AMPHIPYRA.— TA.MIJAXA. 155 



JInh. Khasia Hills. In coll. Dr. 8tau(liiii,n;r. 



Identical with specimeus from China, Sluuighai, and Japan. 



Ami'hii'vkv cupreu'ennis, u. s]). 



Male. Fore wing very dark velvety cop|)ery-l)n)\vn, with a very indistinct paler post- 

 medial transverse waved line, and which is seen only in certain liglits: hind wing coppery- 

 red, with broad brown anterior margin. Female darker; fore wing uniformly coloured 

 throughout. Thorax, ])alpi, and legs above coppery-brown ; abdomen brown. Underside 

 as above, but paler and more glossy. 



Expanse, 6 2^, ? 2" inches. 



Ilab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



TAMBANA, n. g. 



Fore wing long, narrow ; costa almost straight, apex pointed, exterior margin oblique 

 and slightly convex ; costal vein extending two thirds the margin ; first subcostal branch 

 emitted at nearly one half before end of the cell, second at one eighth, third at one tliird 

 from below second, fourth at one half from third, fifth from end of the cell and touching 

 third near its base ; discocellular bent near each end, conca\e in the middle, radials from 

 the angles ; cell long, extending to more than half the wing ; upper median emitted from 

 end of the cell, middle branch from near the end, lower at nearly one half before the end ; 

 submedian slightly recur\cd. Hind \\ iiig somewhat long and narrow ; apex slightly convex, 

 exterior margin obliquely convex, abdominal margin short; costal vein slightly waved ; two 

 subcostal branches emitted from beyond end of the cell ; discocellular ^ery slightly concave, 

 radial from near its lower end ; cell not extending to half the wing; two upper median 

 branches from end of the cell, lower at one third before its end ; submedian and intenial 

 vein straight. Body moderately stout; abdomen with slight dorsal and lateral tufts; palpi 

 stout, thick, laxly squamose, ascending but not reaching beyond vertex, third joint short, 

 conical ; legs long, tibia pilose above ; antenna) minutely pectinated in male. 



Type T. mricgata. 



Tamb.vxa varikgata, n. sp. 



Fore wing dark glossy chestnut-brown ; crossed by two indistinct white-speckled 

 zigzag antemedial lines and two similar postmcdial lines; the basal area white-speckled, the 

 outer discal area with white-speckled longitudinal streaks and marginal speckled-lunular 

 line; interspaces between the markings transversely fiisciated with darker brown; some 

 white spots on costal edge near apex : hind wing glossy yellowish-cupreous, with brown 

 marginal band. Cilia white-spotted. liody yellowish-cupreous; thorax in front, head, 

 dorsal and anal tufts darker ; palpi and legs above dark chestnut-brown, banded and speckled 

 with white ; head, thorax, and abdominal tufts white-fringed, a white spot on tegulae. 

 Underside of both wings glossy yellowish-cupreous. 



Expanse 2-^ inches. 



Huh. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



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