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the space between it and the lower part of the cell more or less dark black ; a 

 recnrved discal lunular similar duplex line, and a dusky brown-bordered submargiual 

 zigzag fascia, the latter longitudinally streaked with black below the apex ; a marginal 

 row of grey bordered black lunules ; an indistinct black streak at base of the costa ; 

 an orbicular spot and reniform mark of raised black scales : hindwing semitrans- 

 parent, pale purplish bluish-white, with broad dusky black marginal band. Body 

 dark brown, thoracic crest fringed with black, base ochreous. 



Variety. With the markings less distinct, the ground colour dusky black, the 

 portion of the markings on posterior border and before the apex bordered with pale 

 ochreous. 



Female brownish-ochreous, brightest on basal area, with black longitudinal 

 streaks from base, the lines on posterior margin indistinct, the discal area from 

 middle of costa to below the apex dusky black, the streaks at apex and posterior 

 angle bordered with ochreous. Body ochreous. 



Expanse If inch. 



STICTOPTERA SUBOBLiaUA (Plate 159, Fig. 4, 4a, \h,i 2 . larva). 

 Steiria subobliqua. Walker, Catal. Lep. Het. B. M. xiii. p. 1136 (1857). 



Male: forewing pale purplish greyish-ochreous, with purplish-brown costal 

 streaks, of which the antemedial and apical are lai'ge, the apical being also streaked 

 with black ; a similar coloured posterior band with irregularly angulated inner 

 border, extending from base of wing to middle of exterior margin, and which contain 

 traces of black transverse sinuous lines ; below the cell is a black streak extending 

 from the base to lower median vein : hindwing purplish-white, semi-diaphanous, with 

 broad, blackish-brown outer band ; cilia white. Body purplish greyish-ochreous ; 

 middle and front of thorax, head, palpi, and forelegs purplish-brown ; middle and 

 hind legs greyish-ochreous ; tarsi with brown bands. 



Female : forewing pale purplish-ochreous, basal half darkest and defined by an 

 oblique transverse waved slender medial black line; crossed by some indistinct; basal, 

 medial, and discal sinuous blackish lines, the outer hues being most distinct hindward ; 

 a marginal row of black lunular points ; some incomplete black streaks from the 

 apex; orbicular and reniform marks indistinctly defined by pale bordered black 

 raised scales, the raised scales extending to outer margin : hindwing as in male. 

 Thorax with a black streak in front. 



Expanse, c? If, 2 l-J- inch. 



Larva with sixteen legs ; dusky olive-green ; head and anal segments yellowish ; 

 third to sixth segment ochreous above ; with a dusky brown dorsal and subbasal 

 bands, and a sublateral row of black spots. Pupa dull purphsh-red. 



" Feeds on Garciuia." {Dr. Thwaites.) 

 VOL. III. ^ 



