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Trichomaplata vittata. 



Sp. Ch. — Head and thorax ashy grey ; abdomen ferruginous ; an- 

 terior wings pinkish white, with a deep ferruginous mark on the an- 

 terior margin near the costa, and a strong ferruginous vitta extending 

 from the shoulder to the posterior angle of the outer margin ; posterior 

 wings subdiaphanous, with the inner margin fulvous. 



Hab. Brazil. In the collection of the British Museum. 



Fam. Hyponomeutid^. 



3. Palparia, n. g. 



Palpi large ; penultimate joint with a large triangular patch of 

 scales extending horizontally ; terminal joint recurved : thorax broad, 

 slightly depressed : anterior wings oval, apex acute ; posterior wings 

 broad, ciliated ; apex acutely oval : posterior tibice large and broad. 



Palparia Lambertella. 



Sp. Ch. — Thorax and anterior wings of a rose-pink colour, with 

 two longitudinal yellow lines extending from the shoulder to the apex 

 and posterior angle of the outer edge respectively ; posterior wings 

 yellow, shading into orange towards the apex ; abdomen yellow. 

 Larva depressed, 16-footed, whitish green, slightly hairy, solitary. 



In the collection of the British Museum. 



This species was reared by Mr. Lambert in i^ustralia. 



November 13. — ^William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 

 The following papers were read : — , 



1, Description of a new species of Tupaia discovered in 

 Continental India by Walter Elliot, Esq. By G. R. 

 Waterhouse, Pres. Ent. Soc. etc. 



Of the species of Tupaia about to be described, three specimens 

 were forwarded to me by W. Elliot, Esq., who, in a letter which ac- 

 companied them, states that they were procured from the hills between 

 Cuddapah and Nellox, in what may be termed the Eastern Ghats. 



Mr. Elliot, it appears, had abstained from describing and naming 

 this animal from his not having the means of instituting a comparison 

 between it and the known species of the genus. From the compa- 

 rison which I have made, I am quite satisfied that it is distinct from 

 the three species found in the Indian islands, as well as from the 

 animal described by M. Isidore Geoffroy in Belanger's 'Voyage aux 

 Indes-Orientales *,' which latter was discovered by M. Belanger at 

 Pegu in the southern part of Birmah. I propose to name the new 

 species after its discoverer, whose researches in Indian zoology merit 

 high praise. 



Tupaia Ellioti. 



The Tupaia of the Eastern Ghats is about equal in size to the T. Tana, 

 but differs in the comparatively pale colouring of its fur, in having the 

 tail less bushy, and in the smaller size of its teeth. Its head is shorter 



* P. 105, pi. 4. 



