30 (July, 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA FROM 
MADAGASCAR. 
BY CHRISTOPHER WARD. 
PrerIs ANTSIANAKA, 2%. Ss. 
Male. Upper-side. Anterior wing white, a small black spot at 
extremity of cell, a larger black spot between first and second discoidal 
nervules. Apex black. 
Posterior wing entirely white. 
Under-side. Anterior wing white, with base broadly marked with 
orange. Black spots as on the upper-side, but more clearly defined 
and with two additional, near the anterior margin. 
Posterior wing entirely white. Expanse 275 inches. 
Allied by its plumule to P. Hedyle, but quite distinct in appear- 
ance. 
Eresra RaKxoro, z. s. 
Upper-side. Brown. Anterior wing with black ocellus near the 
apex, containing double white eye. 
Posterior wing with two small ocelli, which are confluent, and near 
the anal angle. 
Under-side. Brown. Anterior wing with ocellus as on upper-side, 
and placed on a band of greyish-white. 
Posterior wing broadly marked on inner margin with greyish- 
white, which is continued as a band across the wing, and upwards in a 
narrow streak to the anterior margin. ‘Two small ocelli near the anal 
angle. Expanse 1y5 inches. 
EREBIA ANKARATRA, 2. S. 
Upper-side. Rufous-brown, changing to brown at the margins. 
Anterior wing: black ocellus with white eye near the outer margin, a 
smaller one above near the apex. 
Posterior wing: two small ocelli near the posterior margin. 
Under-side. Brown, with numerous small waved markings of a 
darker shade. Anterior wing with ocelli as on the upper-side. 
Posterior wing with a row of six ocelli, bordered on the inner side 
with a narrow waved line of darker brown. The three upper ocelli are — 
the smallest, the fourth and fifth the largest. | Expanse 15% inches. 
