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brown, suffused and clouded -with darker brown ; a small black spot 

 in the cell and a white spot at outer end of the cell enclosing a black- 

 brown ring and a brown 8-shaped mark beyond end of the cell; 

 subterminal line pale, costal half bordered inwardly with blackish 

 and followed by some blackish marks; terminal dots black, at ends 

 of the veins. Hind wings whitish, powdered with brown. Under 

 side whitish suffused with fuscous on disc of the fore wings, and 

 sprinkled with brown on the hind wings ; all the wings have a dusky 

 discoidal mark and line beyond. 



Expanse, 23 millim. 



Collection number, 1400. 



Two male specimens in rather poor condition from Kansbirei, 

 April 28tb, 1908, July 7th, 1908. 



Paragona biaugidata, sp. n. 



^ . Pale greyish brown, sprinkled with dark grey ; antemedial 

 line blackish, sinuous ; discoidal mark black, lunular ; postmedial 

 line black, acutely angled at middle and less acutely above middle ; 

 subterminal line dark grey, serrated, indistinct; some blackish clouds 

 on terminal area; terminal line black, interrupted; fringes dark grey, 

 pale at the base. Hind wings pale greyish brown sprinkled with 

 darker grey ; traces of blackish antemedial line, discoidal mark and 

 some clouds on terminal area blackish ; terminal line and fringes as 

 on fore wings. 



? . Similar to the male but somewhat darker in colour. 



Expanse, 16 millim. <? ; 18 millim. ? . 



Collection numbers, 550 and 1361. 



A male specimen, August 15th, 1905, and a female. May 

 29th, 1908 ; both from Kanshirei. There is a specimen from 

 Kanshirei vWileman) in the British Museum. 



SOME KEMARKS ON THECLA MSCULI, Hb. 



By G. T. Bethune-Baker, F.E.S. 



I AM most interested in Mr. Rowland-Brown's valuable paper 

 on Thecla (or, as I think we should call it Strymon) ilicis var. 

 cesculi. I should be thankful for the elucidation of any species of 

 the Ruralidae that could be undertaken in like manner. There 

 is one thing, however, that has set me wondering, that is why 

 Mr. Rowland-Brown says that I retain cssculi as a local form of 

 ilicis * As a matter of fact I do not think I have ever considered 

 the question, and, strange as it may seem, I cannot recollect 

 ever having taken cesculi. I have referred as far as I could, and 



* I was evidently mistaken with regard to Mr. Bethune-Baker's views 

 of the species designated. I have an idea that the identity suggested was 

 derived from an MS. note, but I may be mistaken ; and Mr. Bethune-Baker 

 has now resolved the ambiguity for which I was responsible. — H. R.-B. 



