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the costal nervure and the upper subcostal nervule, and 

 extends over it towards tlie apex until it joins the dark outer- 

 marginal band ; the outer three fourths of tlie costal margin 

 is broadly black, the basal fourth being red, below which is 

 a large black ])atch at the base, as in M. eucosmetos, which 

 extends over the basal part of the cell and of the interspace 

 above it ; tlie outer third of the wings is blue-black, in which, 

 between the median nervules and submedian nervure, are 

 situate three greenish-yellow patches and a series of sub- 

 marginal pale streaks. 



Expanse of wings 2^ inches. 



Hah. New Britain. 



One male, in the collection of Mr. Grose Smith. 



Mycalesis maura. 



Male. — Upperside. Both wings resemble M. cethiops, Butl., 

 but the zone round the ocellus on the anterior wings is rather 

 brighter fulvous and the pale space under it is more con- 

 spicuous. On the posterior wings the disk is crossed by a 

 row of four ocelli, of which the first and fourth are the 

 smallest and the third is much the largest, the fulvous zones 

 round the ocelli being very bright and wider than in M. cethiops, 

 the two middle zones being confluent, and each of the zones 

 surrounded by a narrow dusky ring ; the space outside the 

 ocelli to the outer margin is pale olivaceous buff-colour, in 

 which are situate two undulated lines, the inner of which is 

 broader than the outer ; a dark streak crosses the disk between 

 the end of the cell and the ocelli. 



Underside with the outer third of both wings much paler 

 than in M. cethiops, the outer edge of the dark basal portion 

 of the wings being more undulated and tinged with rufous 

 brown ; both wings crossed before the middle by undulated 

 rufous-brown lines; the space in which the ocelli are situate 

 on the posterior wings is much paler butf and the zones round 

 the ocelli are brighter than in Jl. cethiops. 



The female on the upperside resembles the male, but the 

 ocelli are much larger and the fulvous zones round them are 

 paler and broader, the number of the ocelli on the posterior 

 wings being increased to six. On the underside the pale 

 space in which the ocelli are situate is broader and whiter 

 than in the male. 



Expanse of wings, ^J 1^-, ? 2 inches. 



JJab. New Britain. 



Very close to M. cethiops ; the spots on the underside of the 

 posterior wings are arranged somewhat differently and more 

 regularly. 



