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entirely lost towards the middle of the submedian interspace, extending narrowly 

 along the outer margin as far as the first median inter-nervular fold ; the wing is 

 crossed by four broad parallel highly irregular black bands, all commencing close to 

 the costa ; the first band is straight and is quite close to the base of the wing, and 

 ends on the submedian nervure ; the second band is also nearly straight and ends on 

 the internal inter-nervular fold ; the third band is highly irregular and lunulated, 

 the concavity of each lunulated portion directed towards the outer margin, it ends 

 in a somewhat faint detached spot on the internal inter-nervular fold, anteriorly it is 

 joined to the second band by a thin black line running along the costa ; the 

 fourth band is also highly irregular and lunulated, the concavity of each lunulated 

 portion directed towards the base of the wing ; a somewhat broad submarginal 

 fuscous line posteriorly becoming lost in the ochreous anal area ; a very fine black 

 line on the margin ending posteriorly on the first median inter-nervular fold. Cilia 

 throughout very short and cinereous ; antennae black ; thorax in front ochreous, 

 posteriorly, and abdomen pale fuscous." 



Expanse, ? 4^^ inches. 



Habitat. — North Chin Hills, Upper Burma. 



"A reference to Hewitson's, Westwood's, and Distant's figures (Rhop. Malay, pi. 

 8, f. 2), of Melanocyma faunula, Westwood, all taken from female specimens, will at 

 once reveal the many important characters in which that species differs from the 

 present one, which characters are also borne out by the numerous specimens of M. 

 faunula I possess from several localities in the Malay Peninsula and from Chanta- 

 boon in Siam. The ground-colour in M. faunula is almost white on the upperside of 

 the hindwing instead of being concolorous with the forewing ; the yellow colour is 

 more extensive also, reaching to the second median nervule ; in M. faunuloides it 

 ends midway between the first and second median nervules ; on the underside of the 

 forewing the black discal bands are highly lunulated, and the points of the lunules 

 almost meet in M. faunula, while in M. faunuloides the bands are nearly straight and 

 the inner one is only slightly lunulated; this character is even more strongly 

 pronounced on the hindwing, as in M. faunula anterior to the third median nervule 

 these bands entirely join, enclosing large oval spots of the ground-colour ; lastly the 

 yellow colour is much duller, and does not extend half as far on to the disc in M. 

 faunuloides^' 



" Described from two specimens kindly given to me by Lieut. E. Y. Watson, which 

 were captured in June, 1893, at Number Three Stockade, in the North Chin Hills, 

 at 3500 feet elevation above the sea" (de Niceville, I.e.). 



Indo-Malayan Species op Melanocyma, M. faunula (Thaum. faunula, "Westwood, 

 Gen. D. Lep. pi. 54, fig. 1) (1851) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1856, p. 186, pi. 21, fig. 2, ? . 



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