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Show 554 MISS E. M . S H A R P E O N N E W [June 20, Subfam. SATYRIN^. M E L A N I T I S LEDA. Melanitis leda (Linn.); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 43. Subfam. ACRJEINJE. ACR^A ZETES. Acrcea zetes (Linn.); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Diurn. Lepid. p. 131. AcRiEA NIOBE, sp. n. General colour brownish black, with large spots on both wings, being very distinctly pronounced and of a velvety black appearance. Fore wing. Costa and inner margin brown, apex and hind margin darker, as also the base of wing; discoidal cell from base to apical portion transparent grey, including the discal area and extending below the first median nervule. Between the latter and the sub-median nervure are two black spots, one near the base and the second one near the hind margin; above the first median nervule is a third spot, close to the discoidal cell, followed by a fourth one between the second and third median nervules. Immediately above this third median nervule follow three black spots very close together, but all situated between the above-mentioned nervule and the second and first discoidal or radial nervules. There is a largo black spot at the end of the cell, with a second one about halfway from the base of the wing. Hind wing. Brownish black with darker border on hind margin, rather inclined to become transparent across the disk. Base of wing very thickly spotted with black, the spots becoming more separated and more distinct towards the disk. As in the fore wing, there is a large black spot at the end of the cell. From the costal nervure to below the submedian nervure is a submarginal row of black spots, but each spot distinctly between each nervule. Underside. Both wings much lighter brown than on the upper-side, with the borders and all tbe spots very distinctly indicated. Thorax and body black; abdomen deep red, with a little red also between the head and thorax. Expanse 2\ inches. M y friend Dr. Staudinger has had an example of this species in his collection for some time under the M S . name of A. niobe. He has kindly sent m e over his type for comparison, and I have had much pleasure in describing the species under the name which he had given to it. ACRiEA NEWTONI, Sp. n. Similar to A. peneleos, Ward, but at once distinguished by the absence of any bright colour on the fore wing. Fore wing. Entirely black with three transparent grey spaces, just prevented from representing one large patch by the black lines of the second and third discoidal nervules. This grey patch |