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very large posterior ocellus, these ocelli haVe a white pupil, the black portion surrounded by an ochreous, a black, and lastly a violet ring; the inner margin broadly whitish. Hindwing with abasal nearly straight and a discal irregular violet fascia; a series of seven ocelli towards the margin similar to those on the forewing, but the outer rings of all of them joined and forming a continuous violet bordering to the whole series of ocelli, the ﬁrst, fourth and sixth ocelli of medium size, the second, third and seventh small, the ﬁfth the largest. FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, both wings much paler than in the male. Forgiving with an indistinct subapical broad dull ferruginous fascia, reaching from the costa to the ﬁrst median ncrvule; otherwise similar to the male, except that all the secondary Sexual characters found in the male are wanting.

Nearest to M. ma-icmeas, Hewitson, the only other species in the subgenus Satoa; described by Hewitson from Malacca and Sarawak, of which the female has alone been ﬁgured, and from which the same sex of M. maid appears to differ in having a subapical occllus on the upperside of thc forewing, aud the “ orange band " instead of being very richly coloured and prominent is reduced to an obscure cloud on both surfaces.

This species appears to occur not uncommonly in the mountains of N.-E. Sumatra, and thcrc are numerous specimens in Dr. Martin’s collection as well as in my own. I possess specimens taken in July and December. Both Mr. Henley Grosc Smith (“Head Hunters of Borneo ”), and Dr. B. Hagen (“Dic Pﬁanzen- nnd Thierwelt von Deli auf Der Ostkiiste Sumatra’s ") record BI. maicmeas, Hewitson, from Sumatra, but this species is probably the one meant. '

2. STICHOPHTHALMA SPARTA, n. 51)., Plate I, Fig. 4, d“. HABITAT: Manipur. EXPANSE: 6‘, 5'0 inches.

Descnrrrrox: MALE. UPPERSIDE, both wings deep rich reddish-{’11}- vous or ferrugiuous. Forewing with the irregular discal black line of the undersidc shewing through by transparency; the apical arca widely pale fulvous, this pale area. cxteuds from the submarginal hastate black markings to just within the discal black line, it is very wide on the costa, but dies away to nothiug before reaching the ﬁrst median nervule; aseries of ﬁve submarginal hast-ate black markings, one in each interspace from the uppcr discoidal nei‘vnle to the sub- inedian nervure, increasing progressively in size from the anterior to the posterior marking ; a large black patch at the apex; a submarginal fulvous line. beyond which is a narrmver anteciliary black line, both