THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. LI.] SEPTEMBEE, 1918. [No. 66i 



A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS PARALLELIA, 

 HtJBN., PROM THE PHILIPPINES. 



By a. E. Wileman and Eichard South. 



Sect. 3. Termen of hind wing in the male strongly lobed 

 about middle, thus agreeing with the Steiiopis section of the 

 genus Anna, Walker. 



Parallelia postica, sp. n. 



^. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark olive-brown, becoming 

 greyish-brown towards anal extremity of the abdomen. Fore wings 

 dark olive-brown to the postmedial line and apex ; costa marked with 

 pale brown towards apex ; medial band broad, whitish, clouded with 

 brownish, the inner edge straight and the outer edge incurved, a 

 black dot between veins 5 and 6 ; postmedial line whitish, outwardly 

 oblique to vein 6, thence incurved to dorsum, terminating close to 

 outer edge of the medial band ; apical area beyond oblique portion 

 of postmedial line dark olive-brown, terminal area paler brown ; sub- 

 terminal line darker, wavy; terminal line blackish, indistinct ; black 

 dots on termen between the veins ; fringes slightly paler than the 

 terminal area. Hind wings olive-brown, of a paler shade than fore 

 wings, traversed by an oblique whitish band, the edges of which are 

 diffused ; terminal area paler brown, a black spot between veins 2-3 

 and a whitish dot above it ; terminal line and fringes as on fore 

 wings. Under side ochreous-brown, powdered with darker brown, 

 except on lower half of medial area of fore wings ; clouded with 

 blackish on terminal and basal areas of fore wings, and on terminal 

 area of hind wings ; all wings have a blackish discal dot and three 

 transverse lines beyond. 



9 • Similar to the male in marking, but the termen of hind 

 wings are not lobed ; the areas beyond subterminal line and also the 

 fringes are greyish on all wings, and the black dots on termen of fore 

 wings more distinct. 



Expanse, 84 mm. 



Haight's Place, Pauai, subprov, Benguet, Luzon (7000 ft.) 

 A male specimen taken on the 1st and a female on the 2nd 

 of Decemher, 1912. 



In colour and marking comes nearest to P. crameri, Moore. 



ENTOM. SEPTEMBER, 1918. S 



