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golden ochreous, tapering towards the apex ; a submarginal 

 series of six oval black spots, the first two subconfluent, and 

 eight marginal spots, of which all excepting the first and last 

 are bifid ; anal half of abdominal margin banded with black : 

 body sordid cream-colour, spotted with black. Under surface 

 of wings sericeous white : primaries with a dusky streak 

 through the cell, otherwise the basal markings only visible 

 from the transparency of the wing ; a decreasing discal series 

 of eight grey spots and a marginal series of bifid black spots : 

 secondaries as above, excepting that the submarginal series of 

 spots is continued to ihe costa, two spots being added at the 

 upper extremity of the series: body sordid cream-colour, 

 spotted and dotted with black. Expanse of wings 2 inches 

 2 lines. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale). Type B. M. 



This beautiful species, in the pattern of its primaries, some- 

 what resembles the genus Melanippe. 



63. PancetMa iridicolor, sp. n. 



£ ? . Wings above pale emerald-green, crossed in the 

 middle by a broad angulated and widely sinuated chrome- 

 yellow belt ; a widely undulated discal stripe, white internally 

 and yellow externally ; external border washed with yellow, 

 the veins and a series of internervular longitudinal rays beyond 

 the discal stripe blue-black : primaries with a large and nearly 

 complete annulus at the base, its inner edge yellow and its 

 outer edge white ; a small spot at the base of the costal border 

 and a curved transverse line on the discocellulars blue-black : 

 secondaries with the upper half of the discocellulars slightly 

 blackish : body bright yellow ; frons greenish, bright green 

 just in front of the antennae, the latter testaceous with the 

 scape white ; posterior margins of abdominal segments silvery 

 white. Under surface pure white ; primaries with a dark green 

 line on the discocellulars. Expanse of wings 2 inches 

 4 lines. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale). Type B. M. 



This beautiful and delicate species is nearer to P. liemionata 

 of Guenee from North China than to any other known species; 

 it is, however, utterly dissimilar in colour to any moth yet 

 described. 



Larentiidse. 



64. Sauris ignobilis, sp. n. 



6 . Pale sandy brown : primaries crossed by numerous angu- 

 lated wavy blackish lines ; the basal area, a central angulated 



