EURYTELID.E. 

 MELANITIS. 



MELANITIS PENANGA. 1,4. . 

 Melanitis Penant/a, Wcsficuod in BouhJedaij and HeioiUons Gen. Binr. Lcp., /j. 40."). 



Upperside. Female dark brown ; Ijoth wings blue-green from tlu; l)asi: U) tlie 

 middle. Anterior wing crossed near the apex Ijy a broad band of white. Posterior 

 wing with a large white s])ot beyoiul the middle. 



Underside with the basal half red-brown ; the outer half grey, undulated 

 throughout with brown. Anterior wing with a large white triangidar spot on the 

 costal margin from its middle to the apex. Posterior wing with an iiulistiiict pale 

 spot near the base. 



Expan. 3to i"- Hab. Sumatra. 



In the Collections of the British Museum and A. R. Wallace. 



The e.xample of this species in the collection of the British ^Museum, from whirli Mr. Westwood 

 wrote his description, differs from that now figured. It is without the large white spot on the upperside 

 of the posterior wing, although there is an indication of it ; it has, besides, a pale-yellow spot near the 

 middle of the costal margin on the underside of the same wing ; this spot, however, is not worth notice 

 as a specific distinction, since some examples of M. Undularis are without it. 



MELANITIS MEIIIDA. i, :5. 



Upperside. Male dark brown. Anterior winij tjlossed with brilliant i)lue, 

 crossed beyond the middle by a band of five light-blue spots. 



Underside rufous-brown ; darker near the base ; undulated throughout with 

 grey. Anterior wing with a triangular white spot near the apex. Posterii^r wing 

 with a white spot near the middle of the costal margin and a minute submarginal 

 black spot dotted with white. 



Expau. 2i-(j in. llab. Singapore. 

 In the Collection of A. E. Wallace. 

 Tiiis and ^I. Penanga are very probably the se.xes of one species. 



