VI. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPEClEvS 



OF THE GENUS PS E U DO P H A E A { = 



E U P H AE A , SELYS) FROM WESTERN 



INDIA WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE 



SECTION DI SPA R OF THE GENUS. 



By F. F. Laidlaw, M.A . 



Pseudophaea fraseri, sp. n. 



1 ^ Talcwadi, near Castle Rock, N. Kanara Dist., Oct. 3-10, 1916. ^^ 

 S. Kemp. 



5 ^ (^ (One of these is the type (^) Castle Rock, N. Kanara Dist., ^^^^ 



Oct. 1016. S. Kemp, 

 i 9 (Allotype) Castle Rock, N. Kanara Dist., Oct. 1916. -^^° 

 S. Kemp. 



6 Wings relatively long and narrow, the hinder-wing markedly 

 shorter than the fore-wing, and with its apex very regularly 

 rounded. That of fore wing by comparison more pointed (see 

 text-fig.). Length of fore-wing 35 mm , greatest breadth 6-5 mm. 

 at a point just mid-way between pterostigma and nodus. 



Length of hinder-wing 32 mm., greatest breadth 6-5 mm. 

 attained at level of proximal end of pterostigma, which is about 

 4 mm. long on both wings. Both pairs of wings have a yellow- 

 ish tinge, deepest at the base of the hinder pair ; most marked 

 in the type cf which is apparently the most mature of the 

 speciinens. 



The apical third or thereabouts of the hinder wing is opaque , 

 brownish-black, with rather a violet reflex. The inner margin of 

 the opaque area runs transversely straight across the wing at right 

 angles to the long axis of the wing. The transition from the 

 opaque to the transparent is almost abrupt, in the type there is a 

 shading off of colour over a width of about i mm. The opaque 

 area of the type is about 10 mm. long. In another specimen it 

 is about 8-5 mm., and in this individual the total length of the 

 hinder- wing is 31 mm. 



Pterostigma 4 mm., nodal indicator tIIII. 



Head : Upper and posterior surfaces black, except the base of 

 the labrum, genae and bases of the mandibles which are bluish- 

 white. Labial structures white tipped with black. 



Prothorax : Black with a pair of transversely oval, bluish- 

 white spots on either side of the pronotum. 



Synthorax . Mesepisterna and dorsal surface generally rich 

 velvety black. On either side of the mid-dorsal carina is a bluish- 



