so Colonel C. Swinhoe on new 



Chalciojje sain a, no v. 



(^ . Ank'nnre and palpi grey-biown, the latter black at the 

 sides; taoe ami pectus gioyish ochieous, the latter with a 

 black stripe on each side ; legs ochreous grey n)arked with 

 black ; head, body, and wings ochreous bfowii : fore wing 

 with the inner portion filled in by a very large black elongated 

 triangular patch, edged with whitish, its upper and lower 

 sides alino:r;t straight, its outer edge slightly evenly inwardly 

 curved, leaving the margins narrow, ils'upper point very acute 

 and nearer the apex than it is even in C. cephise of Cramer ; 

 an oblique narrow white band through its middle, open at 

 both ends, the ends slightly irrorated with brown, some black 

 points on the outer white lining- of the black patch, the outer 

 marL'in brown ; the cilia brown with a pale inner line; some 

 wliitish suffusion on the hinder margin : hind wing dark 

 brown ; a faint, narrow, grey band not nearly reaching either 

 the costa or the hinder angle, where there is a little j)ale 

 suffusion ; cilia grey. 



Expanse ot" wings, (J, 2^ inches. 



Hub. Nias. 



Allied to nothing I know of; the largest species of the 

 genus I have yet seen. 



Ilypcvtra minima, nov. 



? . Palpi dark brown at the sides, whitish beneath, the 

 tips of last joints white ; head, body, and fore wing uniform 

 chocolate-brown : fore wing with a deep black subbasal 

 quadrate patcii with pale edgings close to the hinder margin, 

 excavated on its ujjper anil lower sides, a brownish patch 

 between it and the costa ; a curious hook-shaped deep black 

 mark at the end of the cell, its upper part thickened and 

 quadrate, a brownish patch between it and the costa, another 

 brownish patch on the costa before the apex, and a small one 

 at the apes ; a series of minute black dots on the outer 

 margin: hind wing chocolate-grey, a little paler basally, no 

 markings; cilia of fore wing pale chocolate-brown, of the 

 hind wing slightly paler than the wing-colour, two whitish 

 subaj)ical spots on it and another at the iiinder angle. Un- 

 derside : fore wing greyish brown, hinder margin white, 

 cilia grey : hind wing pale greyish brown, the outer margin 

 broadly darker, cilia white, greyish at the tips. 



Expanse of wings, ? , 1^ inch. 



IJab. Luzon, Philippines. 



