4'28 RHOPA LQCERA MALA VAN A. 



omitted somewhat close together near apex. Another prominent feature is the large ocellated spots with 

 which the posterior wliujb of the species are ornamented, and the general hue and pattern throughout. 



Tmaris is an insular genus, being fount! throughout the Malay Archipelago, particularly 

 in the Papuan Region. 



1. Tenaris birch i, {Tab. XXXIX., fig. 7.) 



Tentim Hirrhi, Distant, Ann. k Mag. Nnt. liist. ser, 5, vol. xii. p. 241 (1888|. 



Male. Anterior win^a above pale fuscous. Posterior wings greyish-white, costal area to above the 

 median nervules pale fuscous, with a large ocellated spot, of which the centre is blackish with a pale 

 central eye, situate between the second and third median nervules, and which Ls broadly surrounded with 

 ochraceouH ; a second very indistinct spot Is situate on and above the lower subcostal nervals. Anterior 

 wings beneath as above, but darker towards base. Posterior wings beneath as above, hut with the basal 

 area obliquely dark fuscous; the lower ocellated spot larger and brighter than above, the upper spot 

 bright and concolorous but smaller than the lower spot, and situate on the subcostal nervules. Palpi 

 oehraceous. Body dark obscure ocbraceous, 



Exp. wings, 70 milling 



Hab.— Malay Peninsula ; Singapore (Birch — coll. Disk)* 



This species is allied to the Javau T. IwrsjieMii and to an undescribed Boruean species, 

 autl is extremely interesting as being the first representative of the genus recorded from the 

 Peninsula* It was caught by J. K. Birch, Esq.* who captured it whilst flying along a road 

 in Singapore, He wrote to me at the time, ** Seeing it was a strange one, I knocked it down 

 with a stick/' thus not only securing an uud escribed species, but also, for the first time, 

 proving that the genus Tnmris is found in the Malay Peninsula, 



Genus CLEROME {antca, p. 81). 

 1. Clerome gracilis (antea, p. 81). 



This species has been found somewhat plentiful in North Borneo by Mr* Pryer, 



3. Clerome arcesilaus. (Tab. XL., fig. 5.) 



Pttyilm Arrtxiltnix, Fabricius (noo. Cram.}, Man*. Ins. n. p. 28, n. 205 (17871 : Ent. Syst. in. p. 158, n. 470 

 (1793); Bon, Lie. Ind. t. 3f), f. % (1800). 



Chifiuw Art-militti*, Doub. Hew. Gen. Dinru. Lep. t, 54*, f. B (1861); Westw. Trans. Ent. Soc. eer, 2, vol. iv. 

 p. 183 (18531 ; Horsf, & Moore. Cut Lep. Mus. E. I. C. vol. i. p. 213, n. 486 (1357s ; BtttL Cat. Fabr< 

 Lep. p. 44, n. 2 (18091 ; Brace, Pmc. Zool. Soo. 1B78, p. 941, n. 1 j SnelL Lep. v. Midden -Sumatra, 

 p. 16, n. 1 (1880) ; Marsh, k de Nic. Butt. Ind., Buna, k Ceyl. vol. i. p. 318, u. 295 I 1832) ■ Klieil, 

 Ehop. der Insel. Nia«, p. 20, n. 32 (1384), 



FawflA 6mmi*i Hfibn. Samml. Ex. Sclunett. (1816-1884). 



Mtnyha Utrtitenz, Zinli. Novn Acta Acad. Nat. Cur. xv. p. 170, t. 16. f. 14. 15 (1831). 



Mule and Female. Wings above e in im moneoua - brown ; apex of anterior wings and outer margins of 

 botb wings darker. Wings beneath fuscous-brown, both wings crossed by two dark curved discnl fascire, 

 \Ua inueruiosl crossing cells of both wings ; the outermost — which is strongly sinuated — crossing beyond 

 cells; beyond this fnscm are a series *i f sni fill greyish-white spots, six on anterior wings and seven on 

 posterior wiugK, hol.h winjiH with a fuscous Miimiarginal line. Anterior wings with a linear fuscous streak 



