Species of Butterflies from New Britain. 375 



indented between the veins ; the apical region crossed by an 

 irregular band of contiguous greyish-black curved bars from 

 the costa at one fourth from the apex to the middle median 

 nervule, the veins between the band and the outer margin 

 being rather broadly black. Posterior wings with a narrow 

 greyish-black band on the margin from the apex to about the 

 lowest median nervule ; across the disk is a row of blackish 

 dots representing the row of dark spots on the underside. 



Underside. Anterior wings white, tinged with yellow 

 towards the apex ; outer margin with a blackish band indented 

 between the veins and terminating on the lowest median 

 nervule ; the subapical black band as on the upperside, the 

 bar nearest the costa being nearly obsolete and the others 

 wider than on the upperside. Posterior wings greenish 

 yellow, with a brownish-grey narrow border ; the disk is 

 crossed by a row of five brownish-grey spots, of which the 

 uppermost is confluent with the dark marginal band, the third 

 is out of line towards the margin, and the fifth spot is nearly 

 obsolete. 



Expanse of wings 2| inches. 



In the collection of Mr. Grose Smith. It is not near any 

 described species. On the upperside the anterior wings 

 somewhat resemble T. agave, Feld. 



Mycalesis xanthias. 



Male. — Upperside rufous brown. Anterior wings with two 

 ocelli as in M. pkidon, Hew., but the ocellus between the two 

 lowest median nervules is larger and rounder than in that 

 species, and its iris is fulvous, becoming brighter fulvous 

 externally. Posterior wings with four discal ocelli, each with 

 a bright orange-fulvous iris, the space beyond the ocelli to 

 the outer margin being also bright orange- fulvous traversed by 

 two submarginal sinuate dark lines. 



Underside as in M. phidon, but on the anterior wings the 

 lower ocellus is larger and the transverse tawny band across 

 the disk is more curved outwardly at its upper end and is 

 straighter at its lower end towards the inner margin ; the space 

 between the transverse bands and the outer margin on both 

 wings is more yellowish than the basal portion of the wings. 

 The row of six discal spots on the posterior wings closely 

 resembles that on M. phidon, but the pupils of the third and 

 fourth spots are more strongly marked with black. 



Expanse of wings If inch. 



In the collection of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. 



