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Stictoplcea melander. 



. Upperside rich dark brown, with purple reflections 

 over the anterior wings, on which are two small subapical 

 violet spots (the spot nearest the apex the smaller), and four 

 others, very minute, between the veins. Posterior wings 

 with one small submarginal lilac spot below the second sub- 

 costal nervule, the space above the upper subcostal nervule 

 to the inner margin pale brown. 



Underside. Both wings dark brown, paler towards the outer 

 margins. Anterior wings with the space above the sub- 

 median nervure and the costal margin pale brown ; a trian- 

 gular violet spot near the end of the cell and five others 

 beyond the cell ; one subapical small spot. Posterior wings 

 with a violet spot near the end of the cell and eight others 

 beyond the cell curving round it, the two nearest the inner 

 margin being linear. 



? . Upperside pale brown, darker in the middle, with 

 purple reflections on the anterior wings, on which is a violet 

 spot near the end of the cell, and a little beyond it are five 

 spots, three close together near the costa and the other two 

 between the discoidal nervules ; a submarginal row of violet 

 spots, the first, third, and fourth of which are nearly obsolete. 

 On the posterior wings the costal space becomes nearly white 

 towards the apex, the outer fourth becomes very much paler 

 to the margins. 



Underside paler than above, becoming nearly white towards 

 the outer margins, with all the spots larger and more distinct 

 except the submarginal spots, which are nearly obsolete ; the 

 brands on the upperside of the male are represented by two 

 long whitish streaks. 



Expanse of wings, $ 2f , $ 2J inches. 

 Hob. Santa Cruz ( Wood/or d). 



Nearest to S. melolo, Doherty ; the wings are compara- 

 tively shorter and rounder in the male, and the submarginal 

 row of spots on the anterior wings are much smaller and less 

 distinct, while the female is quite different. 



Asthipa Meeki. 



. Upperside scarcely differs from A. melusine, Grose 

 Smith, but the subapical vitreous streaks on the anterior 

 wings are more elongate than in that species. 



On the underside, the wings are browner and on the poste- 

 rior wings the pale bands do not approach so closely to the 

 base j the pale streaks below the subcostal nervules are also 



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