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04. Hypochroma purpurissa Warr. 



The ¥ of this species, described in Nod. Zool. vol. xiii. p. 77 from a S, is 

 much larger and darker ; suffused in both wings with dark olive slate-colour aud 

 heavily black-speckled ; the first line preceded and the outer followed by pale 

 pearly scales ; the apex of forewing remains pale blnish white. 



Head, thorax, and dorsum similarly darker. 



Expanse of wings : 60 mm. 



1 ?, along with 4 S S. 



65. Hypochroma rufivaria spec. nov. 



Forewing: pale shining green, witli a blnish tinge in parts, and striated with 

 dark green ; costa striated with dark green and with two triangular blackish spots ; 

 lines dark green ; first vertical, from the first black spot, curved above and below 

 median ; outer angled on vein 6, toothed on 4 aud 3, then interrupted, ending on 

 inner margin in a dark spot close to inner line, the space between them dark green ; 

 a blackish green, angled line close to base ; submargiual line deep green, angled 

 outwards on veins 5 and 2, preceded by a variable band of pinkish ochreons ; 

 cell-spot crescentic, of the same colour, edged with blackish ; patches of it also 

 appearing sometimes in submedian fold before inner line, on inner margin between 

 the two lines, and in the tooth of outer line on vein 4 ; costa often tinged with the 

 same colour ; fringe pale bluish green, mottled with blackish beyond veins. 



Hindwing : without inner line ; submarginal preceded by blotches of pinkish 

 ochreons, the cell and space beyond similarly coloured and spotted with black, aud 

 a patch of it on inner margin near base ; fringe of inner margin bright orange. 



Underside pale fulvous in forewing, tinged with reddish below cell and towards 

 outer margin, with coarse black striae becoming confluent in places ; cell-spot 

 black ; a greenish-ochreons blotch on margin between 3 and 4 ; fringe greenish- 

 ochruous broadly mottled with black ; hindwing orange-fulvous with deeper 

 postmedian band and marginal fascia, the latter with black striae, aud a black 

 blotch beyond cell ; cell-spot linear, small, black. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen pale green ; face with a broad ferruginous bar ; 

 palpi ferruginous, pale beneath ; shoulders tinged with fulvous ; dorsal tufts green ; 

 anal tuft and abdomen at sides orange ; beneath with legs aud pectus yellow 

 ochreons ; forelegs greenish fuscous, with paler joints. 



Expanse of wings : 40 mm. 



8 c?<?. 



QQ. Pingasa nieeki spec. nov. 



Forewing : very pale delicate green, with faintly deeper green striations ; 

 costa with minute dark strigae ; lines finely black, edged by pinkish scales ; 

 first angled above and below median, the lower angle acute ; outer at two-third:;, 

 oblique outwards to 6 and there angled, vertical to 3, then oblique inwards, marked 

 on the veins by black dashes ; submarginal line preceded by a brown and pinkish 

 shade, darkest on costa aud broadest on the folds, where it contains some whitish 

 scales, aud is followed by brownish pink ; black marginal dots between veins ; 

 fringe pale green ; cell-spot pink. 



Hindwing: without inner line; some pinkish scales at base and along inner 

 margin. 



