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211. KERANA AURIVITTATA, MOORE. 



Phsioneuva atmvittata, Moore, P. Z. S., 1878, p. 843, pi. liii, f. 2. 



Plesioncum anrivittata, var. camcroni, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p. 403, pi. 84, 

 fig. 19 (1886). 



" Male and female. Upperside dark golden olive-brown : forewing 

 with a broad oblique golden-yellow discal band curving from the middle of 

 the costa to posterior angle, the band semi-opaque from the costal vein to 

 lower median branch : a small curved yellow streak composed of three 

 vein-crossed spots before the apex. Cilia of both wings brown. Under- 

 side duller brown : forewing as above : hindwing slightly yellow-speckled, 

 and with a very indistinct yellowish streak at the end of the cell. 



Expanse : i T 7 y inches. 



Habitat : above Ahsown (Upper Tenasserim). 



Allied to P. dhanada, Moore. Distinguished by the oblique transverse 

 band being very broad throughout and extending to the posterior angle, 

 also in the cilia of hindwing being entirely brown."* (Moore, I. c.) 



Also recorded from Tavoy (Ehves and de NicevilU). 



This species is readily distinguishable from K. dhanada by the extent of 

 the yellow band on the forewing. The difference in the cilia does not hold 

 good, that of K . anrivittata not being invariably brown on the hindwing. 



I obtained a single specimen of this species at Beeling, Upper 

 Tenasserim, and met with it very commonly at Tilin in the Yaw District, 

 Upper Burma. 



In collections Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



212. KERANA GEMMIFER, BUTLER. 



Astictopterus gemmifer, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc., second series, 

 Zoology, vol. i, p. 555 (1877). 



Kerana gemmifer, Distant, Rhop. Mai., p, 403, pi. xxxiv, fig. 29 

 (1886). 



" Wings above dark chocolate-brown ; anterior wings with a broad 

 and outwardly rounded transversely oblique orange-yellow fascia cross- 

 ing wings at about end of cell. Wings beneath as above, the fascia to 

 anterior wings slightly paler. Body and legs concolorous with wings. 



Expanse : 32 to 34 millim. 



Habitat : Malay Peninsula ; Sungei Ujong (Durnford coll. Dis- 

 tant) ; Malacca (Pinwill Brit. Mus.) ; Singapore (Wallace colL God- 

 man&nd Satvm)." (Distant, I. c.) 



I have obtained two specimens of this .species in the Hills about 

 fifteen miles east of Toungoo, Burma, in dense, gloomy jungle. It is 

 somewhat similar to A. xanites in appearance, but not only differs in 

 neuration but is also a larger insect with a broader orange band. 



