332 Mr. H. J. Elwes on some 



Rogenhofer), is incorrectly figured,* because in all the 

 other species, as in my own, though it is only con- 

 spicuous in the outer end of the cell, it really extends to 

 the base of the wing, dividing the cell down the middle, 

 and does not terminate in a free end, as shown by West- 

 wood ; and in the drawing of Thijmara zaida by Double- 

 day, which in this one particular is, as I have proved by 

 examination of the type, incorrect (t/. fig. 10). 



Himantopterus ? vel Thymara Doliertyi, sp. nov. 

 Plate X., figs. 1, 2, 4, 7, a^ , 3, 5, 6, 2 . 



(?. Expands '75 in. Length of the hmd wmg, '70 in.; 

 breadth, -12. 



5 . Expands 1'2 in. Length of the hind wing, I'l in. ; 

 breadth, -OS. 



Length of the body, <? '15 in., $ '12 in. Antennae, <? '30, 

 $ -25. 



Antennae of the male broadly pectinate, the pectens minutely 

 hairy, black. Antennae of the female clothed with short spiny hairs, 

 black, yellowish at the base. Head black ; neck and thorax covered 

 with coarse dark orange hairs, which also clothe the breast, base 

 of the wings and abdomen; and in the male, are continued down 

 the upper half of the hind wings, where they apparently take the 

 form of scales. The remainder of the wings are apparently devoid 

 of scales, but clothed with black hairs, thickest on the veins and 

 centre of the hind wing, where they are a good deal mixed with 

 the yellow scales on the veins and inner margin. Towards the 

 end of the hind wing in both sexes a few grey or pale yellowish 

 hairs appear. Fringes of both wings consisting of the same black 

 hairs. Eyes prominent and smooth ; palpi and tongue invisible. 

 Legs black, slightly hairy, with two mniute spurs on the joint of 

 the tibia and tarsus in the hind legs of the male. 



I cannot make out the form of the claspers, as they 

 are thickly clothed with hair. The shape of the hind 

 wing varies considerably in the five male specimens, so 

 I have figured two of the most different, but the two 

 female specimens are exactly alike. 



Found in the Naga Hills at about 5000 ft. elevation in 

 August by W. Doherty. 



'■'- From a drawing made from the type by Mr. M'Lachlan, which 

 he has kindly lent me since the reading of this paper, I find that 

 this surmise is correct. 



