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diffused silver-grey border immediately beyond the cell : secondaries 

 with two parallel transverse silver-grey bauds across the basal area ; 

 two rather narrower bands of the same colour from the anal ano-le to 

 the second median branch, where they unite into a single greyish- 

 bordered white spot, the latter again united with the costal border 

 by a looped grey line ; a grey spot close to apex ; border greyish, 

 fringe varied with white : thorax streaked and spotted with grey ; 

 abdomen with grey basal segment and a broad central orange belt. 

 Under surface blue-black ; white spot of the anterior wings slightly 

 smaller than above, no grey markings ; posterior wings with a rounded 

 grey spot at the origin of the median branches, and two grey bands 

 across the basal area ; venter with an orange belt. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 6-7 lines. 



This species is very distinct from M. cincta. The only form in the 

 genus Bursada which seems at all to approach it or M. cincta in 

 character is S. basistriga from Mysol ; but even in this form the 

 structure of the antennpe dispi'oves any close affinity. 



Celerena funebris of Felder is a third species of Mniocera. 



TiGRIDOPTERi INTERRUPTA, U. Sp. 



Pale cyaneous, the primaries with two and the secondaries with 

 three ochraceous divergent longitudinal streaks : primaries crossed 

 to beyond the cell by five parallel subangulated series of more or less 

 confluent black spots, the last series interrupted by the ochreous 

 streaks ; two submarginal series of oval black spots, both series in- 

 terrupted in the centre, and the outer one also at apex and external 

 angle : secondaries with the ochreous streaks extending to the outer 

 margin ; a black stripe across the basal area ; a large black spot at 

 the end of the cell ; two subangulated parallel stripes across the 

 middle, both interrupted by the ochreous streaks ; a submarginal 

 series of black spots, also interrupted by the ochreous streaks ; a 

 single marginal black spot close to the apex : thorax greyish, spotted 

 with black, abdomen ochreous. Wings below greyish, with black 

 spots on the discocellulars, forming part of a blackish stripe which 

 crosses tiie wings ; a second similar but more arched stripe across the 

 disk ; a large white patch at centre of external area on all the wings ; 

 anterior wings with the apex white ; pectus grey ; venter ochreous. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 9 lines. 



Allied to the Australian T. matutinata of Walker, but differing 

 in the interruption of the series of black spots of the upper surface, 

 the much greater size of these spots, the absence of the ochreous 

 outer border or the ochreous costal border in the primaries, and below 

 in the presence of the two blackish stripes, the external area uniform 

 in tint with the remainder of the ground-colour, but interrupted by 

 large white patches. 



Saturniid^. 



CosciNOCERA, n. gen. 



Allied to Argeina and Attacus ; general pattern and coloration of 

 the latter, but the posterior wings with a long tail, as in the former ; 



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