438 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species of 



69. Tanaorhinus prasinus^n. sp. (no. 431). 



Wings above pale pearly grey, with the external border 

 rather broadly sap-green, a discal stripe close to the outer 

 border of the same colour : primaries with the base, costa, 

 and a regularly trifurcate central belt sap-green : secondaries 

 crossed in the middle by a rather broad, straight, central sap- 

 green belt ; costal border rather broadly snow-white : thorax* 

 green ; antenna? with ochraceous pectinations ; abdomen 

 cream-coloured. Under surface of wings stramineous, be- 

 coming ochraceous upon the costa, the outer border slightly 

 greenish ; an indistinct straight postmedian greyish transverse 

 stripe: body white, the anterior coxa3 green in front; pro- 

 boscis ochreous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



Ephyridse. 

 70. Ephyra grata, n. sp. (no. 470). 



Stramineous, the outer borders of the wings golden yellow; 

 a rather broad, internally sinuated, submarginal, purplish- 

 brown belt, the outer edge of which is ragged and divided 

 into short transverse stria; ; a postmedian zigzag series of 

 minute black dots; several internal spots and two basal bands 

 grey : body grey, with yellowish head and shoulders. Under 

 surface altogether paler, the black dots obsolete. Expanse of 

 wings 11 lines. 



Closely allied to u Acidalia' 1 ' 1 cerata of Moore. A.?tri- 

 gonata of Walker is also an Ephyra. 



Acidaliidse. 

 71. Asthena auricruda, n. sp. (no. 438). 



Bright buff-yellow : wings crossed by four equidistant, 

 parallel, irregularly zigzag, leaden grey bands ; base of pri- 

 maries also leaden grey : thorax greyish ; front of head and 

 centre of antennas black, vertex and the remainder of antennas 

 sordid white. Under surface altogether paler; wings whitish, 

 with faint indications of the bands of the upper surface. Ex- 

 panse of wings 9 lines. 



72. Acidalia impexa, n. sp. (no. 439). 



Pale testaceous : wings with ochraceous fringe ; outer 

 border laky purple, leaving the margin near apex of pri- 

 maries, so that it encloses an oblong marginal spot of the 

 ground-colour ; costal margin of primaries tinted with pur- 

 plish lake ; collar of the same tint. Wings below creamy 



