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areole, 11 from tlie cell. Secondary of the usual Noctnid nenration. Apex slightly 

 excavated immediately below posterior margin, then slightly produced, tapering off 

 in a bold curve to the inner margin. 



?. Palpi with the end-segment long, not roughly scaled, looking almost 

 bare in the heavy rounh scaling of the second segment ; antennae simj)le all the 

 length. 



Ififi. Amphoraceras rothschildi spec. nov. (PI. V. f 1). 



cj. Head and collav (lec]i velvety brown; frons and paljii pale reddish brown; 

 thorax pale brown, closely and finely irrorated with pale grey, with a black patch 

 on the centre at the abdominal juncture ; abdomen orange yellow, with a tapering 

 black dorsal patch. 



Primary cinnamon-brown, darker be)'ond the second medial line, the basal 

 line deep red, close to the base, from the costa to the lower margin of the cell ; 

 basal area tinged with pale lilac grey, the medial lines shaped like an inverted A, 

 whose inner line is curved from the costa to the inner margin and whose outer 

 line is oblique and nearly straight ; this fascia has a fine central line of deeji 

 red, finely edged on each side with lilac, which is again edged indefinitely witli 

 paler reddish ; within this fascia are the orbicular and reniform stigmata, the 

 former round, deep velvety red-brown with a lilac iris very finely edged with 

 dark red, the latter (the reniform) quite pale grey, with two pairs of spots from 

 the centre and a fifth spot in the lower outer corner ; this stigma is also edged 

 with dark red, and beyond it is a wedge-shaped patch of pale grey. From the 

 costa to the end of this patch is a broad band of dark brown adjoining the end 

 of the outer medial line, a subapical costal large dark-brown patch ; submarginal 

 area paler, with a row of small rust-coloured spots close to the margin. Secondary 

 orange yellow, with the basal half black. 



Underside ochreous in both wings ; primaries with the cell very hairy, and 

 the postcellular area shortly and densely haired, giving it a velvet texture ; 

 terminal area with a few scattered dark scales ; secondaries with the outer three- 

 quarters sparingly irrorated with dark scales. 



? . Similar to the male^ but paler. In the primary the basal area and the 

 filling-in of the inverted-A-shaped mark is a very delicate pale lilac grey ; tlio 

 reniform stigma has no dark spots on it, and the postmedial area is much redder, 

 whilst the submarginal area is paler and lilac-coloured ; the rust-coloured spots 

 are larger and more distinct. The contrasts of colour in this sex make it a very 

 beautiful insect. 



Exjjanse : c? 84, ? 86 mm. 



Hub. Dinawa, August. 



I dedicate this most unusual-looking and handsome Noduid to the Hon. 

 Walter Rothschild. 



Type in my collection. 



Parabasis gen. nov. 



c?. Palpi upturned, roughly scaled, end-segment deflexed, not reaching to the 

 vertex of the head ; antennae pectinate for three-ijuarters ; legs hairy ; tarsi 

 smooth ; midtibiae with one pair of spurs, hindtibiae with two pairs of long 

 stout spurs. 



