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Chalcosiid£e. 



Laurion zehra^ sp. n. 



Allied to L. ohliquaria of Borneo and Malacca ; primaries 

 black, with a > -shaped blue marking at basal third of costa, 

 followed by a broad, oblique, snow-white, externally blue- 

 edged belt from costa to external angle ; veins beyond the 

 belt bluish ; a blue and white subbasal dot : secondaries 

 reddish orange, with the base, costa, and a rather broad 

 external border black ; a strongly dentated greenish-blue 

 marginal stripe ; thorax black ; head dotted with blue and 

 white ; abdomen dull black, regularly banded with creamy 

 wdiite. Wings below somewhat as above, but the primaries 

 with one or two subbasal blue-edged white spots, an oblique 

 lunulated bluish stripe just before the middle, ajjical area 

 greenish blue, with black longitudinal stripes between the 

 veins ; secondaries with a pale blue basal spot ; the dentated 

 blue margin covering the outer half of the external border. 

 Pectus black, spotted with bluish white; venter broadly banded 

 with white. Expanse of wings 68 millim. 



At once separable from L. ohliquaria by the great width and 

 white colour of the belt across the primaries, and the absence 

 of the black spot on the orange area of the secondaries. 



Euschemidae. 

 PancetJiia simulans^ sp. n. 



Has the general aspect of Ophthalmis decipiensj but is of a 

 paler blue-grey colour ; the wings are crossed by four oblique 

 series of black markings, the first consisting of unequal oval 

 spots, the third much the largest, but those on the secondaries 

 subconfluent ; the second series consists of two reversed curved 

 lines united by cross lines at the extremities upon the costal 

 margin and the first median branch ; below this is a pyriforra 

 spot on the internal border, followed by a squamose black line 

 across the secondaries ; the third series consists of unequal 

 oval spots, the second and fifth large and double on all the 

 wings; lastly, a series of elongated black spots gradually 

 lengthening and widening towards the costa of the primaries, 

 where they unite so as to represent the black border on the 

 • Ophthalmis ; body blue-grey, thorax banded with dull grey • 

 abdomen with the last three segments bright ochreous. Wino-s 

 below duller than above, the black markings badly defined ; 

 pectus grey 5 venter bright ochreous. Expanse of wings 

 48 millim. 



A more elegantly formed species than P. georgiata and 

 differently marked. 



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