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femora with a reddish tuft of hairs ; middle and hind tarsi with 

 yellowish bands and marks ; middle tibiae with a long and a short 

 spur at the end ; hind tibiae with two long and two shorter spm's 

 (about half the length), one long and one short from each root. 

 Anal tuft long, thick, bright blue-black above and below, and with 

 a bright orange spot below ; all the long spm's are brownish, and 

 the short ones white. 



The female is of the same general description but of an alto- 

 gether duller colour, inclining to bronzy greenish. Expanse of 

 wings, 1^ inch. Length of the body to tips of anal tuft, -fg inch. 



Eangoon, July and August, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 



Allied to S. regale, Butler, from Japan ; differs in the 

 colour of the wings and antennae, being black and yellow 

 instead of brown and black, and in the body being 

 differently marked. 



28. Sciapteron jiicunda, n. sp. 



(J. Palpi pure ochreous, curved, rising as high as the top 

 of the head, well clothed, third joint short. Antennae ochreous 

 brown, smooth, slightly falcate. Eyes black. Top of head and body 

 dark greenish brown ; a band on the collar in front greyish, with a 

 bluish band behind it ; a dark ochreous band on each side of the 

 neck. Thorax and abdomen unmarked, except for some crimson 

 marks on the sides of the abdomen near the tip ; anal tuft long, 

 thick, and deep crimson. Fore wings more rounded at the tips than 

 in S. nohlei, well clothed, and of a bronzy brown, with purplish 

 reflections. Hind wings hyaline, veins brown, a brown band 

 closing the cell, outer margin brown, fringe on both wings of the 

 same colour. Under side, wings duller. Body blue black ; a yellow 

 j)atch in the centre of the thorax near the base, and a yellow spot 

 on each segment of the abdomen. Legs blue-black, less clothed 

 than in S. noblei ; fore tarsi yellow ; middle tibiie with a long and 

 a short spur together at the end, and with a crimson tuft ; middle 

 tarsi yellowish on the lower portions ; hind tibiae with two sets of 

 spurs, a long and short one to each set, and with two crimson tufts 

 of hair above ; hind tarsi grey with whitish marks ; all the long 

 spurs brownish, and the short ones white. Expanse of wings, 1^ 

 inch. Length of body to tip of anal tuft, 1^ inch. 



Eangoon, June and July, 1888. In coll. Swinhoe. 

 Differs chiefly from the preceding species by its bright 

 crimson anal tuft. 



