436 Mr. R. I. Poeock on the Pattern of the 



Hasora hohroa, nov. 



^ . Palpi, head, and thorax green ; abdomen pale brown, 

 its basal half covered with dull green hairs ; antennse black : 

 wings olive-brown, paling towards base with an ochreous 

 tinge ; a green patch on the costa of fore wings one third 

 from the base ; a slight greenish-grey suffusion below costa 

 at the base ; the hind wings with the basal and abdominal 

 areas covered with greenish-grey hairs ; cilia brown, with 

 pale tips ; wings without any other markings. Underside : 

 wings paler and suffused with ochreous; fore wings with the 

 apical and outer marginal spaces darkest ; hind wings with a 

 broad pale discal shade, the wing dark on both sides of it and 

 merging into blackish in and above the anal lobe, which is 

 much restricted ; cilia with a wiiite short basal line above the 

 anal line; pectus and body grey tinged with green; legs 

 darker green. 



Expanse of wings 2]% inciies. 



Celebes (type in B. M.)- 



The fore wings are shorter than usual and the hind wings 

 are very deep and round, and it has no stigma. 



Hasora meala, nov. 



^. Palpi below and a ring round the eyes ochreous grey; 

 head, body, and wings olive-brown, as in chromus, Cram. ; 

 cilia brown ; wings without markings ; wings below paler and 

 with a gloss on them ; fore wings with the costa broadly 

 smeared with blue-green above the cell, a short dark trans- 

 verse shade beyond the end : hind wings with a thin, straight, 

 transverse white band or thick line from the costa a little before 

 the apex to the abdominal margin one fifth from the anal 

 angle, the whole space inside this line blue-green ; anal lobe 

 damaged on both wings, but is evidently much restricted and 

 has a blackish patch ; face, pectus, and entire body brown; 

 legs ochreous grey. 



Expanse of wings 2^^ inches. 



Celebes {Wallace) (type in B. M.). 



A good and distinct species. 



LXII. — The Significance of the Pattern of the Cubs of 

 Lions (Felis leo) and of Pumas (Felis concolor). By 

 R. I. PococK, P.L.S., F.Z.S., Superintendent of the 

 Zoological Society^s Gardens. 



[Plates XIX, & XX.] 



As a very general, perhaps invariable, rule, members of the 

 cat tribe (Felis) that are spotted or striped when adult are 



