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red on outside of tibia and tarsus, and black on inside of tarsus. 

 Anteunse dull ferruginous, shaft black. 



Expanse ly'g- inch. 



Hab. Masuri, N.W. Himalaya (Hutton). In coll. F. Moore. 



PsEUDOSESIA GROTEI, n. Sp. 



Margins, veins, and discocellular streak in both wings steel-blue ; 

 apical band and cilia purple ; apical area traversed by four veins, 

 basal area by median vein only. Thorax, frontal tuft, and abdomen 

 steel-blue. Palpi and pectus fulvous. Legs steel-blue, fringed with 

 short fulvous hairs above. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. N. India. In coll. F. Moore. 



The genus Pseudosesia of Felder is allied to Melittia, but differs 

 in the absence, on the hind wing, of the branch of the costal vein, 

 in the two upper median branches starting together from end of the 

 cell ; the body is much more attenuated, the anal segment and the 

 legs not densely pilose. 



Geometres. 

 Fam. Euschemidje. 



Euschema bellissima, n. sp. 



Male and Female. Blackish purple. Fore wing with two pale- 

 yellow, elongated, straight basal streaks, the upper within the cell, 

 the lower beneath it, and a yellow spot above and another below the 

 submedian vein ; a large bluish-white diaphanous spot in middle of 

 the cell, one below it, two at its end, and a transverse discal series 

 of spots : hind wing with a broad yellow subbasal band, a median, 

 irregular, indistinct fascia, a zigzag discal and a marginal series of 

 small yellow spots. Body yellow, with black-purple bands. Under- 

 side as above, the yellow markings broader and more prominent. 



Expanse, 6 2\, $ 2§ inches. 



Hab. Ceylon (Sir W. H. Gregory). In coll. Dublin Museum. 



Nearest allied to the Bornean species, E. subrepleta, Walk. 



Euschema prunicolor, n. sp. 



Upperside dark glossy purple : fore wing with an elongated and 

 a short ochreous streak between the lower median branch and sub- 

 median vein ; two small bluish diaphanous spots within the cell, two 

 at its end, a subapical oblique series and three on the disk : hind wing 

 with an indistinct, ochreous, short subbasal patch, some brighter 

 ochreous small spots on the disk, a submarginal zigzag series, and a 

 marginal dentate series. Abdominal border partly yellow. Body 

 yellow ; head, thorax, and abdomen above with purple bands. Palpi 

 black-tipped. Antennas purple-black. Underside— fore wing as 

 above : hind wing with a short costal and subbasal band, and larger 

 discal, submarginal, and marginal spots than above. Legs above 

 grey, yellow beneath. 



Expanse 2-f inches. 



Hab. Ceylon. In coll. Capt. Wade. 



