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EHOPALOCERA MALAYAN A. 



2. Loxura Cassiopeia. 



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Fig. m^. — Loxura Cassiopeia, g . 



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i lu. ti'J. — Lojrura Cassiopeia, 5 . 



LoxKi-a Cassiopeia, Distant, Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. xiv. p. 200 (1884). 



Male. Wings above dark reddish ochraceous ; anterior wings with the 

 costal mar^'iu (as far as subcostal nervure) and the outer margin (broadest at 

 apex) fuscous or black, the base tinged with olivaceous-brown ; posterior wings 

 with the outer margin fuscous (darkest at apex), the fringe ochraceous, the base 

 and abdominal area more or less olivaceous-brown, the tail-like appendage 

 ochraceous, with an obscure central reddish line, and the apex whitish. Wings 

 beneath bright ochraceous, with the following brownish spots : — anterior wings 

 with one about centre of cell, three disco-cellular and contiguous at end of cell, 

 and beyond these are two separated by the second subcostal nervule ; a waved 

 macular discal band and a submarginal series of very small and somewhat 

 obsolete spots : posterior wings with some obscure basal spots, a macular band 

 crossing disk, but not extending below third median nervule, and a submarginal 

 series of small obscure spots as on anterior wing. Body above fuscous, beneath 

 greyish ; legs and palpi blackish, speckled with greyish. 



Female. Eesembling the male, but with the posterior wings above shaded 

 with fuscous, which is darkest on the costal and outer margins. 



Exp. wings, <? and 2 , 34 to 35 millim. 



Hab. — Malay Peninsula ; Perak (Kiinstler — Calc. Mus.). 



The nearest ally of this species is the L. prahlia, Moore, from the Andaman Islands. 



marciana. (Tab. XXIII., fig. 16 $ .) 



Myrina marciana, Hewitson, 111. Diuru. Lep. p. 84, u. 22, t. 12, f. 12, 13 (1863); Butl. Trans. Liun. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 549, n. 4 (1877). 



The figure here given is taken from the Malaccan specimen contained in the British 

 Museum, and referred to as above by Mr. Butler. I have since examined this specimen, and 

 find it is considerably mutilated, and that it should in a perfect condition possess two 

 tail-like appendages to the posterior wings. It thus evidently belongs to the genus Tajuria, 

 but I have thought it better to merely refer to the figure on this occasion, and to endeavour 

 to obtain perfect specimens to allow of a proper description in the subsequent appendix to 

 this volume. 



