572 L. de NiceVille — Little-Known Butterflies from the [No. 3, 



some lights the whole surface of a beautif ul vinous colour ; the mark- 

 ings translucent and colourless. Forewing with an elongated streak 

 in the discoidal cell not reaching the base, inwardly ending in a fine 

 point, outwardly broad, lying along the median nervure, its outer end 

 touching a much smaller spot which reaches the subcostal nervure ; 

 three conjoined subapical dots, the middle one out of line with the rest, 

 nearer the base of the wing ; a series of four small discal spots placed 

 in a straight inwardly-oblique line, the anteriormost the smallest, 

 placed in the lower discoidal interspace, the next two increasingly 

 larger in the median interspaces placed outwardly against the black 

 sexual brand, the lowermost also placed outwardly against the brand, 

 in the submedian interspace, touching that vein, small ; an opaque och- 

 reous streak along the basal half of the sutural area. Hindwing with a 

 small spot in the middle of the discoidal cell ; a very irregular discal 

 band, formed of four portions, divided only from one another by the 

 crossing veins ; the anteriormost portion in the lower discoidal inter- 

 space somewhat quadrate ; the two following portions elongated, out of 

 line with the rest, projected towards the base of the wing, the anterior of 

 the two rather the longer ; the posteriormost portion in the submedian 

 interspace somewhat hour-glass shaped, that is to say constricted in the 

 middle on both sides, but that portion nearer the abdominal margin 

 is larger than that portion touching the first median nervnle. 

 Underside, both wings fuscous, without any purple gloss. Forewing 

 marked as on the upperside, except that the opaque streak in the 

 sutural area is absent. Hindwing as on the upperside. 



Described from a single example kindly given to me by Herr H. 

 Fruhstorfer, and captured by him in the eastern province of Lombok 

 at 2,000 feet elevation in April, 1896. 



26. Isma idyalis, n. sp., Plate IV, Figs. 26, d ; 32, $ . 



Habitat: Burma; Java. 



Expanse : <?, 1'2 to 1*3 ; $ , 1*6 inches. 



Description: Male. Upperside, both wings fuscous with a vinous 

 gloss ; and with subhyaline lustrous pale ochreous spots. Forewing with 

 two elongated spots towards the outer end of the discoidal cell, the 

 lower immediately below the upper and about twice as large ; two or 

 three subapical dots, the lower when present nearer the outer margin 

 than the other two (which are immediately one above the other), and 

 the smallest ; three increasing discal spots ; the uppermost in the lower 

 discoidal interspace a mere dot ; the middle one much larger, triangular, 

 filling the base of the second median interspace ; the lowermost very 

 large, quadrate, in the lower median interspace, its outer edge concave, 

 its inner edge convex ; a rounded spot in the middle of the submedian 



