POKPIIYRITIS.— SYLLYTIIRA.— -P.DIOUES.— SAMEA. L'l)7 



Family EXN YCTT T 1)/E. 



(iciius I'Olirin IMIIS, HiiOner. 



PoKrilVlMTIS SIKKl.MA, II. sp. 



Allied to P. imuiceaVts, of Europe. Fore wing duik imiiilish-browii. with ii ivd-oclire- 

 ous lower basal triangular patch, a transverse discal irregularly-recurved constricted band, 

 and a very small spot at ujtper end of the cell : liind wing dark < ujirescent-brown, w ith an 

 ochreous-yellow short medial transverse irregularly-clavate broad band. Cilia alternately 

 edged with ochreous-yellow. T5ody, head, and palpi above pur[)lish-bn)wu : thorax with a 

 few rcddish-ochreous scales ; legs brownish above ; base of pal[)i, body, and legs beneatli 

 pale ochreous. 



Expanse f\7 incli. 



llah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Conns SYLLYTIIRA, Utilmcr. 



SVI.LVTUUA BICOLOR, n. sp. 



Fore wins? deep purple : hind wing cinereous-white. Thorax, front of head, and palpi 

 above deep purple ; base of palpi, pectus, body above and beneath, and legs cinereous- 

 white. 



Expanse, 6 r.,, ? i-r inch. 



Jlab. Assam {Atkinson); Calcutta [Rothneij). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Diii'ers from .S'. imbutalis, which has a more regularly triangular form of fore wing, the 

 hind win<T beino- yellowish, with some indistinct marginal brown dots, the y)alpi ochreous, 

 and the legs red. 



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Family A S O P 1 1 D .E. 



Genus .^DIODES, Giien. 

 TEdiodes abstkus.vlis, n. sp. 

 Male and female. Violaceous-brown. Both wings with similarly-disposed markings, 

 as in ^. inscifalis ; these are indistinctly defined, and are of a pale violaceous tint on the 

 fore wing, and are mostly covered with brownish scales on the hind wing, whereas in yE. 

 mscitalis the markings are prominently semidiaphanous and of a pale yellow colour, (ilia 

 also darker. 



Expanse yo ii^^h. 



Had. Calcutta. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Genus SAMEA, GuAi. 

 Samea quisquigera, n. sp. (Plate VII. fig. 11.) •>, 



Cinereous-brown, iridescent : fore wing with some yellow streaks bordering a trans- 

 verse antemedial brown line ; a yellow (juadrate spot in middle of the cell two small 



