and Australian Lepidoptera. 4ot) 



pale rusty reddish, mottled with ferniginous ; the basal area 

 bounded externally by a pale-bordered itostmedian ferrugi- 

 nous line, deeper ni colour than the Inisal area; a marginal 

 line, and indications of a submarginal line, ferruginous : |n-i- 

 maries -with the ocelli less distinct than above, an additional 

 smaller indistinct ocellus above and below the subajjical one : 

 secondaries with an irregular ferruginous line crossing the 

 cell; discal dots more distinct than above, more or less pupil- 

 latcd with white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 to 11 lines. 



Lake Nyassa. IVP^j l^.^l. 



Allied to M. eliasis. 



2. Teracoliis mutans, n. sp. 



Allied to T. vesta ; the markings above the same, but the 

 coloration quite diti'erent, linking it to 7'. protomedia^ 2\ 

 coliagenesy &c. 



Wings above sulphur-yellow, the base shaded (but not 

 broadly) with lilacine gray ; primaries tinted towards the base 

 with pale salmon-colour ; otherwise as in T. vesta. Expanse 

 of wings 2 inches. 



Lake Nyassa. Type, B.M. 



My prediction respecting the unbroken chain of nearly allied 

 species in this genus is being rapidly fulfilled ; since the pub- 

 lication of my paper on Teracolus we have received no less 

 than five of the missing links appertaining to this section of 

 the genus alone. 



3. Teracolus at-gillaceus, n. sp. 



Allied to T. vesta, but smaller, whiter at the base, much less 

 dusted with blackish ; markings the same : below with the 

 apical area of primaries and the whole of the secondaries, ex- 

 cepting a slightly yellowish central band (enclosed by the two 

 central angular bars), reddish clay-colour ; darker markings 

 below much less distinct. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



Natal {Buxto7i). Type, B.M. 



This species is intermediate between T. vesta and 7'. chri/- 

 sonome, although most nearly allied to the former of the two. 

 We have two examples ; and Mr. Buxton tells me that he has 

 others amongst his duplicates. From the upper surface alone 

 it might be mistaken for a pale form of T. vesta ; but the colora- 

 tion of the under surface is very distinct. 



4. Papilla nyassa , n. sp. 



Intermediate between P. policenes and P. antheus : green 

 and black. JMarkings of the primaries as in P. policenes, ex- 

 cepting that the bands which cro.ss the ceil are zigzag, a.s in 



