6 Mr. A. G. Butler on a 



lated ; the maggot-like spot of primaries as long as in 

 A. vesta ; the disc of all the wings blackish-olivaceous ; 

 internal boi'der of primaries, towards the external angle, 

 clay-coloured ; collar pale testaceous, with whitish pos- 

 terior border ; secondaries much produced at anal angle : 

 expanse of wings 4 inches 8 lines to 5 inches 7 lines. 



One male and three females. There are also specimens 

 in Mr. Mooi*e's collection. 



Hypocala violacea, n. sp. 



Allied to H. deflorata, much larger ; primaries ferru- 

 ginous, shot with violet, striolated with blackish, a pale 

 patch at apex, a large quadrate patch at the end of the 

 cell and the outer border not shot with violet, a small 

 black-centred greenish ocellus near external angle, fringe 

 brown ; secondaries black-brown, becoming smokv-brown 

 near the costa, costal border sericeous Avhite, pale spots 

 and streaks nearly as in H. deflorata, but bright orange 

 and all separate, fringe red-brown, becoming ochreous at 

 anal angle ; thorax red-brown, speckled with black, and 

 with a faint lilac gloss ; abdomen black, banded Avith 

 orange ; anal tuft brown, orange at the base ; primaries 

 below ochreous, with pale internal area, costal and ex- 

 ternal borders and apex brownish clay-colour speckled 

 Avith black, two abbreviated black belts, the first central, 

 the second discal ; secondaries ochreous, with the costa 

 and apical half brownish clay-colour, striolated Avith black- 

 ish ; a black spot at the base of the median branches, and 

 an oblique abbreviated black belt firom the second median 

 branch to the anal angle ; pectus and base of venter 

 Avhitish speckled Avith blackish, remainder of venter red- 

 brown, gradually increasing in intensity to the extremity 

 and speckled with black : expanse of Avings 1 inch 

 10 lines. 



Tavo examples. If there AA-ere any doubt as to this 

 being distinct from highly-coloured and large examples of 

 H. deJJorata, the pattern of the undersurface would at 

 once decide their entire distinctness. 



Hyponomeuta Assamejisis, n. sp. 



Primaries sericeous greyish-brown, two black divergent 

 basal streaks; a long black streak divided in the centre by 

 the discocellulars ; a black streak beloAv the cell, and beloAv 

 it three large black spots nearly in a line ; a black internal 



