450 Mr. F. Moore on some 



Reared from cocoons received in 1874 from C.ipt. G. 

 Coussmaker. 



5. Anthercea versicolor. 



Male. — Varied deep ochreous brown ; outer borders 

 oclireous, tinged with olive ; ocelli oval (y^^ in. in diameter and 

 j\ in length), talcose centre large; submarginal red band 

 broad, the white outer border narrow on the fore wing and 

 broken into dentate marks on the hind wing ; an indistinct 

 dusky subbasal band, a medial discal and contiguous lunular 

 fascia on the fore wing. Hind wing with an indistinct dusky 

 subbasal band extending close to and round the ocellus to the 

 anal margin. 



Female. — Ochreous or greyish brown ; ocelli large, oval 

 (fV in. in diameter and t% in length) ; discal area dusky brown ; 

 submarginal red band broad and broadly pink- white bordered ; 

 the discal encircling dusky band prominent and touching 

 both upper and lower ends of the ocellus. 



Expanse, ($ b, '^ b^ inches. 



Hah. Purulia, Maumbhoom, W. Bengal. 



Of smaller size than either A. mylitta or A. nehiilosa (of 

 ■which latter species I have Button's typical specimens), and 

 is distinguished by having a different shaped ocellus, the 

 male having the submarginal red band much nearer to the 

 ocelli and the encircling discal dusky band on hind wing 

 touching the ocellus. 



6. Aiithercea Hartii, 



Male and female. — Upperside dark purplish ochreous-brown, 

 the base of the wings and the body being more or less reddish 

 brown ; both wings with a rounded ocellus of from two tenths 

 to three tenths of an inch in diameter, encircled by a blackish 

 line, with the centre talcose, the outer half being chrome- 

 yellow and the inner half purplish red, the latter colour also 

 extending more or less paler round the outer yellow half; 

 crossing the middle of the wing is a more or less blackish 

 wavy shade, which imperceptibly passes through the ocelli, 

 and an oblique blackish, rather straight submarL:;inal line 

 extends lialfway between the margin and the ocellus on the 

 fore wing and at three fourths on the hind wing, this line in 

 the female being exteriorly purplish-bordered and slightly 

 grey-speckled towards the apex of the fore wing ; in the 

 female also the base of the costal border is likewise slightly 

 grey-speckled ; in some specimens of the female the outer border 



