Species of Oriental Lepidoptera. 257 



N. miali, the outer band being very narrow, sometimes little 

 better than a tine line. 



Genus JuNONiA, Hiibn. 



Junonia orhitola^ sp. n. 



S • Upperside : fore wings with all except the apical part 

 deep black-brown ; this colour is very uniform, very nearly 

 pure black, and covers all the lower surface of the wing up to 

 the subniarginal line, includes the lower half of the lower 

 submargiiial ocellus, and from thence extends to the costa on 

 the inner side of the oblique discal pale yellow band, which is 

 very narrow and broken above the lower ocellus ; the apical 

 portion of the wing is paler brown and the upper ocellus has 

 a broad red band encircling its lower portion, and runs up a 

 little on the outer side along the subapical yellow spots ; a red 

 subcostal spot one third from base, a submarginal band of 

 pale yellow lunules, double in the middle; cilia pale yellow, 

 patched with brown. Hind wings blue, black on the abdo- 

 minal area, round the two ocelli, and at the apex ; a pale 

 yellow outer margin and cilia, with tln-ee lunular black bands 

 in the yellow portion. Underside very bright, somewhat as 

 in J. orthya, the bands on fore wings and a very prominent 

 discal broad band on hind wings bright chestnut-red ; the 

 ocelli all large and prominent. 



Expanse of wings 2-^ji inches. 



8apareea Island, near Celebes [Snellen). One example. 



Nearest to J. alhicincta, Butler. 



Family Papilionidse. 



Genus Charus, Moore. 



Ckarus rotalita, sp. n. 



(J . Blackish brown ; fore wings with the apical and outer 

 marginal space pale between the veins and with two yellowish- 

 wliite oblique subapical spots. Hind wings with a yellowish- 

 white medial outwardly curved band, commencing with a 

 luimlar mark on the costa, then three large squarish spots 

 divided by the veins, the centre one the largest, followed by 

 a thin band to the abdominal margin, also divided by the 

 veins into three pieces ; a reddish-ocln-eous spot beneath this 

 termination of the band, two similarly coloured submarginal 

 lunules in the first and third interspaces; cilia of both wings 

 black and yellowish white, the hitter colour in the scallops. 

 Underside brown; fore wings as above; hind wings with the 



