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Show 1879.] ASIATIC DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA. 137 VANESSA HARONICA, n. sp. Differs from the Indian V. charonia, Drury, in the blue band on the fore wing being continuous and broader. On the hind wing the band crosses the middle, is straight, and has no black spots within it, but has a parallel outer row of small black spots. Expanse, $ 2-f, $ 3 inches. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. M . Mackwood and F. Moore. ADOLIAS ANNAMITA, n. sp. Differs from A. evelina, Stoll, pi. 28. f. 2, in both sexes being more falcated in the fore wing, in having a longitudinal white costal patch immediately before the apex, and in the female having, both above and beneath, the discal space of the fore wing broadly greyish white, sparsely irrorated with green scales, and leaving only a distinct marginal border; the hind wing also pale-speckled along the discal border of the dark base. Expanse, S 3, $ 3f inches. Hab. Cochin China. In coll. II. Druce. NEMEOBIIN^E. A B I S A R A P R U N O S A , n. sp. Differs from the Malacca species (A. kausambi, Feld.) in the male having more prominent darker bands on the fore wing and prominent black spots on the hind wing. The female differs also in its paler colour, and uniformly pale transverse discal bands without any trace of white at their costal end. Expanse 1^ to If inch. Hab. Ceylon. In coll. F. Moore. LYC^ENIDJE. SPALGIS, n. g. Allied to Gerydius (Symethus, Horsf.). Male with fore wing more trigona], the costa straighter, the third subcostal branch bifid, the fifth branch starting from end of cell : the hind wing is also more trigonal in male, and the exterior margin is even in both sexes. AntennEe short, club thickish. SPALGIS EPIUS. Lucia epius, Westw. Gen. D. L. p. 502, pi. 76. f. 5. CURETIS DENTATA, n. Sp. Male. Fore wing slightly concave, but not scalloped out on exterior margin; red patch very broad, with a dentate black mark at the end of the cell, and its outer border sinuous : hind wing convex and slightly sinuous on its exterior margin, with the red broadly diffused; outer border narrow; the basal streak and abdominal border dusky black. |