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band ; under sm-face pale brown, crossed by two whitish discal 

 streaks separated by a greyish-bro-HTi centre streak ; disc beyond 

 fuligiuons, the apical and inferior or external angles whitish 

 speckled \\\ih brown ; a whitish spot at the end of each discoidal 

 cell ; a submarginal series of black dots ; antennae below furru- 

 ginous. Expanse 2 inches 1-5 lines. 



$ , 9 Hakodate (Whitely) : $ Yokohama (Jonas). Brit! 

 Mus. 



A common bnt beautiful species ; in some examples the whole 

 outer border on the under surface of secondaries is pale. 



2. Sypna achatina, n. sjj. 



Allied to the preceding, but with the pale areas of the primaries 

 and the whole of the secondaries paler, with the dark lines well 

 marked ; primaries crossed in the centre by an irregular H like 

 character, formed of two white edged bkie speckled bands, united 

 by a slender blue line just below the middle ; the anterior band 

 interrupted by the reniform spot, which is yellowish ; a white 

 dot in the cell ; secondaries Avith two subcentral lines, the outer 

 one angulated and distinct ; outer border separated into alter- 

 nately dusky and pale streaks ; otherwise much like ^S". incta. 

 Expanse $ 2 inches, ^ 2 inches 5-7 lines. 



$ . 9 Hakodate (Whitely) ; $ Yokohama (Jonas). Brit. 

 Mus. 



Also allied to S. aJhihnea. 



3. Sypna fumosa, n. sp. 



Like the preceding, excepting in the absence of the H shaped 

 band, the yelloA\dsh inner border of the reniform spot well marked, 

 the white spot in the cell more or less distinct ; a small costal 

 U shaped marking bluish in the male, whity-brown in the 

 female ; a well marked broad irregular transverse discal band, and 

 the apical area paler than the ground colour ; secondaries with 

 the apical fringe creamy yellowish. Expanse $ 2 inches 1 hne ; 

 9 2 inches 3-7 hues. 



$ Yokohama (Jonas) ; ^ Hakodate (Whitely). Brit. Mus. 



4. Sypna fuliginosa. 



Fuhginous brown, traversed by darker and paler lines ; 

 primaries (especially in the male) shot with violet ; a broad 

 partly black edged tolerably regular l;rowu belt, shghtly paler 



