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Show 404 COL. C. SWINHOE ON N E W [NoV. 5, of the cell in the male, with a streak below of the same colour, but in the female there is only one small spot at the end of the cell and another small spot below, in place of the streak, also a broad dull slate-coloured marginal band, outwardly deeply excavated, making it appear as if composed of three patches, so much so in the female as to make the band submarginal and macular. Wings below same as above, except that the red of the hind wings and white of the fore wings is pale pink, the marginal spots on the fore wings being pure white. Antennae slate-colour; head and thorax pure white, markings slate-colour, a small spot on the centre of the head, two on the collar and on the thorax, one on each division, and a band in the centre; abdomen deep bright red, extending far beyond the wings, with a complete dorsal row of dark slate-coloured spots; body below whitish, legs slate-colour, striped with pink above. Expanse of wings 2 inches. Hab. North Kanara, June 1887. One pair received from Mr. Wise. Distinguishable from P. distorta (the habitat of which is the N.W. Himalayas) by the markings on the fore wing being pinkish white and broader, whereas in P. distorta they are yellowish white, the transverse discal band being half its width, the hind wing in the latter species being also differently marked. ALOA SARA, n. sp. Allied to A. lactinea, Cramer, and similarly coloured and marked ; it is, however, a smaller insect, the crimson band on the costa of the fore wing is finer, and the prominent crimson band on the collar is altogether absent; the colour of the upper part of the abdomen is also orange-red, as in A. moorei, Butler, and not ochreous as in A. lactinea, Cram. Expanse of wings, 3 IJCJ, 2 lyo" inch. Hab. Karachi, August 1885, July and August 1886. Many examples taken. A smaller insect than either A. lactinea or A. sanguinolenta, neither of which occur at Karachi. ALOA INSOLATA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 15.) Allied to A. lactinea. Head, thorax, and wings pure white, costa of fore wings crimson ; a black spot at the end of the cell, another below it, near the hinder margin, sometimes one near the hinder margin, one third from the base, and sometimes a subapical point, and sometimes a fine black subapical streak ; hind wings with a black spot at the end of the cell, and otherwise unmarked, a black spot on each side of the thorax ; antennae black ; abdomen above ochreous, with black short bands, little better than dorsal spots. Below : wings as above ; body white ; femora crimson ; tibiae black above, ochreous below ; tarsi black. Expanse of wings 1-ffr inch. Hab. Thyetmeyo, Sept. 1887. Two males received from Mr Noble. |