346 Dr. L. Melichar. 



Length of the body 2^2 ü^es, of the wings 7 lines. 



North India. 



Scheint keine Ricaniide zu sein und dürfte in die Gattung Seli:[a gehören. 



Paria Walk. 



Rkania vana Walk, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., X, pag. 155, 190 (1870). 



(f. Nigra, fronte tricarinata, facie fulva, prothorace unicarinato; mesothorace tri- 

 carinato, pedibus testaceis femoribus nigris, alis anticis nigricantibus strigis costalibus 

 lanceolatis, plagis quinque guttisque marginalibus pellucidis, alis posticis nigricanti- 



cinereis. 



cf. Black. Vertex very short, almost hidden by the prothorax; front very much 

 broader than long, with a slightly elevated border and with three slight keels; the keel 

 on each side curved outward, very remote from the middle one; face tawny, triangulär. 

 Prothorax arched, six times as broad as long, with a middle keel. Mesothorax with three 

 keels; the keel on each side connected with the middle one on the fore border, and 

 diverging from ithindward. Legs testaceous; femora black. Fore wings blackish; some 

 transverse lanceolate vitreous costal streaks; a vitreous patch on the middle of the costa; 

 an oblique interrupted band composed of four vitreous patches; marginal dots vitreous, 

 two near the tip elongated and of large size; three lines of transverse veins, first and 

 second irregulär, first bent inward, third regulär; marginal veins not forked, excepting 

 onewhich is apical. Hind wings blackish cinereous; an irregulär line of tarnsverse veins; 

 three forked marginal veins, first and second with long forks, third (apical) with a 

 short fork. 



Length of the body 2 lines, of the wings 6 lines. 



Plores. 



venosa Walk. 



Nogodina venosa Walk., Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool., X, pag. 169, 216 (1870). 



9. Testacea, vertice nigro-sexguttato, fronte tricarinata nigro octoguttata carinis 

 lateralibus nigris, facie annulo fusiformi nigro, prothorace vittis duabus nigris vittisque 

 duabus exterioribus piceis, mesothorace bicarinato, vittis quatuor, maculis duabus 

 punctisque quatuor nigris, pectore nigro-guttato, femoribus macula subapicali nigra, 

 tibiis tarsisque apice nigris, alis pellucidis, alis anticis venis nigris, venis marginalibus 

 furcatis nigricante nebulosis venis, transversis nonnullis testaceis, stigmate nigricante. 



§. Testaceus. Head forming an oblique angle on each side between the eyes; 

 Vertex arched, six times as broad as long, with four black dots in a transverse line; a 

 black dot on each side above the eye; front nearly twice as long as broad, slightly 

 rounded towards the face, with slightly elevated sides, with a black dot near the summit, 

 with three elongated black dots on each side, and with three keels: of these the middle 

 one is abbreviated, and is more slight than the lateral keels, which are black and con- 

 verge from the summit towards the face; face with two black stripes, which form a fusi- 

 form ringlet and occupy the whole of the apical part. Prothorax much arched, with two 

 black stripes, and with exterior piceous stripes, which diverge towards the hind border. 

 Mesothorax with two keels, which are united in front and diverge hindvvard; two black 

 stripes between the keels, and on each side an interrupted black stripe, a black spot, 

 and two black point. Pectus with several black dots. Femora with a black spot near 

 the tips; libiae and tarsi with black tips, the former with a black band near the base. 

 Wings vitreous. Fore wings with seven lines of transverse veins; first and second lines 



