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01. Taragama dinawa spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 8). 



S. Head, jialpi, thorax, and abdomen dull reddish brown, antennae rather 

 paler. 



Primary reddish brown, with the basal half of a very deep dark brown, edged 

 by a fine oblique pale stripe, roughly parallel with the outer margin, a postmedial 

 row of greyish lunular marks, those near the anal angle palely edged internally. 

 Secondary dark smoky brown, with a straight obliqne pale stripe from the ape.x to 

 the inner margin, fringes whitish. 



Underside both wings reddish brown, the basal half of each decidedly darker 

 and redder brown, bordered externally by a dusky stripe, which is itself edged 

 externally by an obscure paler stripe. 



Expanse : 44 — 46 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa. Taken in May and Jane, and again in August and September. 



The type is in my collection. 



62. Taragama rubiginea spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 2). 



(?. Head dark red, i)alpi and antennae greyish brown, thorax bright red, 

 abdomen reddish brown with a dark anal tuft, legs hairy reddish brown with bare 

 tarsi encircled with whitish. 



Primary bright darkish red, with a subbasal and medial obscure dark grey 

 slightly curved transverse line ; the postmedial line is dark grey, straight and 

 erect from the costa to the inner margin just in front of the inner angle; beyond 

 this is a faint trace of another similar very obscure line, submarginal row curved 

 from in front of the apex to the inner angle, composed of dark grey dots with 

 a very small whitish speck on the exterior. Secondary reddish grey with bright 

 red costa and pale reddish ochreons inner margin, with two or three very obscure 

 indefinite transverse darkish grey stripes terminating in the inner-marginal area. 

 Fringes whitish. 



Underside: red, secondary with a thick irroration of whitish scales on the 

 costa near the base. 



Expanse : 64 mm. 



Hab. Dinawa, August. 



The type is in my collection. 



63. Taragama proserpina spec. nov. (PI. IV. f. 9). 



(?. Frons white, thorax, collar, antennae, palpi, abdomen and legs black, 

 abdomen below brownish, legs very hairy, hind tarsi ringed with white. 



Primary with base brownish, edged externally with a double curved white 

 line ; close to the base is a black spot below the cell having a white dot on its inner 

 edge and another at its upper outer extremity ; medial area black edged externally 

 with a serrated oblique white line from the costa to the inner margin ; a small 

 white spot closes the cell ; apex pink with a broad dash of blackish below, 

 below which is a jjale brown patch, followed by a wedge-shaped dusky patch, 

 below which the surface is clouded more or less with brownish, a submarginal 

 row of blackish dots to the third vein edged externally by an interrupted deeply 

 scalloped white line. Secondary entirely dusky, with a costal white mark si)owing 

 through from the underside. The underside of the primaries is black, with the 

 small white spot at the end of the cell as on the upperside ; on the inner margin 



