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Show 1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 427 Hab. Nilgiri Hills, 6700 feet, June, July, August, and September 1887 ; sixteen specimens from Mr. Hampson. Poona, November 1887; one specimen. Most nearly allied to the Ceylonese N. adamata, Felder, Reise d. Nov. pi. 136. fig. 5, but differs on the fore wing in the greater width between the antemedial and postmedial lines, the antemedial line being single (not double as in N. adamata); the postmedial line is less sinuous, and its lower end more inwardly oblique; on the hind wings the discal line is acutely sinuous. FlDONID^E. P H Y L E T I S BOREALIS, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 8.) Antennae grey, shaft pale reddish brown ; abdomen grey ; thorax and fore wings reddish fawn-colour, a pale reddish-brown dot at the end of the cell, a broad straight pale reddish-brown discal band, with irregular borders, a marginal line, and an indistinct shadowy sub-marginal pale band ; costal line and hinder margin thinly brownish, fringe reddish brown. Hind wings pale reddish grey, a pale reddish-brown dot at end of cell, and abroad, discal, outwardly curved band, corresponding to the band on fore wings, composed of two diffuse pale reddish-brown lines, with the space between them slightly darker than the general coloration of the wing. Underside pale reddish grey, with the markings showing through, and with the interior portion of fore wings suffused with reddish brown. Expanse of wings ly*j inch. Hab. Kulu. Two specimens received from Mr. Elwes, from Pangi, and one specimen from Col. Marshall. The Pangi specimen is a little redder than the Kulu specimen, but is otherwise identical. This species is nearest to P. meonaria, Guenee, but differs on the fore wing in the transverse discal oblique band being broader, its broadest part being the upper end, and in its outer border being sinuous ; whereas in P. meonaria this band is obsolescent at its upper end, its outer border is even and has a distinct red inner border. Both wings have a well-defined spot at end of the cell (notpresent in P. meonaria). EPIFIDONIA ABSONA, n. sp. Male. Of a uniform dark reddish purple; wings with the red coloration showing in places ; fore wings with a precostally angulated postmedial duplex black line and a diffused antemedial line, two pale greyish patches on the costa before the angle of the line, a pure white dot below the first patch and three white spots below the second patch, two of them large, one below the other, the third very small and on the inner side. Hind wings with a large subapical space on the costa red. Underside ochreous red, striated with brown, some brown patches on the outer portions of the wings and also in their centre; hinder 29* |
