in the Collection of the Royal Dublin Society. 19 



with reddish as far as the submarginal stripe. Ocelhis 

 orange, with a minute vitreous pupil, and with black and 

 white outer rings, nearly as in Alcinoe, but placed about 

 the middle of the Aving, instead of close to the submarginal 

 lines. Underside with the submarginal markings indi- 

 cated; fore wings suffused Avitli reddish, especially along 

 costa, base, and inner margin. Ocellus of hind wings 

 represented by a small, oval, vitreous spot, placed on the 

 outside of a dark band. Body reddish; antennas and 

 tarsi black. 



Hah. — Madagascar. One specimen in the Museum of 

 the Royal Dublin Society. 



BuncBa Thomsonii, n. sp. 



$ . Expands nearly 85 inches. Allied to B. Angasana, 

 Westw.j and B. Phcedusa, Dru. Fore wings with the 

 costa strongly arched, and the hind margin slightly convex ; 

 apex acute, Wt not so distinctly falcate as in B. Angasana. 

 Fore wings brown, shaded mth darker, and with grey; a 

 small triangular vitreous spot on the disk ; and a nearly 

 straight dark line running from the tip towards the inner 

 margin, where it becomes indistinct. Hind wings rather 

 darker than the fore wings, the centre occupied by a large 

 reddish space, on which is placed a slightly oval black eye 

 of moderate size, surrounded by a red, and then by a pink 

 ring ; pupil vitreous, narrow, and very small. 



Underside shaded with brown and grey, the dark line 

 of fore wings present, and the \T.treous spot more con- 

 spicuous, and with a brownish mark before and behind. 

 Hind wings with a small brownish spot near the base, 

 surrounded by a pinkish-white circle. The ocellus of the 

 upperside is represented by four irregularly-shaped broAvnish 

 spots, two large, and tsvo small, on gi-eyish ground, cor- 

 responding to the reddish portion of the wing above. 

 The spots rest on a slightly curved band, which runs from 

 the apex of the hind Aving to the middle of the inner 

 margin. A broad suffused band runs through the middle 

 of all the Avings. Body broAvn, a conspicuous Avhite collar, 

 as in Phadusa. Antennas black. 



Hah. — Cameroons. One specimen in the Museum of 

 the Royal Dublin Socict}^ Named after Mr. George 

 Thomson, of GlasgOAv, the original discoverer of this and 

 many other fine species. 



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