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Show 248 MR. A. G. BUTLER O N N E W [Mar. 16, The central transverse grey line below and the dull coloration above at once distinguish this species. 25. CHCEROCAMPA MIRABILIS, n. sp. Primaries above pale dull greyish green, crossed by two distinct irregular blackish lines, the first angulated, crossing centre of cell, the second also angulated but in the opposite direction, with a deep central sinuation ; base dusky, crossed by an indistinct whitish litura; a black discocellular dot ; disk beyond cell dark green, inner margin pale rose-colour, outer margin slightly tinted with pink: secondaries grey-brown, costa whity brown, basal area and submarginal streak smoky brown, anal angle pale pink: body olive-green, margins of head and thorax and apical two fifths of pterygodes rosy cream-coloured ; back of collar whitish : wings below rose-colour, with an irregular continuous central brown line; outer margin broadly brown ; primaries with basal half pale brown: body below creamy ; thorax tinted with pink, brownish at the sides ; abdomen rosy at the sides. Expanse of wings 3 inches 3 lines. N.W. Himalayas. Type, coll. F. Moore. A marvellous new species, allied to C. fraterna. 26. CHCEROCAMPA ROSINA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 6.) Primaries nearly as in the figure of C. Igcetus, silvery brown, rosy at the margins, with brown bands and lines as in C. argentata and C. oldenlandice, but the second from outer margin broader ; the paler oblique postmedian streak running to apex scarcely less brown than the ground-colour; a ferruginous costal line; subcostal area, especially beyond the cell, tawny : secondaries dark brown, the costa and abdominal area testaceous, a dull rosy disco-submarginal streak from inner margin to subcostal nervure; outer margin greyish, with a rosy tint; fringe white, varied with dull rose-colour : body almost exactly as in C. argentata, but the central streak duller and more rosy and the lateral streaks more metallic: wings below very like C. oldenlandia, but much redder, with a broader rosv lilacine outer 7 * •* border, and the innermost transverse streak broader and darker. Expanse of wings 2 inches 8 lines. Masuri, N.W. Himalayas (Hutton). Type, coll. F. Moore. In my opinion this is more like C. lycetus than is C. oldenlandia. The British Museum has recently received this species from Darjeeling. 27. CHCEROCAMPA PUNCTIVENATA, n. sp. Closely allied to C. clotho, larger, primaries broader, the outermost transverse discal line dotted with black upon the nervures, and further from the outer margin ; secondaries, body, and under surface as in pale examples of C. clotho. Expanse of wings 4 inches. Masuri, N. W . Himalayas (Hutton), Silhet. • Type, coll. F. Moore. The dotting of the nervures gives this species a very distinct as- |