2-12 [Septemlxil-, 



it to the anal angle ; along the apical margin is a distinct brownish-fuscous patch 

 containing from throe to five dark ocollatcd spots ; a dark fuscous line running along 

 the base of the cilia from the anal angle to the apex ; the cilia, with this exception, 

 are very pale oehreous, with a fuscous patch before the anal angle. 



Exp. alar., 16 mm. 



Bind-wings pale tawny-brown, cilia the same colour with a pale oehreous line 

 along their base ; a fringe of long scales near the abdominal margin runs from the 

 base along the first vein. 



Abdomen pale oehreous, a dark fuscous band running down the centre, dilated 

 at the base and posteriorly, it does not reach the penultimate segments. 



Legs, posterior pair pale oehreous, banded with brownish-fuscous above the 

 spurs and on the tarsal joints ; spurs equal in length and tinged with brown above. 



Sah. : Cetlon, Pundaloya, one specimen bred from a larva on 

 Argyreia (E. E. Green). 



Type, cJ, Mus, Wlsm. 



The falcate apex of the fore-wings is clearly defined by a strong 

 line at the base of the cilia, and the deep scallops in the margins of 

 the hind-wings are also clearly shown by a pale line, which follows the 

 outline, between veins 2 and 3 the margin is straightened in contrast 

 with the concave outline above and below it. 



I am indebted to Mr. Green for the following notes :— 



" The larva feeds between the unoxpanded leaves of Argyreia. Colour pale 

 dull green tinged with dull purple. A double, short, transverse ridge on each seg- 

 ment ending on each side in a short tubercle, each tipped with a single curved 

 bristle. An interrupted pale subdorsal line, followed by a small black spot on the 

 5th to 12th segments. A well-defined fringe of soft hairs below the spiracles. The 

 fourth segment is the largest. Legs 16. Length, 5 mm." 



Steganodactyla connexiva, sp. nov. 



AntenncB whitish. 



Palpi whitish ; apical joint tinged with chestnut-brown externally ; a narrow 

 streak of the same colour on the outer side of the middle joint. 



Head white in front, with brown scales behind. 



Thorax snow-white, the anterior and posterior margins chestnut-brown. 



Fore-wings snow-white along the middle from the base to the apex, costal and 

 dorsal margins chestnut-brown, varied with brownish-fuscous, especially on the outer 

 half of the wing ; the brown costal band is dilated outwardly from the base to the 

 end of the cell, where it slightly interrupts the white ground-colour of the wing by 

 meeting the apex of a triangular projection arising from the dorsal band ; a similar 

 projection arises from the dorsal band before the middle, but does not quite reach 

 the costal band ; the apical margin is narrowly ferruginous-brown, interrupted only 

 at the extreme apex, whore it almost joins the costo-apical cilia, which are of the 

 same colour ; the white space before the apex is slightly streaked and mottled with 

 brown scales ; cilia goldcu-brown, with a dark ferruginous-brown shade along the 

 basal half, which is interrupted on the dorsal margin. Exp. alar., 17 rum. 



