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10. Pareuplexia humilis siiec. uov. 



Forewing : purplish fnscons ; the cell and a hlotch on snbmedian fold between 

 median shade and onter line darker ; also the row of wedge-shaped marks before 

 submargiiial line ; the lines as in metallica Wlk., bnt the upper stigmata botli 

 larger, pnriilish grey ; the orliicnlar black-edged, the reniform with fnlvons 

 ring and interrnpted by a pale smear across the middle, without any pale dots. 



IJindwing : olive-fuscous with darker central line and subterminal border, 

 followed ]>y a distinct narrow subviolaceous band ; fringe with a paler line at 

 base. 



Expanse of wings : S , A'2 — 48 mm.; ? 4.S mm. 



•Z S£,\ ? Khasia Hills, Assam, October 1894. 



11. Pareuplexia rufistigma spec. nov. 



Forewiidj : deep purplish fuscous, darkest iu cell and snbmedian interval, and 

 in the praesnbmarginal band, thickly dusted with lustrous blue scales in basal area, 

 along the lines and margins of stigmata, and beyond outer and subterminal lines ; 

 claviform diffusely black-edged; the upper stigmata with blue annuli ; the outer 

 edge of reniform with a large rufous patch ; the praeapical costal sjiots silvery 

 white. 



Uindir'uKj : bronzy olive-fuscons, the fringe and terminal line darker. 



Underside fuscous, paler in iiindwiug, s[)aringly dusted with bluish scales 

 chiefly in terminal area; ditfiisc dark onter lines and subterminal shades. 



Head and thorax purplish brown, the hairs tijiped witii blue ; abdomen bron/.y 

 fuscous, the dorsal tufts darker. 



Expanse of wings : 48 mm. 



2 ¥ 9 from Sikkim, :,0UO feet, 1889 (0. Moller), from the Elwes Collection. 



1~. Pareuplexia luteistigma spec, nov., and ab. ochreistigma nov. 



Smaller than i-up'stigma, the blue scales deeper, the annulus of orbicular stigma 

 showing pale beneath the blue scales ; the reniform with a pale dull ochreous jiatch 

 in middle of outer edge instead of rufous ; the hindwing muck paler basewards and 

 with darker terminal border; fringe with the tips whitish. 



Underside almost without markings. 



3 ? ? from Darjiling, taken by F. Moller. 



A form of this last, intermediate in size between it and nifsligma — ah. ochrei- 

 stigma, ab. vov. — lias, instead of the rounded luteous patch, a bright ochreous 

 yellow one running up to a point at upj)er end of the reuiform stigma ; the dusting 

 is dull purplish rather than blue ; and the fringe of hindwing is more conspicuously 

 white at tips. 



1 ? from Sikkim (0. Moller). 



Underside as iu nijistigma. 



13. Pareuplexia quadripuncta spec. nov. 

 Foreiving : purjile black througliout, the lines and edges of hiigmala intenser 

 black ; claviform stigma large, its lower edge produced basewards through the 

 inner line as a jwinted dash ; outer line very strongly dentate ; the reuiform stigma 

 on its outer edge with four white dots, two at each end; submarginal line faint, 

 grey, preceded and followed by indistinct black marks. 



