174 NOVITATES ZOOLOGICAE XXV. 1918. 



below costa, slightly angled outwards at vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal 

 series of small rather dentate dark spots ; excurved at middle ; a fine dark 

 brown terminal line with some whitish beyond it at base of the cilia, which are 

 deep rufous. Underside ^\'hitish tinged \Mith rufous and irrorated with dark 

 broflTi ; forewing with black point in middle of cell and discoidal bar, brown 

 medial line, postmedial Hne brown defined on outer side by whitish, excurved 

 below costa, incurved at discal fold and below vein 4, a waved whitish 

 subterminal hne defined on outer side by dark marks, excurved at middle. 

 Hindwing with indistinct brown antemedial line, obhque black discoidal bar, 

 dark brown postmedial line, excurved below costa and at middle, incurved at 

 discal fold and sinuous towards inner margin, a terminal series of black points. 

 Hah. Sali (Doherty), 1 $. Exp. 30 mill. 



5429e. Arcana porphyria n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen bright rufous ; antennae dark except towards 

 base ; palpi darker towards tips ; pectus and ventral surface of abdomen pale. 

 Forewing bright purphsh rufous ; subbasal black-brown points on costa and in 

 the cell ; a red-brown shade before the antemedial line, which is red-brown 

 defined on inner side bj' whitish and somewhat obhque towards costa and inner 

 margin ; a red-brown mecUal shade, excurved below costa ; a narrow black 

 discoidal lunule ; postmedial Une red-brown, obhque to vein 6, incurved at discal 

 fold, angled outwards at vein 4, then oblique to below end of cell and sinuous 

 to inner margin : a deep rufous triangular patch on postmedial area from costa 

 to vein 4 with two wliite points at costa ; subterminal hne red-brown, obhque to 

 discal fold, then waved and excurved at middle, a shght whitish mark on its 

 outer side at costa and some dark brown suffusion beyond it at middle ; a 

 terminal black-brown hne ; ciha deep rufous. Hindwing bright purphsh rufous ; 

 a diffused obhque red-brown medial hne with a black point beyond it at lower 

 angle of cell ; a sinuous red-brown postmedial hne, sUghtly angled outwards at 

 vein 4 ; a waved red-brown subterminal hue, double to vein 4 and with some deep 

 rufous suffusion beyond it at middle ; a fine black terminal hne ; ciha deep 

 rufous. Underside whitish ; forewing \\ith the disk suffused with fiery red, 

 the costal and terminal areas irrorated \rith brown, a sinuous brown medial 

 hne obsolete on inner area, round black chscoidal lunule, brown postmedial hne 

 obhque to below vein 7, incurved at discal fold, obhque below vein 4 and some- 

 what angled inwards at vein 2, the costa beyond it with alternating dark and 

 white marks, a double waved brown subterminal hne obhque to vein 6 ; hind- 

 wing irrorated with brown, an indistinct brown antemedial Une, two black 

 chscoidal points, a sinuous brown postmedial hne, and punctiform black terminal 

 hne. 



Hah. Travancore, Pirmad (Mrs. Imray), 1 <J ; Ceylon (Pole), 1 (J, 1 ? type, 

 Kandy (Pole), 1 ?. Exp. 26 mih. 



5458a. Corgatha chionocraspis n. sp. 



?. Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown, the tegulae mostly wliite ; palpi, 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen white mixed vsith rufous. Forewing 

 red-brown irrorated with some silvery and blackish scales ; a white fascia on 

 costa, the terminal area with some white mixed ; antemedial Une indistinct, 



