EURYTELID/E MELANITIS. 



MELANITIS ESACA. 5. 



Melanifis Esaca, Wpshoood in Douhledaij and Hewitsons Gen. Diiir. Lcp., p. 405. 



Uppersiue dark brown ; crossed near the outer margin by a curved Ijand of six 

 large ill-defiued lilac spots. Posterior wing with a marginal band of five indistinct 

 grey spots. 



Underside red-brown, closely undulated throughout with grey. Anterior wing 

 with the apex nearly white, marked with two black spots. Posterior wing with a 

 black spot dotted with white near the costal margin before the middle, and a sub- 

 marginal band of five black spots, indistinctly dotted with white. 



Expan. '2\ in. Hab. East India. 

 In the Collection of the British Jluseum. 



MELANITIS MALELAS. G, 7. 



Ui'i'ERsiDE. Male dark brown. Anterior wing glossed with brilliant blue ; 

 marked with eight spots of light blue, three in the form of a triangle near the centre, 

 five forminc: a curved subinaraiinal band. 



Underside rufous-brown, imdulated with grey towards the outer margins of 

 iioth wings. Anterior wing with a pale spot at the end of the cell. Posterior 

 wing with several spots of white near the base ; the inner margin undulated with 



grey. 



Expan. 3-ny in. Ilab. East India. 

 In tlie Collections of W. W. Saunders and W. C. Hewitson. 

 This species is nearly allied to M. Casiphone of Hubner and to M. Patna of Westwood 



