456 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Lepidoptera 



across tlie iuterior portion of the disk near the external angle ; 

 a minute white dot at the end of the cell ; apical area dark 

 chocolate-brown, blotched with subcostal and subraarginal 

 squaraose testaceous patches : secondaries olivaceous, becom- 

 ing reddish beyond the middle, and with a broad, tapering, 

 blackish border ; costal area greyish ; fringe pale reddish 

 broAvn, white towards the anal angle : body sordid clay- 

 coloured, clouded with olivaceous, the abdomen crossed by 

 black belts, which widen abruptly at the sides. Under surface 

 rusty reddish brown, palpi whitish ; wings with broad, dusky 

 outer border, and three parallel discal sinuous lines, the 

 central line least distinct j primaries with dusky basal area 

 and whitish inner border ; secondaries rather paler than the 

 primaries ; venter with lateral black stigmata. Expanse of 

 wings 3 inches 6 lines. 

 Old Calabar. 



Garyatis syntomina^ n. sp. 



Primaries fuliginous brown, with the veins on the basal 

 area whitish ; a vermilion basal spot, on which are three 

 small black spots ; an oblique, subapical, white belt separated 

 by the nervures into six parts : secondaries white, sordid below 

 the median vein ; the veins beyond the middle, a discocellular 

 spot, the apex and outer margin dark fuliginous brown : head, 

 collar, and thorax red, spotted with black ; abdomen and under 

 surface of body ochreous ; legs below, excepting the tarsi, 

 with white borders : wings as above. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 11 lines. 



Old Calabar. 

 , The genus Caryatis has usually been referred to the 

 Hj^sinse ; it is, however, nearly allied to Pelochyta. Zaracha 

 extranea^ Wlk., is probably a third species of Caryatis. 



Ai'eas viryinalts, n. sp. 



Pearly white ; primaries speckled with brown, and with a 

 brown crescent at the end of the cell ; secondaries speckled 

 with brown beyond the cell, and with a brown spot at the end 

 of the cell ; head orange, with the frons and antennse black ; 

 abdomen orange, v/ith a dorsal series of six transverse black 

 spots, followed by a broad black belt near the anus : body 

 below white ; the femora above, the palpi, and collar orange ; 

 the knees and upperside of the tibiae and tarsi black ; venter 

 with a lateral series of black dots. Expanse of wings, S 2 

 inches, $ 2 inches 7 lines. 



Betsileo country, Madagascar. 



