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Show 412 COL. C. SWINHOE ON N E W [NOV. 5, points ; a discal outwardly curved slightly sinuous line, of the same colour as the wing, but slightly darker; fringe pale reddish chocolate, interlined. Hind wings white tinged with flesh-colour, with a flesh-coloured marginal line and an interline in the fringe. Underside : wings shining; fore wings and the upper third of the hind wings pale reddish chocolate-brown, remainder of the hind wings pale whitish flesh-colour ; fore wings with the inner part dark brown, and with a discal curved line on both wings, formed of elongated spots on the veins,' a brown dot at the end of the cell in the hind wings ; body and legs pale chocolate-brown. Expanse of wings ly-Q- inch. LLab. Ceylon. One perfect example received from Mr. Fairlie. Most nearly allied to O. costalis, from Darjeeling, but differs in its darker-coloured fore wing, in the oval shape of the orbicular spot, and in the absence of the black streaks intervening between the orbicular and reniform marks. GRAPHIPHORA VIARIA, n. sp. Male and female. Brownish fawn-coloured, tinged with olive-brown on the fore wings, head, and thorax. Antennae of the male with greyish-brown pectinations ; collar and tegulae slightly paler than the rest of the thorax and with pale edges ; fore wings wdth the orbicular large, nearly round, margined with brown, indistinct; reniform also large, pale yellowish, ear-shaped; costa with brown marks, some very indistinct transverse markings on the basal half of the wing; a postmedian, indistinct, brownish band, with a rather acute angle running outwards into the reniform ; a discal row of elongated brown dots, with yellowish-white minute centres ; a sub-marginal sinuous yellowish-white line, marginal lunules brown, fringe long, same general colour as the wing, but strongly interlined, first with a yellowish-white line, then with a distinct brown line; abdomen and hind wings greyish brown, costal portion of hind wings pale-coloured, a brown mark at the end of the cell; fringe as in the fore wings. Underside paler, shining ; hind wing with cell-mark as above, both wings with traces of a discal line ; legs brown, middle and hind legs with spurs, and tarsi marked with white. Expanse of wings 1T\ inch. Hab. Umballa, March. Two pairs from late Captain Reed's collection. This species has the pattern of markings on the fore wing as in G. fasciata, but less defined; the outer denticulated line and the pale wavy submarginal line are both nearer the margin. ORTHOSIID^E. ELYDNA DIURNA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 10.) Ochreous fawn-colour, fore wings speckled with red atoms, reniform mark represented by a brown ringlet, with a brown point in its |