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Show 1890.] NEW MOTHS FROM INDIA. 397 Aberrant species, of which the male onlv is known. 25. B I Z O N E COSTIFIMBRIA, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vi p. 121, 6* (1862). This species is described from Sarawak, and the type is in the Saunders collection at Oxford. The description agrees with a male from Sumatra collected by Paul Staudinger and with one taken at Perak by Doherty, except that the third band of this species is not black-bordered outwardly as Walker says. I find this character, however, is not constant in other species. Without seeing the female, I cannot tell where to place this species. 26. BARSINE EFFRACTA, Walk. Cat. ii. p. 546. Bizone effracta, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1877, p. 339. A distinct species, which probably belongs to this genus, as the costal fold and lobe are well marked. It differs from all others in having five pink bands on the fore wing, and pink spots between each of them, except the two inner ones. It has also a dark spot on the hind wing. It occurs very rarely in Sikkim, and is recorded from Nepal. SECT. II. A. Costal fold absent or inconspicuous. a. Hind wings red. a. Fore wings red, with 2 black bands and 3 black spots. 27. BIZONE COCCINEA, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 28, t. iii. 14, 6. A very distinct species, of which the male only is known. It appears to be very rare in Sikkim. ..". Fore wings white, with 3 red bands and an apical yellow patch. 28. B I Z O N E BELLISSIMA, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 27, t. iii. 13, 6 • Of this species also the female is unknown. The type was from Masuri, and I have a male from Sikkim, where it is very rare, and there are two more in the Atkinson collection. a". Fore wings white with 3 pink bands. 29. B I Z O N E PITANA, Moore, Cat. E. I. C. ii. p. 305, 2 (1858-9). This resembles B. subomata, except that it has no apical band. The type is in the British Museum from Java. There is also a single male from Sindaglaia, Java, in Dr. Staudinger's collection, which, though in bad condition, appears to have no costal fold or lobe beneath. a"". Fore wings red, with white markings and 3 black spots. 30. B I Z O N E PH_EDRA, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc 1889, p. 126, t. ix. fig. 6, 2 • This is a very distinct species, which might be put in another |