436 ^Ii'- W. F. Kirby on ' 



in the posterior wings. Anterior wings with three large, con- 

 tiguous, yellowish-hyaline, subcostal dots; a large oval yel- 

 lowish blotch at the end of the cell, contiguous to a large 

 blotch, hardly separated into spots by the nervures, extending 

 from the upfjer median nervule to below the lowest, where it 

 is connected by a short isthmus with another semicircular 

 spot standing on the submedian nervure. Nearer the base 

 and just at the extremity of the hairy patch is a smaller 

 yellow spot resting on the submedian nervure. Fringes dull 

 grey, with black spots on the nervures. Posterior wings 

 with the centre filled up with a large orange blotch, narrowed 

 towards the base. Fringes tawny yellow, with about four 

 black spots on the nervures. 



Underside nearly as in the male, but on the anterior wings 

 the yellow markings are continuous round the black basal space 

 and are bordered outside by a curved black band. Towards 

 the inner margin the yellow space extends as far as the 

 fringes, which are brownish grey above and slaty grey below, 

 and spotted with black on the nervures. Posterior wings 

 nearly as in the male, but with only one black spot on the 

 disk between the median nervules. 



Body greenish above, whitish below. Antennae as in the 

 male. 



The male remarkably resembles T. donnysa, Hew., in 

 which species the sexes are nearly alike ; the female, however, 

 much resembles T. symmomus, Hiibn., on the upper surface. 

 A comparison of the underside and of the antennas leaves 

 little doubt that I have correctly united the sexes of T. dispar. 

 It is probably allied to T. idothecij Miskin. 



Telesto comma. 



Exp. 1 inch. 



Female. — Upperside greenish brown, fringes chequered 

 with white, the basal lower half of all the wings clothed with 

 long greenish hair. Anterior wings with a large viti'eous 

 spot at the end of the cell and two smaller whitish ones below 

 it between the median and submedian nervures, just at the 

 extremity of the hairy region ; costa slightly arched towards 

 the extremity, the raised portion yellowish, and below it the 

 usual three vitreous spots, the lowest of which is produced 

 into a curve like a comma. Obliquely, and halfway between 

 the discoidal spot and the hind margin are two adjacent 

 vitreous spots between the median nervules, the lowest some- 

 what nearer the base than the other ; below them is a whitish 

 spot resting on the submedian nervure. Hind wings with 



