130 Mr. E. A. Smith on new Land-Shells 



and smaller. Captured by Mr. Dodgson, of the Royal 

 Artillery. 



In the collection of H. Grose Smith. 



Melitcea Dodgsoni. 



Male. — Upperside. both wings bright orange-brown, fringes 

 white, spotted with black ; a marginal black line and 

 spots. Anterior wings • with a submarginal row of black 

 spots, the three lowest curving inwardly, inside of which, 

 near the costa, are two black spots, followed by a central 

 curved row of seven black spots, extending from the 

 costal to near the inner margin ; the third and fourth spots 

 elongated, the seventh quadrate, the usual markings in the 

 cell; below the cell near the base is a figure- of -8-marking, 

 inside which is a hastate spot. 



Posterior wings with a marginal and submarginal band of 

 spots and a few markings near the base, which is dusky 

 brown. 



Underside. Anterior wings bright brown ; apex and outer 

 margin stramineous ; fringe and spots as above, but the spots 

 are smaller and the three lowest of the central row are nearly 

 obsolete. 



Posterior wings stramineous, with the usual two red bands, 

 the row of spots between which approximate to the inner 

 band ; the spots on the lower side of the submarginal red 

 band larger than on the upperside and lunular. 



Female lighter than the male, and from the central band 

 to the outer margin more or less mottled with pale fulvous. 



Expanse of wings, male 1|, female If inch. 



Hah. Gwashki. 



This butterfly belongs to the Didyma group. 



In the collection of H. Grose Smith. 



XV. — Descriptions of some new Species of Land- Shells from 

 Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. By Edgae A. Smith. 



Among the very valuable collections recently sent to this 

 country by Mr. John Whitehead are a few land-shells which 

 he obtained in the northern part of Borneo, consisting of 

 the following species: — 1, Nariina regalis, Benson; 2, N. 

 suhconsul, sp. n. ; 3, Trochomorpha Metcalfei, Benson ; 4, T. 

 planorhis, Lesson ; 5, T. conicoides, Metcalfe, var. parva ; 6, 



