18/3.J MR. M. R. BUTLER ON A NEW TANAECIA. 



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Height of coronoid ^f 1 ; 



From condyle to anterior margin of alveolar border ' .' .' '.£ 



•Length of alveolar surface JZ 



Garo^nis^n^f tW ° 1°°"* ? re ! r '» ™ d ™ tl y ^pecies^ from the 

 ^raro Hills and from Nazeerah, Assam. They measure -17 inch 



lore toot 33. The skull shows the intermaxillary suture between 

 the second and third small lateral teeth, so that tlJdental formulas 

 2 +2+2 +6 - 28 - The lower incisors have a rather prominent pro- 

 cess about their middle The dentition is the same as in C fuli- 

 fftnosa, Blyth ; but its feet are proportionally smaller than in "that 



SOUS? *" T T "u S ° ^ aQd are m0re tScHy did with 

 short hairs, which is also the case with the tail. The fur is mode 



Sent fingf The"" 1 ""% h ™\^ black, wi^uHny 

 rufescent tinge, fhe under surface is paler, with a faint bluish tim?e 

 especially about the ears. The snout, limbs, and tail are we clad 



Intll i i™, it s P allsh br °wu in spirit; and the nails are vel- 

 low sh and clad at their bases with longish hairs The ear is not hklden 

 by the fur, and is moderately developed 



■Jf tbis f S P eCieS iS . n0t thG y° Un S of C.fuliginosa, Blyth, it is nos- 

 s He that it may be one of Hodgson's forms, wh ch/howeve ci 

 only be determined by reference to the types in the British Sum" 



3. Description of a remarkable New Species of Tanaecia. By 

 Montagu Kussell Butler. Communicated by A G 

 Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ' 



[Eeceived February 7, 1873.] 



W^'Snl^ P W S P ecies i s . fr °m * small collection made by Mr 

 W. L. Distant in Penang, and is especially interesting in its excel™ f 

 mimicry of the blue-banded male of AdoliJs pusecla of Moo e Inth to 

 known to occur commonly in Penang and Singapore. 



DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 



Family Nymphalid^e, West wood. 



Subfamily Nymphalin^e, Bates. 



Genus Tanaecia, Butler. 



Tanaecia flora, n. sp. 



Wings above brown, with usual black markings in cells- two 

 irregular indistinct transverse discal series of dark bnfwn hastate spoTs 



vJ PS T 1 ^ 8 W1 h tW ° Cinere0US oval s P° ts b ^ween discoida ner-' 

 vures, Jus t beyond termination of cell ; two similar less distinct sots 

 between the same nervures and just within the outer hastae series 



