new ThyiiJidie and P^raluUe. 317 



//r/Z». XioEiUA, 01(1 Calabar ( ('romp(on), 2 $ type. JJ.rjj. 

 3G mm. 



(5 b.) Bostra jlammalis, sp. n. 



S ■ Bri<;ht fiery red : head and thorax with a crimson 

 tiiifjc. Fore \viii<^ with the costal area tinged with crimson 

 and slightly irrorated with black ; a strong, slightly sinuous, 

 fuscous antemedial line; an oblique discoidal bar; post- 

 medial line strong, obliquely curved. Hind wing with strong, 

 oblicjue, fuscous antemedial line, joined at inner margin by 

 the curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Ceylon, Maskeliya {de Mowbray) , 2 (^ type. Exp. 

 32 mm. 



(5 c.) Bostra conJluaUa, sp. n. 



? . Head and thorax fiery red ; alKlomen pale red. Fore 

 wing fiery red sparsely irrorated with black ; the ante- 

 and postmedial lines white, the former excurved, the latter 

 incurved, couHucnt in submedian interspace, then slightly 

 separating towards inner margin, the area between them 

 below tlie cell and towards inner margin suffused with 

 j)urplish grey, the medial part of costa ^ith some white 

 points. Hind wing with the basal half whitish slightly 

 tinged with red, the terminal half strongly suffused with 

 red ; a faint pale medial line ; cilia with fuscous line near 

 ])ase and fuscous tips ; the underside with fuscous irroration, 

 the medial line dark. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Grahamstowu, 1 $ tvpe. Exp. 

 32 mm. 



(G a.) Bostra rufimaryiaalis, sp. u. 



^ . Head and thorax greyish flesh-colour ; abdomen pale 

 yelhjwish, the ventral surface suffused and irrorated with 

 bhuik. Fore wing greyish ffesh-colour ; a small black 

 discoidal spot ; the terminal area rufous suff'uscd with fuscous 

 towards termen, its inner edge curved inwards below vein 5 ; 

 cilia blackish at base, greyish at tips. Hind wing pale 

 orange-red ; cilia blackish at base, greyish at tips ; the 

 underside with black point at upper angle of cell, the costal 

 and terminal areas slightly irrorated with black. 



Hub. Cape Colony, 1 <^ type. Exp. 30 ram. 



(lOo.) Bostra siiffusalis, sp. n. 

 (J . Pale reddish ; head and thorax suffused with purplish 



