ERYCINID-E DODONA AND SOSPITA. 



DODONA OUIDA. 4, 5, 6. 



Upperside. Male, ckrk brown ; both wings crossed by three rufous bands ; 

 anterior wing with two minute white spots near the apex ; posterior wing with a 

 fourth rufous band near the outer margin. 



Underside rufous ; as above except that the transverse bands of the anterior 

 wing are spotted \\ath white at the costal margin, that the inner band of the posterior 

 wing is spotted with white near the base, and that there are three black spots bordered 

 below with white, one near the middle of the costal margin and two near the apex, and 

 also a small black and white spot near the anal lobe. 



Female like the male, except that the wqngs are paler, that both wings are without 

 the band nearest the base, that the central band of the anterior wing is broader and 

 nearly white, that of the posterior wing scarcely seen. 



Expan. 5 1^^ 9 2 inches. Hab. East India (Darjecliiig). 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitsou. 



SOSPITA LYDDA. 13. 



Upperside. Male, lilac-brown : a transverse band at the middle and the outer 

 margins dark rufous-brown ; anterior wing with a black line at the end of the cell. 



Underside as above, except that there are three indistinct black spots on the 

 posterior wing, two near the apex, one near the anal angle. 



Female (fig. 13) like tlie male, except that it is of much ])aler colour. 



Expan. l|^f inch. Hab. Hong Kong. 



In the Collections of the British Museum and W. C. Hewitson. 



SOSPITA TANTALUS. 14, 15. 



Upperside. Male, carmine-brown ; anterior wing crossed by a broad and narrow 

 band of lilac : a blue-black spot near the apex ; posterior wing with a lilac spot near 

 the costal margin ; a bifid blue-black binocular spot near the apex dotted with blue ; 

 two indistinct submarginal lilac bands. 



Underside paler ; anterior wing crossed l)y two bands of white ; posterior \ving 

 with three bands and a spot at the base, white. 



Female like the male, except that it is without the lilac bands and spot and has 

 two large spots of white towards the apex of the anterior wing. 



Expan. 1t% inch. Hab. Old Calabar. 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



The female of this species is figured in the second volume of this work. Plate XLVI. 



