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Show 422 MR. W. WARREN ON N E W GENERA AND [Apr. 18, Underside pale whitish grey, with darker suffusions; the lines indistinctly expressed. Expanse of wings 50 millim. Hab. Tonglo, Sikkim. [I also took a male at the same place and have received the species from m y native collectors in the Chumbi valley of Tibet. -H. J. E.] ALCIS SUBRUFARIA, sp. n. 6*. Fore wings reddish grey, with numerous dark grey transverse striae, and, except in the central area, suffused with a darker, fuscous shade ; 1st line distinct, blackish, regularly curved; central shade black, forming 2 angulations exteriorly, the first of which encloses the long black cell-spot, so forming a kind of ocellus; space beyond paler, traversed by a series of black dots, rising from a dark costal spot; exterior line black, thick, denticulate, placed nearer the hind margin than usual; space beyond it more or less completely filled up with dark reddish fuscous ; a row of black lunules with pale bases before the fringes, which are blackish brown. Hind wings similarly marked, with hind margin strongly scalloped. Head, thorax, and abdomen all reddish grey. Underside clearer, more yellow, with a broad dark border on both wings, and a large dark blotch in the fore wing round the cell-spot; the whole basal half of the fore wings also dark freckled. Expanse of wings 36 millim. Hab. Sikkim. [I have only seen the type, which was sent without locality by O. Moller.-H. J. EJ] ALCIS TENERA, sp. n. 3 2 • Fore wings pale greyish ochreous, dusted with darker grey flecks, and suffused beyond the exterior line with yellowish ochreous in the 3, and brownish grey in the $ ; 1st line, basal, blackish brown, simply curved, plainest on tbe costa; 2nd line of the same colour, also plainest on the costa, forms 2 slight sinuses, one below the costa, the other just before the inner margin; central dot black, in the 2 with a costal black spot above it, with which it unites; in the 3 this spot is much fainter and at times absent; subterminal line irregularly and indistinctly sinuous, paler. In the 3 all the lines and the cell-spot are followed by a diffuse yellowish band, and the inner margin is more or less tinged with yellowish ;• in the § the basal half of the wing is more thickly dusted with grey, and beyond the 2nd line suffused irregularly with brownish black and ochreous, and the subterminal line is edged on both sides with darker: a row of distinct black spots before the fringes, which are chequered. Hind wings paler grey, with darker dusting; with a faint cell-spot, an indistinct central curved line, and traces of another towards the anal angle. Head, thorax, and abdomen mottled grey, the latter with the first segment distinctly |
