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Show 426 COL. C. SWINHOE O N N E W [Nov. 5, male is so thickly covered as to almost hide the white ground-colour, and to leave no distinguishing bands above or below ; the female has a subbasal, medial, and a submarginal band across both win°;s, formed of patches and speckles closer together than in the other parts of the wings, the submarginal band being prominently dentated in the M h o w example, especially towards the apex of the fore wings; head and hinder part of thorax and tip of the abdomen ochreous; antennae of the male greyish ochreous, of the female brown, with ochreous-grey bands. Underside much paler, with a brown spot at the end of each cell in both sexes, the submarginal band prominent in the female; front of head brown, face and pectus ochreous: body and legs of male greyish ochreous, unmarked; of the female greyish ochreous, with brown marks on abdomen, in one specimen forming regular segmental bands, and in all the specimens with brown bands on the legs and with brown tarsi. Expanse of wings, 3 2-2|, $ 3T 2 0- inches. Hab. Mhow, June 1882, one pair; Poona, September 1883, one 3 ; North Kanara, one 3, June 1886, one $ , August 1886, received from Mr. Wise. From B. multipunctaria, Walker, this species differs in its extremely dark colour, the wings being densely mottled, especially those of the male, and in the ill-defined transverse dentated bands, traceable here and there only by irregular-shaped ochraceous patches ; these bands in the female are well defined and are more or less densely bordered by black scales. BOARMIIDJE. N A R A P A BRETA, n. sp. Male and female. Grey, tinged with pale pinkish, the entire surface of the body and wings thickly irrorated with brown and black atoms; fore wings with an outwardly-curved, slightly sinuous antemedial black line, which thickens on the costa, another black zigzag line, commencing at the middle of the hinder margin, recurved and ending on the costa, about one third from the apex, marked with black on the angles, and thickening downwards on the lower part, above which and between the two lines are some deep black marks, forming a sort of black medial interrupted band; a zigzag submarginal whitish line, marked on the inner side with black ; marginal festoon black, marginal black points and some black marks against the outer margin of the wing, especially towards the apex. Hind wings with a black band before the middle, in connexion with the medial black band of the fore wing; a central, outwardly-curved zigzag black line, and a submarginal whitish, indistinct, sinuous line and marginal festoon and points as on fore wings ; fringe of both wings with brown markings opposite the angles of the festoon. Underside pale pinkish grey, thinly irrorated with brown, with a brownish spot at the end of each cell, the central lines showing-through the wings, and a diffused discal blackish band on both wings, which forms a large patch near apex of fore wings; legs pinkish grey; fore tibia with black bands. Expanse of wings ly^j- inch. |