BY E. MKYRICK. 221 



153. Z. holantha, n.sp. 



$. 28 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax deep iridescent blue. 

 Abdomen blue-blackish, apex ochreous-white suffused benenth 

 Avith ochreous-yellow. Forewings elongate, rather nari'ow, costa 

 moderately arched, apex obtuse, terraen slightly rounded, almost 

 vertical; deep iridescent blue; a rather narrow deep coppery-red 

 terminal fascia : cilia purplish-coppery, above apex and below 

 tortius deep blue. Hindwings blackish suffuse<l with deep blue; 

 cilia bright purple-blue with coppery reflections, with deep blue 

 basal line. 



N.G.: Owgarra(Meek); one specimen. 



28ATTERIA Walk. 



Atteria^a\k., Cat. xxviii., 421(1863) ... type strigicinctana. 

 Cerace Walk., Cat. xxviii., 422(1863) ... type stipatana. 



Head suiooth-scaled. Antennae in ^ simple. Palpi rather 

 long, porrected, second joint with smooth appressed scales, 

 terminal moderately long, cylindrical. Thorax without crest. 

 Forewings with 3 from anyle, 7 separate, to term^n. Hind- 

 wings with 3, 4, 5 approximated at ba.se, 6 ami 7 approximated 

 towards base. 



A genus of moderate extent, characteristic of S. Asia, the 

 Malayan region, and S. America. 



154. A. thiasodes, n.sp. 



(J. 36 mm, Head, palpi, thorax, and abdomen deep blue, 

 upper and lower margins of face whitish, anal tuft shining 

 whitish-ochreous. Forewings subiblong, rather dilated po.ste- 

 riorly, costa anteriorly rao<lerateiy, posteriorly slightly arched, 

 with moderately broad costal fold from base to near ^, tlience 

 abruptly narrowed and continued to |, apex obtuse, termen 

 haidly sinuate, almost vertical; orangs markings briglit deep 

 purple-blue; a short str-eak on base of costa; central fascia rather 

 broad, oblique, extended on costa along nar ow portion of fold, 

 jiarrowed on dorsum, posterior edge angulated towards dorsum; 



