70 JIE. F. MOOEE ON THE OPHIDEEIN^ OF THE INDIAN EEGION. 



transverse strig^ ; veins black-speckled ; a narrow blackish antemedian line and an 

 oblique postmedian line from the apex, each with paler inner border, the latter also 

 bordered externally at the apical end with green speckles ; a small black orbicular spot, 

 and distinct green-speckled reniform mark ; a small black subbasal spot and cluster of 

 green speckles. Hind wing ochreous-yellow, the base tinged with brown ; a narrow 

 curved black submarginal band (entirely separated from the outer margin), and a short 

 broader bilobed discal band. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs above dark ochreous-brown, 

 abdomen ochreous-yellow. 



Female. Fore wing ochreous-green, numerously covered with red-brown delicate 

 strigse, transverse lines red-brown ; some greyish-speckled spots towards the apex and 

 on the disk, and a similarly coloured marginal patch from posterior angle. Hind wing 

 and body as in male. 



Expanse 4 inches. 



Hah. India {Simla, Darjiling, Bombay) ; China {Shanr/hai) ; Japan. 



" Taken in forests at Simla ; disturbed from the thickets in broad daylight it dashes 

 off very suddenly and swiftly with a blind headlong flight, like a frightened owl." 

 {Major A. M. Lamj, MS. Notes.) 



Adeis kutilus, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing ferruginous, crossed by darker wavy greyish-bordered fascife ; an 

 indistinct antemedian transverse line and a prominent postmedian oblique black line ; 

 a cluster of green speckles near the base, another on reniform mark, and a few along 

 outer border of the oblique line. Hind wing orange-yellow, an elongated narrow curved 

 black submarginal band, and a small short black lobate discal spot. Thorax, head, 

 palpi, and fore legs in front ferruginous ; abdomen above and beneath, and legs yellow. 



Expanse 3^ inches. 



Eah. Ceylon. In coll. Dr. Thwaites and F. Moore. 



" Larva feeds on Menispermacese." {I)r. Thwaites, MS. Note.) 



PuRBiA, n. gen. 



Both sexes with shorter wings ; fore wings broad, the exterior margin straight below 

 the apex, oblique, even, lobe of hind margin very broad, more so than in any other of 

 the group, the excavation being also very concave. Palpi similar to those in A. tijrannus, 

 but the second joint broad at its apex ; fore tibise very densely tufted. 



