Descriptions of New Species of the Pierine. 151 

 Daptoneura nigricosta, sp. n. (Plate X, fig. 8.) 



Allied to lysimnia, Crm., but differing from all the species in this 

 genus in the costal streak on fore-wing below. 



Upperside : — Fore-wing white, apex and outer margin brownish- 

 black, the basal half of costa powdered with black to before the 

 end of cell. Hind-wing white with a brownish-black distal border 

 2 mm. wide which is slightly produced at the intraneural folds. 



Underside : — Fore-wing white, apical area paler than above and 

 bearing a round yellow spot in cellule 6 and a smaller one in 8, 

 three indistinct whitish spots in 3, 4 and 5. An oblong brownish - 

 black patch at end of cell, joining the costa and produced along it 

 to its base and entering the cell for its entire length. Hind-wing 

 lemon yellow with a brownish -black distal margin 4 mm. wide from 

 vein 7 to the inner margin ending at a point beyond the first sub- 

 median. Length of fore-wing 31 mm. 



Type, a ^, with no locality, in the collection of J. J. 

 Joicev. 



Explanation of Plate X. 



[See Explanation facing the Plate.] 



