On 7ieio Eastern and African Lepldoptera. 499 



Dimensions of the type (measured on a spirit-specimen) : — 



Forearm 49 miliim. 



Head and body 53 ; tail 60 ; ear 17'5 ; third finger, meta- 

 carpal 33, first plialanx 7*2, second phalanx 14*7; fifth finger, 

 metacarpal 30, first phalanx 8, second phalanx 7*2 ] lower 

 leg and hind foot (s. u.) 32. 



Skull: greatest length 16 ; basal length 14; occiplto-nasal 

 length 14*2 ; zygomatic breadth 9*5; breadth of brain-case 

 6" 7 ; front of canine to back of m? 5*3. 



Hah. Muscat. Type from Wadi Bani Ruha. 



Type. Old male. B.M. no. 94. 3. 9. 17. Collected and 

 presented by Dr. A. S. G. Jayakar. Eight specimens 

 examined. 



This species is readily distinguishable from all others by 

 its delicately built, nearly unridged skull, its small teeth, and 

 large bullse. 



LXXIII. — Neio Species of Eastern and African Lepidoptera. 

 By Colonel C. Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., &c. 



Family Nymphalidse. 

 Subfamily Eupl(ein^. 

 Crastia cij-cmta, nov. 



J . Rufescent brown, the borders paler ; a small round 

 subcostal spot beyond the middle on the fore wings, one a 

 little above the origin of vein 3, another evanescent in the 

 interspace below; the marginal and submarginal white spots 

 above and below as in E. Distanti, Moore, from Sumatra, 

 but the spots are rounder and more uniform in size, the sub- 

 apical spots of fore wings less than one third the size. 



Expanse of wings 3tV inches. 



Tonkin {Fruhstorfer) . 



Crastia ionldnensis, nov. 



(^ $ . Paler than the above and more rufescent, the apical 

 border nearly as pale as some specimens of C. Godarti, 

 Lucas ; spots disposed of as in the above, but much smaller ; 

 no spot in the first interspace of fore wings, the next three 

 mere dots ; the last spot of the submarginal series next to 

 the subcostal dot altogether absent, and the spots on the hind 

 wings evanescent. 



Expanse of wings 3^^ inches. 



Tonkin [Fruhstorfer). 



This species is nearest to C. Binghami, Moore, 



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