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Show 18/3.j MR. M. R. BUTLER ON A NEW TANAECIA. 235 inch. Height of coronoid • 16 From condyle to anterior margin of alveolar border '42 Length of alveolar surface *21 I have received two yonng Shrews, evidently one species, from the Garo Hills and from Nazeerah, Assam. They measure *17 inch from snout to vent; the tail is 1*54 in length, the foot *58, and the fore foot *33. The skull shows the intermaxillary suture between the second and third small lateral teeth, so that the dental formula is ~T~ "1"2+2+6 = 2 8 . The lower incisors have a rather prominent process about their middle. The dentition is the same as in C. fuliginosa, Blyth; but its feet are proportionally smaller than in that species, and the ears are not so large and are more thickly clad with short hairs, which is also the case with the tail. The fur is moderately long, and of a dark sooty brown, almost black, without any rufescent tinge. The under surface is paler, with a faint bluish tinge, especially about the ears. The snout, limbs, and tail are well clad ; and the latter has some long straggling hairs on its basal two thirds. The skin of the feet is palish brown in spirit; and the nails are yellowish, and clad at their bases with longish hairs. The ear is not hidden by the fur, and is moderately developed. If this species is not the young of C. fuliginosa, Blyth, it is possible that it m a y be one of Hodgson's forms, which, however, can only be determined by reference to the types in the British Museum. 3. Description of a remarkable N e w Species of Tanaecia. By MONTAGU RUSSELL BUTLER. Communicated by A. G. BUTLER, F.L.S., F.Z.S. [Received February 7, 1873.] The following new species is from a small collection made by M r . W . L. Distant in Penang, and is especially interesting in its excellent mimicry of the blue-banded male of Adolias puseda oi Moore, hitherto known to occur commonly in Penang and Singapore. DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. Family NYMPHALIDCE, Westwood. Subfamily NYMPHALINCE, Bates. Genus TANAECIA, Butler. TANAECIA FLORA, n. sp. Wings above brown, with usual black markings in cells; two irregular indistinct transverse discal series of dark brown hastate spots. Front wings with two cinereous oval spots between discoidal nervures, just beyond termination of cell; two similar less distinct spots between the same nervures and just within the outer hastate series |