306 ]\Iessrs. J. J. Joicey and W. J. Kaye on 



the cell is a group of tluee transverse lines very close tooetlier, 

 followed at a short distance by a very wavy line. ]3eyond 

 this is a parallel wavy line that ends near tornus in a large 

 chocolate-coloured spot ; below this still nearer to tornus is a 

 squaiish similarly coloured spot. Hind wing pink, brownish 

 towards outer margin. At tornus a double chocolate-coloured 

 spot. Cilia white, brown only at the veins. 



Underside of fore wing pink in basal half. Beyond cell a 

 pair of indistinct transverse lines^followed later by adark heavy 

 line, and beyond is a complete but thin line from costa to inner 

 margin. Brick-red elongate patches on veins 6 and 7 at 

 margin. Smaller red marks on veins 4 and 5 and at tornus 

 a large conspicuous red area sharply cut off by the subter- 

 minal line. Hind wing below violet-pink. A double dark 

 line from costa recurving bej'ond middle to tornus. A very 

 indistinct intermediate line between this and the next single 

 heavy line. A further subterminal line enclosing a dark 

 pinkish-grey maiginal area, and a large red area at tornus. 

 All the lines end at tornus and are not parallel to one ar.other 

 as in M. complacens. 



Bah. Tibet. 



Type in Coll. Joicey. 



Xylophanes sublcevis, sp. n. 



Fore wing dull vinaceous reddish. An indistinct diagonal 

 reddish line from apex to near the middle of inner margin, 

 and a laige reddish area between veins 4 and 6 just beyond 

 the end of the cell. Hind wing black, a pale greyish area in 

 centre of costal area and a large pale area near anal angle. 

 A narrow pale marginal band irrorated with black from apex 

 merging in the large pale area near anal angle. Thorax and 

 abdomen pale reddish, the former with white stri[)es at the 

 sides from behind the eyes to end of patagia. Second segment 

 of abdomen with square black spots at sides. Underside of 

 fore wing in the basal half black; costa reddish. Inner 

 margin ])ale fawn-colour. Discoidal spot large, conspicuous, 

 pale. Marginal half of wing pale reddish, with an indication 

 of diagonal line from apex. Underside of hind wing uni- 

 colorous pale reddish. 



Hab. " Brazil " ; no more precise locality. 



Ex Coll. Smith, 1844-5. 



