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Show 426 MR. W. WARREN ON NEW GENERA AND [Apr. 18, yellow; thorax and abdomen olive. Underside ochreous, thickly mottled all over with cinereous olive, with all the markings shown, but less strikingly than above. Expanse of wings 38 millim. Hah. Naga Hills; Sikkim. Nearest to A. tramesata, Moore. [Specimens from Sikkim of both sexes agree exactly with the type in markings, though they vary considerably in size.-H. J. E.] ARICHANNA (?) SUB^ENESCENS, sp. n. 2 . Fore wings fuscous, with a slight bronzy tinge, divided into 3 nearly equal parts by the inner and outer lines, which are narrowly pale; the inner, at |, runs irregularly oblique ; the outer, at §, is irregularly protuberant and nearer the inner on the inner margin than on the costa; the outer third is paler fuscous with a pinkish tinge, thickly sprinkled with dark transverse stria?, and with some irregular dark blotches, of which one on the costa beyond the 2nd line, and a suffused blotch obliquely below it, are most conspicuous; the pale scales of the 2nd line run in along the 4 lower veins into the darker middle band ; fringes indistinctly mottled, darker than the outer third. Hind wings with the basal § dull bronzy fuscous ; the outer 3 dull orange, chequered with grey striae, most thickly at the anal angle ; fringe more visibly mottled, dark and light. Head, thorax, and abdomen aU dark bronzy fuscous. Underside like upper, but much duller; both wings with basal | cinereous ; this space in the hind wings concisely edged with a darker line, which is denticulated at each vein ; in the fore wings the dark space is not margined, but the black costal spot beyond it and 2 or 3 smaller ones below it on the veins are very distinct; outer 5 of both wings ochreous yellow, dappled with grey. Expanse of wings 50 milliin. , Hab. Sikkim. [Two other females taken by m e on the Nepal frontier in July; the style of coloration and pattern do not agree with other species of the genus.-H. J. E.~] MlCRABRAXAS (?) SUBOLIVACEA, Sp. 11. 3 . Fore wings dull olive-fuscous, with darker fuscous markings, and patches of hlac-blue scales in places, lines all very indistinctly expressed; 2 curved dark shades at end of the basal field; a nearly straight fascia before the discal spot, which is dark but indistinct; and another interrupted one beyond it; subterminal line consisting of a series of interrupted blotches, preceded and followed by hlac-blue scales ; a series of rather large black spots along base of fringes, which are olive. Hind wings dull grey, with a slight bluish sheen without any markings. Underside cinereous; fore wings undotted, with the discal dot distinct and the markings showing only along the costa; hind wings paler, mottled with darker atoms ; a distinct dark discal dot, and a central dark subangulated line. Head, thorax, and abdomen dull olive-fuscous. |