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ON TWO NEW MOTHS AND AN ABERRATION. 



By the HON. WALTER ROTHSCHILD. 



1. Ampelophaga khasiana >\<. nov. 



Male and Femalk. — Uppers i dt : this species is nearest allied to .rli/i/jf/o/j/^rt^rt 

 dolichoides Feld., but, besides diflferences of colour, can be at once distinguished liv 

 the forewings being crossed by four complete transverse bands and one incomplete 

 one, while Felder's .species has the forewings crossed by three liands only. 



Forewinr/s : purple-brown, crossed near the base by two broad chocolate transverse 

 bars; a third incomplete bar extends from the costa at the apex of the cell to 

 about half-way across the wings, and beyond the cell the wings are crossed by two 

 broad bars of very deep chocolate; on the outer margin from the apex, half-wav to 

 the inner angle, there extends a large triangular patch of a ])aler and more grev colour 

 than the rest of the wing. 



Hindwings : cbocolate-brown, slightly duller and more clayish towards the 

 abdominal margin and the anal angle. 



Antennae fuscous in ?, white in S. Head, thorax, and abdomen dcv]) rcddisji 

 chestnut, with a median longitudinal line of dull mauve-purple. 



Underside: Head chocolate. Thorax brownish pink. Abdomen deep rose. 

 Foi'eimngs: basal third deep clay-brown; rest brownish orange, with deep and very 

 wide lirown border. Hindwings : deep rose-pink, with a median transverse line of 

 orange-red. 



E.xpanse: 4'2o inches = 110 mm. 



Hah. Khasia Hills. 



Described fi-om one c? and one ? . 



2. Leto vitiensis sp. nov. 



Forewiiigs : clay-brown, marked all over with irregular rows of metallic golden 

 spots. 



Hindwings : clay buff, without markings. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen darker brown. I.rgs tufted, as in Charagla (Oeneliis). 



Kx|)anse : 4-25 inches = 110 mm. 



Jf<tb. Fiji Islands. 



Described from a single c? (bought from a dealer). 



I mav here remark that I have before me, out of Dr. Staudinger's collection from 

 German New Guinea, a very curious aberration of Daphnis helops Walk. The pattern 

 is identical with the type, but the ground-colour is olive-green and the apex is strongly 

 markcil with white. 



