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23. Epione yynopteridia, sp. n. 



Sandy yellow : primaries sparsely striated with ferruginous 

 and crossed by a slightly darker central belt bounded by 

 angulated ferruginous lines, which diverge towards the costa ; 

 apex (not including the fringe) ferruginous : secondaries with 

 the basal area sparsely mottled with grey ; a central triangular 

 band of testaceous, partly edged with grey and partly with 

 ferruginous ; apical border and one or two streaks at the anal 

 angle testaceous ; a small black dot on the centre of the 

 second median interspace ; head and sides of abdomen golden 

 yellow, collar testaceous ; antenna? brown. Under surface 

 golden yellow ; wings mottled with ferruginous and crossed 

 near the middle by a dark ferruginous line bounding internally 

 a diffused and irregular copper-red belt ; fringe testaceous : 

 primaries crossed near the base by an angulated dark red- 

 brown line : palpi and anterior coxa? ochraceous ; legs with 

 the tibia? and tarsi testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 

 4 lines. 



N.E. Himalayas [Lidderdale) . Type B. M. 



Has the general aspect of the genus Gynopteryx. 



24. Rumia sulpkurea, sp. n. 



Primaries above bright sericeous sulphur-yellow, mottled 

 with grey ; the base of costa, two subbasal bands diverg- 

 ing from one point at the inner margin and, with the costal 

 border, forming an irregular annulus, the centre of inner 

 border and a discal series of irregular ill-defined spots 

 decreasing in size from inner border to costa, an irregular 

 reniform spot, and a few small ill-defined spots on the costa 

 ferruginous : secondaries paler yellow, with a small dark brown 

 discocellular spot,- a series of small grey dots beyond the 

 middle of the disk, indistinctly united by a slender undulated 

 line of the same colour ; external area, particularly towards 

 the anal angle, mottled with ferruginous : thorax bright sul- 

 phur-yellow; shoulders and palpi ferruginous ; abdomen paler. 

 Under surface bright sulphur-yellow, markings paler than 

 above. Expanse of wings 1 inch 9 lines. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale). Type B. M. 



25. Endropia lugens, sp. n. 



Olivaceous, wings transversely striated with whity brown : 

 primaries with two widely separated angulated olive-brownlines, 

 edged with lilacine white, and diverging towards the costa ; be- 

 tween these lines an interrupted olive-brown diffused stripe ; an 

 interrupted discal zigzag lilacine-white line, the sinuations of 



