124 IDCEID^. 



Hyria vinacea. (Plate CLIII. fig. 4.) 



Expanse /^ incli. 



Male. Vinous red. Fore wing with a very indistinct narrow curved dark band ; a large 

 black spot at end of cell ; a narrow curved and waved black band just beyond the middle ; 

 some black specks on costa towards apex ; an indistinct paler patch on and below the costa 

 near the apex ; some black specks on outer margin below the apex. Hind wing with a dark 

 spot at end of cell ; an irregular waved dark medial band, with some ochreous white on its 

 outer edge towards the inner margin. Underside grey sufiused with fuscous ; a dark spot at 

 end of cell ; a curved medial band to each wing. 



Hyria griseipeimis. (Plate CLIII. fig. 11.) 



Expanse ^^ inch. 



Male. Pale grey, irrorated with dark scales ; both wings crossed by irregular waved 

 ante- and postmedial dark brown lines. Fore wing with a series of antecilial specks and a 

 dark brown cilial line ; hind wing with the bases of the ciha dark brown, the tips grey. 

 Underside grey suffused with fuscous ; a faint dark spot at end of cell and postmedial band 

 on each wing. 



Hyria pulchella. (Plate CLIII. fig. 22.) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male. Apex of fore wing rounded, outer margin straight ; outer margin of hind wing 

 scalloped; antennse annulated; palpi short and porrect. Fore wing with the costal half of 

 basal three fourths of wing red-brown ; the area below the median nervure and third 

 median nervule gamboge-yellow with metallic reflections ; a black speck in the middle of the 

 cell ; this basal three fourths of the wing crossed by four or five very indistinct dark bands ; 

 outer area purplish grey, the costa white, crossed by three waved brown bands. Hind wing 

 purplish grey, with five very indistinct dark bands, some gamboge-yellow towards the base, 

 and a black spot in the cell. Underside with costal portion of basal area of fore wing 

 fuscous brown ; inner area pure white, outer area fuscous. Hind wing with the basal third 

 pure white ; the remainder of wing fuscous. 



Venusia chrysocilia. (Plate CLIII. fig. 16.) 



Expanse f inch. 



Male. Fore wing with apex somewhat produced and acute, the outer margin nearly 

 straight ; hind wing very slightly angled at centre of outer margin. Both wings reddish, 

 irrorated with dark scales. Fore wing with a dark purple band from costa one fourth from 



