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46. (2) MIMAS MELIE, n. sp. s PI. Q, Fig. 55, 9 . 



Habitat : New Guinea. 

 Expanse : § , 1*8 iDches. 



Description : Female. Upperside, both wings sliining fuscous 

 with a distinct vinous sheen in some lights. Cilia fuscous. Forewing 

 with the basal fourth from the costa to the inner margin clothed with 

 long grey setse. Hindwing with the basal third clothed with long grey 

 setse. Underside, both wings with the ground-colour as above. Fore- 

 wing with sis subapical small white spots placed between the veins, the 

 anterior one on the costa lies between the second and third subcostal 

 nervules ; the second spot, about twice as long as the first, lies between 

 the third and fourth subcostals ; the third spot is the smallest of all and 

 lies between the fourth subcostal nervule and the terminal portion of the 

 subcostal nervure (the fifth subcostal nervule of some writers) ; the fourth 

 spot lies in the subcostal interspace and is equal in size to the fifth spot ; 

 the fifth spot lies in the upper discoidal interspace ; the sixth spot is of the 

 same size as the two above it, and lies in the lower discoidal interspace ; 

 there is a large transverse spot in the discoidal cell towards its end, the 

 spot slightly constricted at the middle ; a still larger spot in the first 

 median interspace, its inner edge convex, its outer edge concave, 

 extending completely across the interspace ; posterior to this again is a 

 large quadrate patch, almost reaching the outer margin, occupying the 

 outer half of the submedian interspace, and extending posteriorly to the 

 inner margin, along which it is continued towards the base of the wing. 

 Hindwing with an irregularly-shaped discal white spot placed between 

 the second subcostal and upper median nervules (there is no discoidal 

 nervule in this genus, so the spot really extends across two inter- 

 spaces); another round spot about twice the size of the first spot at 

 about the middle of the submedian interspace. Thorax and base of 

 the abdomen above clothed with long grey setae, the rest of the 

 abdomen fuscous narrowly banded with grey. Antennae, black, the 

 base of the club prominently white. Palpi and head beneath grey. 

 Legs and thorax beneath fuscous. 



This is a very conspicuously-marked species, especially so on the 

 underside. I do not know any species to which it is even remotely allied. 



