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Show 612 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES [NOV. 16, One example is smaller than usual, and has lost most of the sub-marginal spots on under surface of secondaries : the description by Herrich-Schaffer is scarcely sufficiently explicit. 9. CALLIPLCEA TULLIOLUS 2 > Fabricius. Erromango Island, N e w Hebrides, 10th May, 1875. 10. MELANITIS TAITENSIS, Felder. Aneiteum, N e w Hebrides, 22nd April, 1875 ; Tanna, 23rd April 1875. 11. MELANITIS SOLANDRA, Fabricius. Tanna, N e w Hebrides, 23rd April, 1875 ; Vate or Sandwich, 30th April, 1875. Four examples of this form, exhibiting no variation on the upper surface of the wings. 12. MYCALESIS MUTATA, n. sp. Nearly allied to M. hesione, but deeper in colour, and with the ocelli below separated by a space from the central white streak and touching the submarginal lines : expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines to 2 inches. Erromango, N e w Hebrides, 10th May, 1875. This is the first species of this genus hitherto recorded from the South Seas ; in marking it nearly approaches M. cinerea: Mr. Perry remarks respecting it, " saw but few of these in Erromango, and none in any other island." 13. MYCALESIS LUGENS, n. sp. Allied to M. lalassis; ocelloid spot on upper surface of primaries scarcely visible : wings below dull sepia brown, crossed at the middle by a slightly irregular, continuous, slender, black-edged, whitish line ; primaries with four ocelli (the first two placed obliquely, the fourth largest), black, white-pupilled, with dull ochraceous irides and brown zones enclosed by a pale brown line ; a rather wide sinuated marginal area pale brown, intersected by a blackish line : margin black; fringe pale brown; secondaries with seven ocelli, (the first and fifth largest, the second and third smallest), similar to those of primaries, but brighter in colour, marginal area as in primaries ; body greyish brown : expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines. Vate or Sandwich Island, N e w Hebrides, 28th April, 1875. This is most like the Bornean form of the series generally referred to M. lalassis ; the latter requires examination, as it clearly represents several well-marked species. 14. DOLESCHALLIA HERRICHII, n. sp. Doleschallia bisaltide, Herrich-Schaffer (nee Cramer). This species, as I supposed, differs considerably from D. bisaltide, as follows-primaries much less falcated, the black area deeper in colour and covering half the wing, the marginal area being much |
