On new Species of Lepidoplera from Madagascar. 227 XXVI. — Descriptions of new Sptecies of Lepidoptera from Madagascar, with Notes on some of the Forms already de-scribed. By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. The following species have recently been added to the collec-tion of the British Museum. Nymphalidje. Sattein^i. Strabena, Mabille. So far as I have been able to ascertain, this genus has not hitherto been characterized, unless the description of S. Sviithii (in which the truncato-angulated form of the primaries and dentate character of the secondaries is mentioned) be re-garded as a sufficient indication of the generic peculiarities. The aspect of the species here described, and which I believe to be another representative of Strabena, is not unlike that of Daidalma, the arrangement of the ocelli on the under surface being very similar to that of Neope. 1. Strabena MabiUei, sp. n. <5 . Alas supra piceo-rascae, areis costali ot apicali anticarum nigres-centibus, margine nigro lineam albidam vel pallido fuscescen-tem includente ; anticae ocello magno, in spatii primi median i medio posito, nigro, albo pupillato, castaneo ciiicto ; posticae oceilis duobus minoribus, interiore majore, fascia submarginali pallida, intus fusco limitata : corpus nigro-fuscum. Alae subtus t'usca), lituris numerosis nigris ornata), margiuibus fere velut supra : anticaa costa nigra, lituris albis interrupta, area interna lituris nigris inconspicuis, litura subapicali costali obliqua macu-laque ad marginem externum flavis, ocello parvo subapicali nigro, albo pupillato, olivaceo cincto, fusco circumcincto, lilacino zonato, ocello superno iride multo latiore ; posticae maculis nonnullis sparsis flavis, fascia obliqua a lineis irregularibus nigro-fuscis limitata ; oceilis septem nigris, caeruleo-albido pupillatis, flavo-cinctis, fusco circumcinctis, lilacino zonatis, primo, quarto et quinto duplo majoribus : corpus olivaceum. Alar. exp. unc. 2. Antananarivo ( Kingdon) . Specimens nearly agreeing with that here described were regarded by the late Mr. Ilewitson as a variety of " Mycalesis antahala " of Ward ; the species, however, is apparently more nearly allied to the " M. avelona " of the same author. 2. Culajpa parva i n. sp. ( Hivaceo-fuBca : akc auticao supra ocello magno nigro, albo pupil-lato, fulvo late cincto, in spatio primo inediano posito : post icae
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