside of fore wing with cell-bar broader and better 

 defined than in typical form ; band wider posteriorly ; on 

 the hind wing the anal spot and one next it shorter. 



2 ? ? , 3000-4000 feet, Wandammen Mtns., Nov. 



17. Dicallaneura virgo, sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. fig. 2.) 



? . Resembles leucomelas, Roths., above, and exiguus, 

 Joicey & Noakes, below. 



Upperside. — Fore icing with smoky-brown basal area ex- 

 tending to vein 2, discal white patch from upper angle of 

 cell to lower submedian, leaving basal two-thirds of inner 

 margin smoky brown, remainder merged in the black outer 

 area. Tornus widely black, thus making the discal patch 

 much smaller than in other species. Bind wing as in leuco- 

 melas, but paler and with reduced costal white. 



Underside. — Fore wing with discal patch nearer tlie sub- 

 marginal line than in exiguus, and not traversed by any line. 

 Hind icing with reduced costal white and subapical brown 

 bars in cellules 4 and 5 enlarged. 



