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angle and apex, which is marked nnth liniwn-Mack scales : a deeper yellow central 

 shade is visible in certain lights, embracing tlie discocclluliir ; costul edge yellow 

 thronghout. 



Hiiulwings : with the base and two central irregularly curved lines dull rosy ; 

 discocellnhir with three white dots ; onter half of wing and the fringe snifuscd with 

 coi)pery fulvous, and raurked between the veins by rows of sjKits formed of trans- 

 verse streaks. 



Underside paler yellow ; the outer oblique line of forewings and a streak from 

 base to anal angle rosy ; outer curved line of hindwing, the apex, and anal angle 

 slightly rosy : irregular dark spci'kling towards hindmargin in botli wings ; fringe 

 of fiirewings at anal angle dark brown. Face, \»\.\\n. pectus, and fort'-femora bright 

 orange-red; shoulders and patagia rosy, mixed with yellow; abdomen yellow, tinged 

 with rosy down the back. 



Expanse of wings : 45 mm. 



One (J, February 1896. 



Sophta (l-'j lineata sp. nov. 



Forewings : pale ochreous, with the whole wing except costa and marginal area 

 suffused with pale brownish ; costal edge with pale greyish brown spots ; traces 

 towards outerhalf of wingof two oblique doable pale brown lines from inner margin, 

 the first lost in the brownish discal suffusion, the seeond running to hindmargin 

 below apex ; a pale brown marginal line, broader at anal angle; a faint blackish 

 ccll-speck ; fringe pale brownish. 



Hindwing s : with six double pale brown lines, with darker edges; the first two 

 near base obscure ; the next three distinct; the sixth marginal; fringe brownish. 



Underside similar, but the forewings show traces of transverse sinuous lines 

 through the brownish suffusion. Head and thorax j)ale brownish; abdomen ochreous, 

 ringed with brownish. 



Expanse of wings : :ii) mm. 



One ?, 1894. 



Striglina mediosecta sji. nov. 



Forewinga : dull brownish fawn-colour, with numerous transverse waved and 

 slightly curved darker lines, the first three antemediau, the fourth and fifth euclosing 

 a darker space in the middle of the wing : outer third of wing darker brown, with 

 the markings more obscure, bounded internally by a twice concave line ; fringe 

 concolorous, with paler line at base ; costa pale ochreous between the darker fasciae 

 and lines. 



Iliad winga : similar, but the lines more broken up, so as to form dashes between 

 the veins. 



Underside paler, with the transverse rippled markings plainer ; costal fourth of 

 forewings consjjicuonsly jjaler than the lower portion, which becomes deep brown 

 towards hindmargin. Head, thorax, and abdomen concolorous with the paler ground- 

 colour of the wings: jialpi and forelegs darker. 



Expanse of wings : 'AH mm. 



One <? , January 1896. 



Allied to S. deianata Warr.. of which it is perhaps u local form. 



