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spots; abdomen black, with white segmental bands, anal tuft 

 oclircoiis : Tore wings black, rather dull in colour, not 

 metallic, and without white streaks on the veins j basal space 

 ochreous, with a subbasal black sinuous band ; the ochreous 

 space followed by an antemedial black band ; a medial some- 

 what obscure whitish band; the remainder of the wing black, 

 with a large white spot a little beyond the middle below the 

 costa and a white spot a little beyond its lower end, this 

 black portion is joined to the inner black band by a black bar 

 below the costa : hind wings white, with a broad black mar- 

 ginal band, narrowing hindwards to a point at the anal angle 

 and continued evenly along the costa. Underside : thorax 

 white, with black si)ots ; abdomen with black and white 

 bands: legs black, with white bands; fore wings black, with 

 only the two white discal spots ; cilia above and below 

 black. 



Expanse of wings ly^ inch. 



Perak, two males ; Kalao Island, one female. 



Near V. suradeva^ Moore, of which it is probably the 

 Island form, but is distinguishable by its non-metallic 

 colour, absence of the prominent white streaks on the outer 

 veins of the fore wings, and the lower white discal spot being- 

 further away from the base. There are three examples from 

 Borneo in the B. M. with suradeva. 



Viiessa temeraia, nov. 



(J ? . Palpi, head, thorax, basal patch on fore wings, and 

 the abdominal tuft bright ochreous; two large black spots 

 on the thorax in front and one small one on each shoulder ; 

 abdomen black, with thin white segmental bands : fore wings 

 with the ochreous basal patch occupying one fifth of the 

 wing ; it contains one subcostal black spot near the base, and 

 its outer edge is clean cut by an erect, rather narrow, black 

 band, followed by a narrow white band ; a rather broader 

 black band ; a very broad discal white band; the remainder 

 of the wing black, with white streaks on the veins, all the 

 black more or less metallic : hind wings deep black, without 

 markings ; cilia of fore wings black, of hind wings white. 

 Underside : body black ; abdomen with white bands ; wings 

 black ; fore wings with only the white discal band ; hind 

 wings with the apical portion and the cilia white; legs black, 

 with white stripes. 



Expanse of wings, ^ 1 j^^q, ? 2 j^y inches. 



Granville, New Guinea; two males, two females. 



Allied to V. zemire, Cram., from Amboiua ; ditfers in the 

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