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Show 388 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [June 29, with a large rounded testaceous central patch edged with dark grey and flecked with black, whitish, and metallic silver scales; submarginal and marginal leaden-grey lines, with a series of spots of the same colour between them ; under surface wholly greyish white. Expanse of wings 33 millim. Campbellpore, 5th July, 1885. Quite unique in the genus. URAPTERYGIDJ:. 148. URAPTERYX YERBURII, sp. n. Nearest to U. clara l of the N.E. Himalayas, but differing in the more widely separated and greyer bands across the primaries, the more numerous grey striatums on the wings, the paler fringes, the red-centred grey spot in the prsecaudal angle of the secondaries, and the narrower tail to these wings ; the abdomen is white (as it probably is in fresh specimens of U. clara). Expanse of wings 56 millim. Murree, 2nd October, 1885. ENNOM ID.E. 149. RUMIA MIMULINA, Sp. n. Nearly allied to R. cratagaria of Europe, with almost the same pattern and coloration, but usually larger and always with the chocolate-coloured markings, especially the subapical costal spot of primaries, considerably broader; the form of the so-called "reniform" spot also differs somewhat. Expanse of wings 40-43 millim. Murree, 8th and 12th September, 1885. This species so singularly resembles the European insect that until I had examined a considerable number of specimens of the latter, and thus completely satisfied myself that no variety approaching the Indian insect ever occurred in R. crat&garia, I was tempted to regard the two specimens sent home by Major Yerbury as sports of the latter species: on looking over Mr. Moore's collection, I found a third example of the Indian species, above which (but separated by a label) was placed, for purposes of comparison, a specimen of the European species. OXYDIID^E. 150. PYRINIA? PHCENICO-T^ENIATA. Aspilates phcenico-taniata, Kollar in Hiigel's Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 487 (1842). Murree, 7th August, 1885. This species is new to the collection ; it corresponds so closely with Kollar's description that I have very little doubt as to the correctness of m y identification. 151. HYPERYTHRA PHANTASMA. Hyperythra phantasma, Butler, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 614. n. 62. Campbellpore, 11th November, 1885. 1 111. Typ. Lep. Het. vi. pi. exiii. fig. 6. |