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belt, with oblique or concave inner edge and angulated or 

 convex outer edge, considerably broader in the female than in 

 the male : secondaries of male black, with a rather broad 

 central orange belt and white costal border ; of female, orange, 

 with the base and a tapering external border black ; costal 

 border white, as in the male. Thorax shot with steel-blue, 

 collar below and anal tuft scarlet ; central areas of wings 

 below scarlet in front and bright ochreous (inclining to 

 orange) behind. Expanse of wings, c? 33 millim., ? 34 

 millira. 



Alu. 



Nearest to S. lihoria of Cramer, which we have from Am- 

 boina, Ceram, and New Britain. 



8. Miltochrista jlavida^ sp. n. 



Primaries pale buff; a black basal spot; base of costal 

 margin, two convergent angulated stripes (the inner one at 

 about basal fourth emitting a streak to base on interno- 

 median interspace and united to the outer stripe just below 

 the median vein), an arched discal stripe at external third, 

 and almost confluent witli a deeply trisinuate submarginal 

 stripe, all dark grey : secoiidaries whitish buff. Head pale 

 buff; collar pale buff, with a blackish spot on each side; 

 tegulge pale buff, with a black longitudinal dash ; thorax dark 

 grey ; abdomen dull whitish, with pale buff anal tuft. Under 

 surface uniformly pale stramineous ; primaries with greyish 

 indications of the markings of the upper surface. Expanse 

 of wings 24 millim. 



Alu. 



Nearest to M. senara from Java. 



9. Miltochrista avernalis-y sp. n. 



Primaries above dark grey -brown ; a dot at base of costa, 

 a subbasal spot, three angular bands (the first two interrupted 

 below the middle), and three submarginal spots vermilion- 

 red : secondaries g'CQy, paler at base. Thorax vermilion, 

 spotted with dark brown ; abdomen grey, with basal and 

 dorsal rose-red hairs, and anal extremity of the same colour. 

 Primaries below suffused with rose-red at base ; markings 

 rose-red, more broken up into spots than above : secondaries 

 darker than above, with tlie base and costa rose-reddish. 

 Body below bi'ight rose-red, posterior tarsi blackish. Ex- 

 panse of wings 33 millira. 



Alu. 



A very beautiful species, not nearly allied to anything 

 known to me ; perhaps nearer to M. fuscescens of Mongolia 



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