On new Species of Eastern Lepidoptera. 429 



LV. — New Species of Eastern Lepidoptera. 

 By Col. C. Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., V.P.E.S. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



Nympsaliwje. 

 Genus Cynthia, Fabr. 



Cynthia pura, sp. n. 



$ . Ferruginous ochreous, much paler anfl brighter than 

 even the Andaman form of C. erota ; markings similar. 

 Hind wings with a slight angle in place of the usual tail ; 

 palpi and frons crimson. Underside brightly coloured, the 

 basal third tinged with crimson and with the sinuous lines 

 crimson. 



2 . Tail less like that of the male, with a broad white band 

 across both wings, limited by the interior and submarginal 

 lines on fore wings and the interior line and transverse dark 

 shade, which extends from costa near apex to anal angle on 

 hind wings ; the basal portion of this wing is also more or less 

 suffused with white, and the basal and outer portions of both 

 wings suffused with ochreous, the suffusion bright and clear 

 on the outer portion of the hind wings ; palpi and frons tinged 

 with crimson. Underside paler and more yellow than in the 

 male, the basal third tinged and marked with crimson as in 

 the male. 



Expanse of wings, <$ $ , 4£ inches. 

 Cherra Punji. Three males, one female. 



Genus Paethenos, Hiibner. 

 Parthenos nella, sp. n. 



(J . Markings much as in P. virens, Moore, both above and 

 below, the black macular inner bands on the upperside of 

 the hind wings of virens being replaced by broad complete 

 bands, becoming conical towards the costa, as in P. gambrisius, 

 Fabr. ; but the colour is quite different, being dark green- 

 black above, with no blue whatever in it. Underside pale 

 blue-green on the basal half, almost exactly with the tint of 

 the underside of P. lilacinus, Butler. 



■Expanse of wings 4 inches. 



Sandakan, Borneo. A fine series, all males. 



With a tint of coloration quite different to any species of 

 the genus Parthenos known to me. 



