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Show 316 MR. W. WARREN ON LEPIDOPTERA [Julie 5, Remigia bifasciata, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxxiii. p. 1014. Remigia gregalis, Gn. Noct. iii. p. 320. Remigia pellita, Gn. Noct. iii. p. 318. One female, from Kala Pani, September 1, 1886. A widely distributed species. The females are more reddish, the males greyer, with the two fasciae more pronounced. The latter very frequently, but not invariably, have a black spot near the inner margin before the first fascia. Mr. Moore (Ceylon, iii. 191) erects this species into a genus by itself, under the name Cauninda; but the characteristics given appear to be merely relative. 102. LAGOPTERA ELEGANS. (NO. 200.) Ophiusa elegans, Van der Hoeven, Lep. Nov. pi. 5. fig. 6 a, b. One female, Dumtanar, September 29, 1886. 103. DYSGONIA LATIFASCIA, sp. n. (No. 17.) Fore wing olive-brown ; the usual central fascia whitish, with a lilac tinge, wider at each extremity than in the middle ; the olive-brown space beyond it quite as wide as the basal space, narrowly white-bordered throughout from costa to inner margin ; this border is not angulated nor indented, as in other species ; it runs at first obliquely outward from the costa for about one third of the wing, then, without forming an angle, vertically for a short distance, not concave inwards, and finally obliquely inwards, slightly sinuous, but without any distinct indentation. Apex with a triangular olive-brown spot, faintly white-bordered internally, and a smaller confluent one below it; hind margin pale lilac-grey, preceded by a dull fuscous shade ; a row of very minute dark submarginal dots. Cilia pale ochreous. Hind wing dull olive-brown, with a rather ill-defined bluish-white central band ; fringes nearly white ; the anal angle narrowly greyish. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous-olive. Expanse of wings 48 millim. One male from Campbellpore, July 20, 1886. This agrees precisely with a very perfect specimen from Solun in the British Museum collection, which had been inadvertently placed among D. arctoteenia. It may be distinguished at once from all allied species by the much greater width of the discal band, which approaches that of D. conficiens. 104. DYSGONIA OLYMPIA. (NO. 17.) Ophiusa olympia, Swinhoe, P. Z.S. 1885, p. 466. One male from Campbellpore, June 3, 1886. In this specimen the white band is not only thinner than in the female, but also differs in shape, being much narrower on the inner margin than at the costa, as in D. analis. The comparison of a numerous series in the Hocking Collection proves this to be only a variety of D. albivitta. |
