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outer margin pale greenish blue, increasing in width from the apex 

 to the inner angle, and bounded externally by a marginal line of dark 

 brown ; fringe white. 



Hind wings with costal margin broadly pale brown ; external third 

 of wing pale blue tinted with lilacine, becoming whitish at the anal 

 angle; tridentate internally from discoidal nervure to costa, and 

 gradually widening to inner margin ; six large, but indistinct, flesh- 

 coloured submarginal spots from apex to first median branch ; margin 

 blackish brown ; fringe white. 



Body above dark brown ; dorsum dark olivaceous ; palpi ochreous ; 

 antennae black, with minute orange tip. 



Wings below brownish ochraceous ; the discal series of spots as 

 above, but lunate ; inner series ill-defined, bounded externally by a 

 series of ovate spots paler than the ground-colour : front wings with 

 black markings in cell ; outer and inner areas clouded with pale 

 lilacine, more prominent at apex and inner angle ; margin brown ; 

 fringe white : hind wings with usual basal markings indistinct ; 

 outer and inner areas pale lilacine ; outer margin indistinctly brown ; 

 fringe white. Body ochraceous white ; tibiae and tarsi of legs 

 ochreous ; palpi and crest dirty white ; antennae pale brown, club 

 blackish, tip orange. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches 10 lines. 



4. On new or imperfectly known Fishes of India. 

 By Surgeon-Major Francis Day. 



[Eeceived February 10, 1873.] 



Amongst the fishes which I have examined during the last six 

 weeks, the following appear worthy of record, as either probably 

 new, little known, or some novel facts being observed with reference 

 to them. 



Owing to the kindness of Dr. Bidie, I have obtained free access to 

 the fishes in the Madras Museum, several of which seem to be un- 

 described. Of some of these I previously possessed single specimens, 

 but hesitated to describe them until I had examined a larger number. 

 As my ' Report on the Sea-fisheries of India ' will be completed 

 this year, as a fellow volume to my ' Report on the Freshwater- 

 fisheries ' just printed, I reserve my list of numerous addenda to 

 the marine fauna for its pages. 



Besides the fishes in the Madras Museum, I have fortunately 

 obtained others in the Madras bazars — some through Dr. Bidie's 

 assistance, others at personal visits. Amongst these I collected two 

 specimens of JEsopia cornuta in very fine condition. 



I have also in a short visit to Cochin, the neighbouring country, 

 and around the Neilgherries, obtained several new species. The 

 existence of a Semiplotas in Southern India is exceedingly interesting, 

 as hitherto its range has appeared to be confined to Assam and the 

 eastward of that portion of India. 



