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spots below the apex and above the posterior angle, bordered by an 

 inner whitish Hue ; some very indistinct whitish lines obliquely cross- 

 ing the disk : hind wing pale cinereous along the anterior border ; 

 some dark streaks from abdominal margin, and a whitish line ex- 

 tending upward from middle of posterior margin. Cilia whitish, 

 with blackish inner line and streaks. Palpi, head, and thorax black. 

 Abdomen testaceous. Underside : fore wing with small black obli- 

 que discal spot and spots on the middle of the costa : hind wing with 

 discal spot and outer transverse indistinct line of points. 



Expanse 1-^ inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. A. E. Russell. 



Genus Sauris, Guen. 

 Sauris decussata, n. sp. (PI. XXXIII. fig. 10.) 



Female bright green : hind wing and abdomen uniform cinereous 

 brown : fore wing with a medial transverse band of diffused black 

 lunular lines enclosing a small discal spot ; base of the wing and ex- 

 terior border with narrow black less-distinct lines ; two short longi- 

 tudinal black streaks below the apex ; a marginal row of black-pointed 

 lunules, and an intermediate outer row of marks like the letter X, 

 which cross the cilia ; costal margin ochreous. Antennae ochreous, 

 black-spotted. Palpi, head, and thorax bright green. Underside 

 cinereous brown, with indistinct blackish costal streaks, discal mark, 

 and outer transverse wavy line. Legs black, white-spotted. 



Expanse 1-| inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. K. E. Russell. 



Genus Melanippe, Dup. 

 Melanippe catenaria, n. sp. (PI. XXXIII. fig. 9.) 



Male ferruginous brown : fore wing with a broad partly transverse 

 oblique whitish medial band, containing several blackish lunular 

 parallel lines, the middle line being chain-like ; exterior border with 

 a series of white spots below the apex, a large medial spot, and a 

 smaller spot at the posterior angle : hind wing white, with short 

 blackish-cinereous lunular streaks from abdominal margin ; an ex- 

 terior marginal lunular line. Palpi, head, and thorax ferruginous 

 brown ; two black metallic tufts on lower part of thorax. Abdomen 

 white, with transverse cinereous streaks. Cilia alternate white and 

 brown. Underside cinereous white : fore wing with three cinereous- 

 brown transverse discal lines, and broad marginal band with a sub- 

 marginal row of white dots : hind wing with a curved discal spot 

 and three indistinct cinereous-brown outer sinuous lines, a submar- 

 ginal line, and darker lunular marginal line. 



Expanse 1|^ inch. 



Bengal. In Coll. A, E. Russell ; F. Moore. 



M. cupreata, n. sp. 



Male glossy cupreous brown : fore wing with several basal trans- 



