554 MISS E. M. sHAiiTE ON >'EW [Juue 20, 



Subfain. Satyels-E. 

 Melaxitis leda. 



Melanitis leda (Linn.) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 43. 



Siibfam. AcE.Eiy.E. 

 Acbj:a zetes. 



Acrcea zetes (Linu.) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 131. 



AcR^EA ji'iOBE, sp. n. 



General colour brownish black, with large spots on both wings, 

 being very distinctly pronounced and of a velvety black appear- 

 ance. 



Fore vAng. Costa and inner margin brown, apex and hind margin 

 darker, as also the base of wing ; discoidal cell from base to apical 

 portion transparent grey, including the discal area and extending 

 below the lirst median nervule. Between the latter and the sub- 

 median nervure are two black spots, one near the base and the 

 second one near the hind margin ; above the first median nervTile 

 is a third spot, close to the discoidal cell, followed by a fourth 

 one between the second and third median uervules. Immediately 

 above this third median nervule follow three black spots very close 

 together, but all situated between the above-mentioned nervule 

 and the second and first discoidal or radial nervules. There is 

 a large black spot at the end of the cell, x^'ith a second one about 

 half\^"ay from the base of the wing. 



Bind ivinfi. Brownish black with darker border on bind margin, 

 rather incUued to become transparent across the disk. Base of 

 wing very thickly spotted \\ith black, the spots becoming more 

 separated and more distinct towards the disk. As in the fore 

 wing, there is a large black spot at the end of the cell. From the 

 costal nervure to below the submedian nervure is a submarginal 

 row of black spots, but each spot distinctly between each nervule. 



Underside. Both wiugs much lighter brown than on the upper- 

 side, with the borders and all the spots very distinctly indicated. 



Thorax and body black ; abdomen deep red, ■Hith a Uttle red also 

 between the head and thorax. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



My friend Dr. Staudiiiger has had an example of this species in 

 his collection for some time under the MS. name of A. niohe. He 

 has kindly sent me over his type for comparison, and I have had 

 much pleasure in describing the species under the name which he 

 had given to it. 



Acej:a >t:wto>'i, sp. n. 



Similar to A. penehos. Ward, but at once distiuguished by the 

 absence of any bright colour on the fore wing. 



Fore wing. Entirely black with three transparent grey spaces, 

 just prevented from representing one large patch by the black 

 lines of the second and third discoidal nervules. This grey patch 



