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Show 1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 405 A much smaller insect than A. lactinea, and differs from it in the absence of the scarlet front and thoracic band and in wanting the marginal black spots which are so prominent on the hind wing of that species. SPILARCTIA UMMERA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 1.) Female. Dull ochreous ; head, thorax, and fore wings ochreous fawn-colour, thorax with a black spot in front; fore wings above with a black spot at the base, but without any other markings; hind wings dull ochreous yellow, a black spot just above the end of the cell, and two black submarginal spots near the anal angle ; abdomen ochreous, with a dorsal row of black spots, a black spot also on middle of thorax. Wings on the underside same colour as the hind wings above, fore wings with a black subcostal spot above the end of the cell; hind wings with the three black spots as above, and with a very faint pale black subapical spot. Body below white; antennae black; face and pectus ochreous, the latter with some black markings. Palpi with first and last joint black, second joint ochreous; fore legs ochreous, hind legs white. Tibiae and tarsi above blackish. Expanse of wings Jy^- inch. Hab. Bassein, Burmah, Oct. 1887. One perfect specimen received from Mr. Noble. Nearest to the Javan 8. punctata, but smaller in size; similarly coloured, but with a basal black spot on the fore wing and a spot on the middle of the thorax, these spots being absent in S. punctata. TlNOLIUS HYPSANA, n. sp. Male. Fore wings dirty straw-colour, with pale yellowish bud-coloured spots placed exactly as in T. eburneigutta. Hind wings and wings below pale yellowish buff-colour, unmarked ; antennae pale yellow, pectinations grey ; head, body, and legs chrome-yellow, thorax with some black spots, abdomen with a black band on each segment except the basal one; legs with large lunular black spots above. Expanse of wings 2T 8 ¥ inches. This insect has the appearance of an ordinary yellow Hypsa. Hab. Sikkim. Three specimens purchased from Mr. Paul Mowis. LlPARIDjE. SOMENA ABJECTA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 13.) Allied to 8. scintillans. Male and female of a pale dirty yellowish-buff colour, top of head whitish, abdomen brown, anal tuft ochreous; fore wings suffused with pale reddish brown and covered with black atoms ; an antemedial and a postmedial, very indistinct, pale, transverse, thin band, |