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Show 4.32 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON PYTHON CURTUS. [Nov. 5, alternated with purple-brown ; hind wing whiter than the fore wing, speckled with grey-brown, and having a greyish-brown subbasal and a discal narrow fascia, both of which are more or less broken and dentated, cilial spots, and a spot at end of all. Expanse of wings, 3 If, 2 !*£ iuch. Hab. Nilgiris. Four pairs in Mr. Moore's collection and one male received by me from Mr. Lindsay. Nearest to A. fasciatia, Guerin, Deless. Voy. pi. 26, but differs in its smaller size and in being more numerously speckled on both wings, also in the irregular-shaped patches on the fore wing. EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. PLATE XLIII. Fig. 1. Spilarctia ummera, 2-. n- sP-> p. 405. 2. Miyoplastcs hampsoni, 3> n- sP-> p. 402. 3. Milionia luculenta, n. sp., p. 423. 4. Miresa crispa, n. sp., p. 409. 5. Ophiusa triangulata, n. sp., p. 414. 6. Notioptera properta, 3, n. sp., p. 400.' 7. Cania pulliyonis, 3 > n- sP-> P- 408. 8. , 2. n. sp., p. 408. 9. Thosea rara, n. sp., p. 408. 10. Elydna diurna, n. sp., p. 412. 11. Syntomis wimberleyi, n. sp., p. 400. 12. Parasa fumosa, n. sp., p. 408. 13. Somena abjecta, 2, n- sp., P- 405. 14. Aginna levicula, 3 > n- sP-> P- 417. 15. Aloa insolata, n. sp., p. 404. PLATE XLIV. Fig. 1. Ehodoneura albatalis, 3, n. sp., p. 422. 2. , $,n. sp., p. 422. 3. Pterothysanus noblei, 3, n- 8p., p. 401. 4. Pandesma jubra, $, n. sp., p. 413. 5. Stemmatophorafoliata, n. sp., p. 418. 6. Synclera,nemoralis, n.sp., p. 421. 7- JS'osophora lymphatalis, n. sp., p. 420. 8. Phyletis borealis, n. sp., p. 427. 9. Cidaria multijuria, n. sp., p. 429. 10. Spica luteola, 3,a- sp., p. 424. 11. Zonora opiparcd'is, 3, n. sp., p. 419. 12. ~Nausinoe euroalis, n. sp., p. 420. 13. Abraxas todara, 3, n. sp., p. 431. 14- , 2. ii- sp- p- 431. 3. Note on Python curtus. By G. A. BOULENGER. [Received September 13, 1889.] (Plate XLV.) It is surprising that a large and fine Snake inhabiting a comparatively well-explored district should have so long escaped detection, as is the case with Python curtus, of which a specimen from Malacca (figured on Plate XLV.) is now exhibited in the Society's |