92 THERMESIID.E.— HYPENID^. 



margin, inwardly-bordered by a broadish chocolate margin, and outwardly by a narrow waved 

 dark line, both these borders sharply angled back to the costa ; three white strigse ou the 

 costa near apex ; a waved, narrow, submarginal black band with a white lunule on it below 

 the apex. Hind wing ochreous ; outer area fulvous ; the purple band of fore wing continued 

 across it, but broader, with similar borders. Cilia of both wings deep purple. Underside 

 ochreous, irrorated with black specks ; a small black spot in cell of fore wing ; both wings 

 with postmedial band. Head, thorax, and abdomen ochreous. 



Mestleta rubra. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 16.) 



Expanse |-f inch. 



Male. Dull red. Fore wing with costa dark. Both wings with a black spot at end of 

 cell ; a pale postmedial band ; a series of antecilial black specks. Underside dull reddish 

 white ; the markings very indistinct. 



Doranaga straminea. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 17.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Bright straw-colour. Fore wing with the beginning of an obscure inwardly- 

 diffused dark band from the costa one fifth from apex. Hind wing, abdomen above, and disc 

 of fore wing on underside suffused with fuscous ; abdomen with three ochreous tufts on basal 

 segments, the anal tuft ochreous. 



HYPENID^E. 



Rhynchina pallida. (Plate CXLVII. fig. 5.) 



Expanse | inch. 



Male. Ochreous white. Fore wing not very long, apex obtuse, not hooked at outer 

 angle ; a dark-brown, inwardly-difl'used, and oblique band from costa near apex to inner 

 margin ; outer area suffused with dark brown from the apex obliquely to inuer margin ; some 

 brown strigse on costa, and. specks on basal area ; a series of dark antecilial specks ; cilia 

 chequered brown and ochreous white. Hind wing with obscure medial dark band, and brown 

 antecilial line. Underside ochreous white, suffused with fuscous ; apex of fore wing ochreous ; 

 medial band of hind wing more distinct than on upperside. 



