On new Species of Lepidoplera from Madagascar. 227 



XXVI. — Descriptions of new Sptecies of Lepidoptera from 

 Madagascar, with Notes on some of the Forms already de- 

 scribed. By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



The following species have recently been added to the collec- 

 tion of the British Museum. 



Nymphalidje. 



Sattein^i. 



Strabena, Mabille. 



So far as I have been able to ascertain, this genus has not 

 hitherto been characterized, unless the description of S. Sviithii 

 (in which the truncato-angulated form of the primaries and 

 dentate character of the secondaries is mentioned) be re- 

 garded as a sufficient indication of the generic peculiarities. 

 The aspect of the species here described, and which I believe 

 to be another representative of Strabena, is not unlike that of 

 Daidalma, the arrangement of the ocelli on the under surface 

 being very similar to that of Neope. 



1. Strabena MabiUei, sp. n. 



<5 . Alas supra piceo-rascae, areis costali ot apicali anticarum nigres- 

 centibus, margine nigro lineam albidam vel pallido fuscescen- 

 tem includente ; anticae ocello magno, in spatii primi median i 

 medio posito, nigro, albo pupillato, castaneo ciiicto ; posticae 

 oceilis duobus minoribus, interiore majore, fascia submarginali 

 pallida, intus fusco limitata : corpus nigro-fuscum. Alae subtus 

 t'usca), lituris numerosis nigris ornata), margiuibus fere velut 

 supra : anticaa costa nigra, lituris albis interrupta, area interna 

 lituris nigris inconspicuis, litura subapicali costali obliqua macu- 

 laque ad marginem externum flavis, ocello parvo subapicali nigro, 

 albo pupillato, olivaceo cincto, fusco circumcincto, lilacino zonato, 

 ocello superno iride multo latiore ; posticae maculis nonnullis 

 sparsis flavis, fascia obliqua a lineis irregularibus nigro-fuscis 

 limitata ; oceilis septem nigris, caeruleo-albido pupillatis, flavo- 

 cinctis, fusco circumcinctis, lilacino zonatis, primo, quarto et 

 quinto duplo majoribus : corpus olivaceum. Alar. exp. unc. 2. 



Antananarivo ( Kingdon) . 



Specimens nearly agreeing with that here described were 

 regarded by the late Mr. Ilewitson as a variety of " Mycalesis 

 antahala " of Ward ; the species, however, is apparently more 

 nearly allied to the " M. avelona " of the same author. 



2. Culajpa parva i n. sp. 



( Hivaceo-fuBca : akc auticao supra ocello magno nigro, albo pupil- 

 lato, fulvo late cincto, in spatio primo inediano posito : post icae 



