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extending to middle, margined above by an oclireous-yellow streak, four 

 ochreous-yellow streaks from dorsum terminating in posterior portion of this 

 violet streak, first incurved ; two oblique violet streaks from costa at ^ and \ 

 curved at extremities so as to meet in middle of disc, enclosing an ochreous- 

 yellow dot above the loop : two violet lines rising together from a white dot on 

 costa at I and running to dorsum posteriorly, first nearly straight, second 

 strongly curved outwards in disc so as to enclose a space in which are two 

 longitudinal ochreous-yellow marks ; a rather curved violet line from a white 

 dot on costa at 4 to dorsum before tornus ; a narrow fulvous-yellow fascia 

 round apex and along termen to tornus, enclosing a series of seven black dots, 

 of which the uppermost is large and subtriangular, the second blue-centred : 

 cilia violet, tips coppery on lower part of termen. Hindwings dark fuscous, 

 cilia whitish-grey, with a dark fuscous basal line, tips pale violet. 

 Peradeniya, Ceylon, in April (Green) ; one specimen. 



Hilarographa hermatodes, n. sp. 



9. 17 mm, Head golden-yellowish. Palpi yellowish, second joint with a 

 fuscous median band. Antennas fuscous. Thorax bronzy-fuscous, patagia 

 orange-red edged with leaden-grey. Abdomen pale ochreous mixed with 

 fuscous. Forewings elongate, posteriorly dilated, costa slightly arched, apex 

 rounded-obtuse, termen hardly oblique, rather deeply sinuate beneath apex ; 

 7 and 8 separate ; very deep reddish-orange ; markings dark leaden, costal edge 

 between them yellow ; supramedian, plical, subdorsal, and dorsal streaks from 

 base, all except dorsal terminated in an incurved transverse streak from 

 dorsum before middle, not reaching beyond uppermost, dorsal extended fur- 

 ther, base yellowish between them : six streaks from costa, first three rather 

 broad, first from near base, first two abruptly angulated round apex of supra- 

 median streak and continued as incurved lines to near dorsum where they 

 unite, third receiving above middle five similar paralleled lines from dorsum, the 

 first of which is dilated on fold and contains two dots of ground colour, fourth 

 and fifth costal streaks approximated and continued as a single sinuate blackish 

 line to tornus, sixth light blue and recurved to a yellow dot on costa close 

 before apex, inside this loop is a yellow wedgeshaped costal mark ; four 

 blackish dots near termen on lower half ; a violet-blue mark along termen 

 below middle, its terminal edge finely pale yellow : cilia shiniag leaden-grey, 

 with a blackish basal line, and a whitish spot on subapical sinuation. Hind- 

 wings reddish-fulvous suffused with fuscous, with a broad dark fuscous 

 terminal and dorsal band, leaving terminal edge fulvous round apex and upper 

 half of termen ; a suffused elongate patch of orange-yellowish in middle of 

 disc ; cilia orange-yellowish, with a blackish basal line, round apex infuscated, 



Kandy, Ceylon, in May (G-reen, Alston) ; two specimens. 



Hilarographa merinthias, n. sp. 



$. 18 20 mm. Head orange. Palpi light orange, towards base violet- 

 whitish anteriorly. Antennse dark fuscous, strongly ciliated. Thorax orange- 

 fulvous more or less suffused with fuscous, longitudinally striped with leaden- 



