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B. Fore wing spotted or fasciate. 



a. Abdomen red, with dark bar and anal segment ::=latipes, Wlk. .. 



b. Abdomen yellow, with two dark bands = bimaculata, Wlsm. ';< 



[Pl.ii.] 

 coccinea, n. s. 



Alee anticse coccinise, strigula discali post medium furcata nitide 

 violaceo-fusca ; ciliis nigrescentibus. Alae posticas nigrae, costa ex 

 basi ultra medium anguste miniata. Capite, antennis, palpis, 

 thorace, abdomiine et tibiis nigris. 



AntenncB black. Palpi black ; the basal joint and inner side of 

 lower part of 2nd joint greyish. Head and tJiorax black, the 

 latter somewhat iridescent. Fore wings bright scarlet ; a small 

 spot at the base of the costa and a more elongate small space at 

 the base of the dorsal margin black ; a violaceous-fuscous metallic 

 streak at the end of the cell, about equidistant between the costal 

 and dorsal margins, is bifurcate outwards, and below this a few 

 black scales are traceable along the lines of the veins which run to 

 the lower half of the apical margin ; cilia blackish. Hind wings 

 and cilia black, the costal margin from the base to beyond the 

 middle rosy pink. Under side of fore and hind wings bright 

 red, the apical margin and outer half of fore wings, except 

 the costal portion, obliquely suffused with fuscous, the hind wings 

 with a broad fuscous border extending from the base to the apex 

 around the abdominal and apical margins. Abdomen and legs 

 black. Exp. al. 15 mm. 

 Hab. Sikkim. 



A single specimen, for which 1 am indebted to the 

 kindness of Mynheer P. C. T. Snellen, was collected by 

 Mr. H. J. Elwes. 



Type, <? , Mus. Wlsm. 



[PL vi., fig. 3.] 

 tarsella, n. s. 



Capite nigro. Antennis nigris ultra medium late squamatis. 

 [Palpi et abdomen desunt.] Thorace coccineo. Alis anticis 

 coccineis, nigro venatis, margine dorsali sub plica nigrescenti. 

 Alis posticis dilutioribus, nigro marginatis. Tibiis nigris, tarsis 

 albo annulatis, calcaribus nigris. 



Antenna: black, thickly fringed with long scales to beyond the 

 middle. Palpi [missing.] Head black. Thorax deep scarlet. 

 Foi'e ivings deep scarlet, the veins marked with lines of blackish 



