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Show 1888.] FROM WESTERN INDIA. 329 156. MELANIPPE FLAVISTRIGATA, sp. n. Fore wing white, much suffused with dark grey ; a basal patch, a sinuous central fascia, broader at the costa, and a subapical costal spot, blackish; from the subapical spot an undulating dark line runs to the anal angle, followed by a similar pale submarginal one; the usually pale fascia between the basal patch and the central fascia is filled up with dark grey, but has a horizontal yellowish dash running across it in the centre, which colour also appears beyond the central fascia ; a grey patch on the hind margin below the apex. Hind wing grey, with paler curved fascia. Head, face, thorax, and abdomen blackish; legs also blackish. Underside greyish white, with the darker markings showing through ; all the wings with a dark central spot. Expanse of wings 22 millim. One male from Kala Pani, September 1, 1886. This insect somewhat resembles a small dark M. fluctuata. 157. COREMIA LIVIDA. (No. 60.) Coremia livida, Butler, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1878, i. p. 449. One female, Campbellpore, May 31, 1886. Mr. Butler's type is from Japan. 158. CIDARIA SUBRUBESCENS, sp. n. Fore wing dull fuscous, tinged with reddish ; basal patch small, blackish; central fascia blackish, its inner edge concave, with a small angulation below the costa; the outer edge forms two small curves below the costa, then a small sharp angulation and a larger curve to the inner margin; rest of the wing reddish fuscous, with faint traces of undulating lines towards the costa. Hind wing dark fuscous, with a well-defined central spot ; a distinct sinuous central line, and several alternately light and dark lines beyond it. Head, thorax, and abdomen fuscous ; base of the latter with a reddish-grey ring. Underside pinkish ochreous, glossy; both wings with a strongly marked dark sinuous central line and dark spot. Expanse of wings 22 millim. One male from Berham Gully, September 24, 1886. 159. CIDARIA THOMASATA, sp. n. Very closely allied to C.jameza, Butler, from Japan. The only difference is that the external shoulder of the brown central band, instead of consisting of two broad blunt, rounded teeth, forms a single, more angulated, projection, and the indentation beneath the shoulder is more deeply inserted. Expanse of wings 30 millim. Two males from Thundiani, August and September, 1886. In the British Museum collection is a single worn specimen from Murree, which Mr. Butler doubtfully referred to his Japanese species, jameza, P. Z. S. 1S86, p. 393. |
