74 Colonel C. Svvinlioe on new 



dorsal black dots. Underside: both wings pale pinkish red, 

 hinder marginal space of fore wing glistening white, the base 

 and abdominal half of hind wing whitish ; body and legs 

 white ; npperside of legs pinkish red. 



Expanse of wings, ? , 11 inch. 



Bab. Palhi Hills, Bandora, near Bombay. 



Aeontia doherlyi, nov. 



$ . Palpi yellow, its upperside dark brown ; head, thorax, 

 and fore wing bright clear yellow, very uniform in colour : fore 

 wing with the markings dark chocolate-brown, costal line 

 chocolate-brown, subbasal line hardly visible, antemedial line 

 inwardly curved obliquely from the costa, one-third from the 

 apex, then inwardly curved to the hinder margin one-third 

 from the hinder angle, forming a very acute angle above its 

 micfdle, its point continued to the outer margin below the apex; 

 a curved line from the eosta before the apex to the end of the 

 other line below the apex; postmedial line similar in shape, its 

 point with a line connecting it with the antemedial line at its 

 middle; a spot at the upper end of the cell, a fine anteciliary 

 line, and dark chocolate-brown cilia : hind wing yellowish 

 white, without markings ; cilia pale chocolate-brown. Under- 

 side : both wings yellowish white, without markings. 



Expanse of wings lj*,- inch. 



Hah. Sambawa Island, west of Java {Doherty). 



Aeontia talauta, nov. 



<$ . Palpi, head, thorax, and fore wing dark chrome- 

 yellow : fore wing with the lines rufous, antemedial line very 

 acutely outwardly angled to a point on the median vein, then 

 inwardly oblique to the hinder margin at the basal third ; 

 postmedial line similarly shaped, commencing on the costa 

 near the apex and ending on the hinder margin a little beyond 

 the middle ; a slightly curved short line from the costa one- 

 fourth from the apex, almost parallel with the upper part of 

 the postmedial line; a black dot close to the apex of the 

 wing, the outer marginal space broadly suffused with dark 

 red-brown, its inner side irregular and highly curved; much 

 as in A. transversa, Guen. ; outer margin of the wing with a 

 line of yellow lunules, cilia dark brown : hind wing yellowish 

 white, nearly white, no markings, marginal line yellow and 

 sinuous, cilia brown. Underside pale yellowish grey, the 

 hinder marginal space of the fore wing and inner portion of 



