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Show 1896.] MR. H. H. DRUCE ON BORNEAN LYCJENID^E. 677 Mr. de Niceville makes Myrina hypoleuca, Hew., the type, whilst mine was Myrina martinet, Hew. MANTOIDES, gen. nov. Allied to Manto, de Nicev. Pore wing with three subcostal nervules as in that genus ; inner margin longer and deeply bowed outwards just before its middle ; a large tuft of long hairs attached to the inner margin where it is thus bowed and lying over a patch of differently placed scales. Hind wing with a very large shining patch from the costal margin extending to the lower wall of the cell, bearing upon it a small patch of differently formed, shining scales, placed at the junction of the subcostal nervule. Type, Mantoides licinius. This genus belongs to the group which has the inner tail the longest. It differs from Charana and Jacoona in the possession of secondary sexual characters, and from Manto in these characters being differently placed-the tuft of hairs being situated on the underside of the inner margin of the fore wing, whilst in that genus it is on the upperside of the hind wing. MANTOIDES LICINIUS, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. figs. 10 <5, 11 2 0 c?. Upperside : fore wing blackish brown, slightly paler towards the base: hind wing blackish brown, with the anal third pure white; a very large smooth paler shining patch extending all over the costal margin down to the lower wall of the cell, and reaching to the apex, and bearing on it at the base of the subcostal nervule a small steely-grey patch of roughened scales ; a rather small black spot in the lobe and two larger marginal black spots, one in the submedian interspace, the other in the lower median interspace ; an antecdiary black line to the white area, thickening into spots at the termination of the two median nervules; anal margin greyish. Underside : fore wing yellowish buff, darker towards the outer margin ; inner margin broadly shining greyish, with a darker central spot covered by the tuft of buff-coloured hairs : hind wing paler buff; anal area whitish, and, as on the upperside, with the addition of an inner band composed of four black disconnected irregular markings divided by the nervules ; the black spot on the lobe being larger than on the upperside and crowned with a few blue scales. Thorax and abdomen above brown, beneath buff-coloured; legs buff; antennae black above, white-spotted below, and with pale brown tips. 2 • Differs only from the male in the upperside being a paler shade of brown and in the absence of the shining patch on the hind wing, and in the pale inner margin of the fore wing below being without the glo»s. (The inner margin of the fore wing, as is usual in all this group, is nearly straight.) Expanse, c? 1TV, $ If inch. Kina Balu ( Waterstr. and Everett). Types Mus. Staud. This interesting species is remarkable for the close similarity of |