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costa ; a postmedial series of specks ; silvery scales on outer edge 

 of the line and on outer margin. 



The form bracteata from Ceylon is much darker, with the disco- 

 cellular patch of the fore wing broken up into three small spots, 

 and with more silvery irroration. 



Hob. Sikhim; Burma; Ceylon; Java. Exp., $ 35-45, $ 50 

 millim. 



729. Drepana argentilinea, Wlk. Cat. xxxii, p. 394. 

 Caltidrepana argentifera, Druce, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 574, pi. 29, fig. 3. 



c? . Ochreous white. Pore wing with a dark line with a few 

 silvery scales on it along basal two-thirds of costa ; two dark streaks 

 at end of cell ; an elongate black spot on discocellulars with some 

 silvery scales on it ; a dark streak from upper angle of cell to near 

 apex, then curved round and waved to inner margin and with silvery 

 scales on it ; an indistinct streak beyond the cell ; a marginal 

 silvery line ; the marginal area slightly suffused with orange. 

 Hind wing with a silvery submarginal line towards anal angle, with 

 orange suffusion between it and margin. 



Hcib. Burma; Singapore; Sula; Solomons. Exp. 26 millim. 



730. Drepana pulcherrima, n. sp. 



cJ . Head bright chestnut ; thorax and abdomen ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing pale olive-green suffused with chestnut, especially on 

 inner basal area ; a waved and angled indistinct antemedial black 

 line ; a postmedial oblique chestnut line from costa before apex to 

 inner margin beyond the middle, with an indistinct black line 

 before it angled below the costa ; a submarginal series of black 

 specks ; numerous silvery and a few black scales below the costa, 

 on inner basal area, and on each side of the oblique line. Hind 

 wing with the costal area yellow, without markings ; the inner half 

 of wing chestnut-brown, irrorated with silvery scales ; black ante- 

 and postmedial lines, the latter followed by a red-brown band, then 

 a black-brown band, and a marginal red-brown band with some 

 yellow lunules at anal angle ; both wings with a marginal silvery 

 line. Cilia of both wings red-brown tipped with silver. Under- 

 side yellow, with a medial black band across the hind wing. 



Allied to D. micacea, Wlk., from Borneo. 



Hob. Tenasserim Valley, Burma (Doherty). Exp. 42 millim. 

 Type in coll. Druce. 



731. Drepana duplex, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865. p. 816, pi. 43. tiff. 8; 



C. 8f S. no. 1237. 



$ . Head and thorax purplish grey ; abdomen and fore wing 

 pale brown, suffused with purplish grey. Fore wing with two 

 antemedial waved dark lines ; a dark oblique line from the apex to 

 centre of inner margin, the outer line deep black ; a pale apical 



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