1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 427 
Hab. Nilgiri Hills, 6700 feet, June, July, August, and September 
1887 ; sixteen specimens from Mr. Hampson. Poona, November 
1887 ; one specimen. 
Most nearly allied to the Ceylonese NV. adamata, Felder, Reise d. 
Nov. pl. 136. fig. 5, but differs on the fore wing in the greater width 
between the antemedial and postmedial lines, the antemedial line 
being single (not double as in N. adamata); the postmedial line is 
less sinuous, and its lower end more inwardly oblique; on the hind 
wings the discal line is acutely sinuous. 
FIDONID&. 
PHYLETIS BOREALIS, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 8.) 
Antenne grey, shaft pale reddish brown ; abdomen grey; thorax 
and fore wings reddish fawn-colour, a pale reddish-brown dot at the 
end of the cell, a broad straight pale reddish-brown discal band, with 
irregular borders, a marginal line, and an indistinct shadowy sub- 
marginal pale band; costal line and hinder margin thinly brownish, 
fringe reddish brown. 
Hind wings pale reddish grey, a pale reddish-brown dot at end 
of cell, and a broad, discal, outwardly curved band, corresponding to 
the band on fore wings, composed of two diffuse pale reddish-brown 
lines, with the space between them slightly darker than the general 
coloration of the wing. 
Underside pale reddish grey, with the markings showing through, 
and with the interior portion of fore wings suffused with reddish 
brown. 
Expanse of wings 1,4; inch. 
Hab. Kulu. Two specimens received from Mr. Elwes, from Pangi, 
and one specimen from Col. Marshall. The Pangi specimen is a little 
redder than the Kulu specimen, but is otherwise identical. 
This species is nearest to P. meonaria, Guénée, but differs on the 
fore wing in the transverse discal oblique band being broader, its 
broadest part being the upper end, and in its outer border being 
sinuous ; whereas in P. meonaria this band is obsolescent at its upper 
end, its outer border is even and has a distinct red inner border. 
Both wings have a well-defined spot at end of the cell (not present 
in P. meonaria). 
EPIriDONIA ABSONA, 0. sp. 
Male. Of a uniform dark reddish purple; wings with the red 
coloration showing in places; fore wings with a precostally angu- 
lated postmedial duplex black line and a diffused antemedial line, 
two pale greyish patches on the costa before the angle of the line, 
a pure white dot below the first patch and three white spots below 
the second patch, two of them large, one below the other, the third 
very small and on the inner side. 
Hind wings with a large subapical space on the costa red. 
Underside ochreous red, striated with brown, some brown patches 
on the outer portions of the wings and also in their centre ; hinder 
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