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and paired ventral series of patches. Forewing -white, the basal area dark 

 olive brown in-orated with silvery blue and with curved outer edge; seme 

 medial blue grey striae on costa and in cell ; a large blue-grey patch from 

 costa to median neivure in and beyond end of cell with two medial spots 

 between it and inner margin and an oblique postmedial series ; a round dark 

 olive brown discoidal spot with silvery blue, b nuleon it ; a subtnminal maculate 

 blue-grey band, angled outwards at vein 5, then oblique with series of short 

 black streaks on the veins on its inner side and large olive-br< wn patch on it 

 from above vein 2 to inner margin traversed by a dentate silvery blue lute, 

 the area beyond it with blue-grey strise and ii.edial patch ; a terminal series 

 of blackish lunules ; cilia fuscous. Hmdwing white ; the base olive-brown 

 with waved ouer edge; a maculate blue-gey medial band expanding into a 

 large patch at middle ; a double subterminal band of mure or les confluent 

 spots with short black streaks on the veins of inner series and olive bicwn 

 patch on inner area traversed by a dentate silvery blue line, the area beyond 

 it with blue-grey stria? ; a terminal series of blackish lunules; cilia fuscous; 

 the underside with the markings gre} ish fuscous. 



Habitat.— Madras, 8hevaroy Hills (Campbell). Exp. $ 46, 9 56 mill. Type 

 in B. M. 



8521. a. Abraxas poliostrota, n. sp. (Plate E., f. 18). 



$ . Head fuscous with the vertex yellow ; thorax white with some yellow- 

 ish on shoulders and upper edge of patagia, the tegulae and dorsum of thorax 

 with fuscous patches, the patagia with fuscous spots ; pectus and legs mostly 

 fuscous ; abdomen yell w, whitish at base, with dorsal, subdorsal, lateral 

 and sublatiral series of black spots. Forewing white with numerous small 

 grey spots and striae ; an oblique grey band from middle of subcostal nervure 

 to inner margin ; an ill-defined discoidal spot ; a curved postmedial series of 

 small spots from costa to lower angle of cell where it joins an oblique band 

 fr mi costa towards apex, slightly incurved below vein 4; a series of some- 

 what lunulate spots on the termen and cilia. Hindwing white with numerous 

 small grey spots except befoiv costal half of postme nil band ; an ill-defined 

 antemedial band ; a discoidal spot , a postmedial maculate band, excuned to 

 v ein 4, then incurved ; a terminal series of spots. Underside with the mark- 

 ings dark< r. 



9 Paler. 



Habitat— Madras, Palni Hills (Campbell). Exp. 4-%54 mill. Type in B. M. 



3524. a. Abkaxas latizonata, n. sp (Plate E , f. 29). 



9 . Head and thorax orange ; f rons, antennae and streaks behind their bases 

 fuscous black ; tegulae and patagia with black spots ; dorsum of thorax fuscous ; 

 legs fuscous ; abdomen orange with dorsal, subdorsal and subventral series 

 of large black spots and lateral and sublateral series of small spots. Forewing 

 white with small fuscous spots ; subbasal and antemedial patches on costa and a 

 medial rather triangular patch ; antemedial and medial series of small spots 

 on the veins with points and irregular markings before and between them ; 



