448 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species 
MELANIPPE, Duponchel. 
218. Melanippe inquinata, n. sp. 
Closely allied to WZ. procellata of Europe, but larger; the 
wings always more or less suffused with grey, sometimes only 
enough to make them look sordid, sometimes so dark as almost 
to conceal the ordinary markings: primaries with the basal 
dark patch broader, and the dark outer border of twice the 
width. Expanse 1 inch 7 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodaté ( Whitely). 
219. Melanippe bella, n. sp. 
Allied to the preceding, but with unusually small secon- 
daries: wings white, suffused, excepting at the borders, with 
stramineous; the apical and external or anal borders blotched 
with red-brown and bounded internally by a discal series of 
blackish rounded spots, interrupted on each wing upon the 
second median interspace; black discocellular spots: prima- 
ries with the costal border spotted with red-brown and grey, 
most broadly above the end of the cell; a tawny spot near 
the base of inner margin; two or three very indistinct slender 
brownish lines across the wing, the outermost one zigzag: 
secondaries with a grey basal stripe, a central grey elbowed 
belt, and an arched grey stripe just beyond the middle: body 
white, head sordid, antenne black. Wings below with all the 
markings black or grey; a central belt followed by a grey 
streak on all the wings; basal area of primaries greyish: 
body grey, whitish in front ; legs varied above with black and 
white. Expanse 1 inch 4-6 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas); Hakodaté (Whitely). 
220. Melanippe supergressa, n. sp. 
Closely allied to M. rivata of Europe, the markings blacker, 
the discal white belt beyond the central band broader; the 
base of secondaries white, irrorated with grey, but not densely; 
three central parallel dark grey lines not reaching the costa: 
wings below with the markings better defined. Expanse 
1 inch 1 line. 
Hakodaté (Whitely) ; Yokohama (Jonas). 
The whiter base to the secondaries and blacker bands are 
the best characters for distinguishing this species from its 
European congener. 
221. Melanippe hecate, n. sp. 
Black, mottled indistinctly with grey: wings with the 
fringes spotted ‘with white ; a broad irregular white band just 
