80 Messrs. J. J. Joicey and G. Talbot on 



Hesperidae. 



22. Casyapa biaka, sp. no v. 



Smaller and of more delicate build than others of the genus. 



cJ. Upperside deep brown. Fore-wing without markings. Hind- 

 wing with a narrow marginal band of orange-yellow from anal angle 

 to vein 7 where it ends in a point; this colour runs out in short 

 streaks on the veins. Underside a little paler than above. 



Head, palpi, pectus, legs, and abdomen below orange-yellow. 

 Antennae deep brown above, yellowish below. Thorax and abdo- 

 men deep brown above, the former slightly tinged with yellow. 



Length of fore-wing : 22 mm. 



A single specimen. 



23. Mimas basalis, sp. nov. 



$. Upperside black with base of both wings pale greenish-blue. 

 Fore-wing with basal blue extending slightly into the cell. Hind- 

 wing with the blue filling the cell and extending a little below it ; a 

 white streak along basal half of submedian and a violet-blue patch 

 below it. Cilia of both wings white at apex and at inner angle. 



Underside blackish-brown. Fore-wings with some faint violet- 

 blue subapical streaks; proximally of these are 3 similarly-coloured 

 spots, the middle one smaller than the others; two short subcostal 

 streaks near end of cell. Hind-wing with two small violet-blue 

 spots in cellule 7 ; a submarginal row of 5 spots, the apical 3 faintly 

 defined. 



Antennae black; palpi clothed with black and white hair; frons 

 white, vertex and base black; thorax and basal two abdominal 

 segments black clothed with grey hair; remainder of abdomen 

 black ringed with white between segments ; pectus white mixed 

 with black; legs black. 



Length of fore-wing : 20 mm. 



A single specimen. 



Agaristidae. 



24. Damias varia tripartita, subsp. nov. 



(J $. Nearest to transducta, Wlk., from the North Moluccas. 

 Fore-wing with lower discal spot tripartite as in the allied form 

 but smaller. The cell-spot is reduced to a minute dot in the c? 

 and is absent in the single $ specimen. Hind-wing with the band 

 short and broad leaving a wider dark margin than in the allied 



