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brown discoidal annulus. Underside with the reticulate lines very distinct - 

 forewing with rounded black-brown discoidal patch ; hindwing with black- 

 brown discoidal annulus. 



Habitat.— Ceylon, Hapatale (Alston). Exp. 30 mill. Type in B. M. 



793«. Rhodoneura perruginosa, Hmpsn.. A. M. X. H. (7). XVII, p. 121 



(1906). 



X. Bright feruginous red. Forewing with numerous indistinct deep rufous- 

 stria? ; a rufous postmedial line, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved, 

 with some deeper rufous suffusion before it ; the striae on terminal area form- 

 ing an ill-defined sinuous subterminal line. Hindwing with numerous deep 

 rufous stria? forming ill-defined lines. Underside with a slight silvery gloss, 

 the stria? rather more prominent. 



Habitat. — Sikhim. Exp. 30 mill. 



793 b. Bhodoneura fallax, Warr. A. M. N, H. (6), XVIII, p. 229 (1896). 



Head, thorax and abdomen dark violaceous grey tinged with brown ; pectus, 

 legs and ventral surface of abdomen whitish. Forewing dark violaceous grey, 

 thickly and evenly striated with fine dark lines, some of the stria? forming a 

 slight rather oblique medial line, a slightly curved postmedial line and an 

 oblique line across apical area ; a slight brownish patch beyond discocellulars. 

 Hindwing dark violaceous grey, thickly and evenly striated with fine dark 

 lines, some of the stria? forming an obiique line across apical area. Underside 

 of forewing with metallic blue and black points in end of cell with some fine 

 white streaks above them, some fine white and black streaks beyond upper 

 angle of cell and an orange-red fascia below apical half of costa ; hindwing 

 whitish with the stria? prominent, a forked rufous line from costa before 

 apex to termen at vein 2. 



ab. 1. Medial area of forewing and apical area of hindwing suffused with 

 black above. 



Habitat. — Assam, Khasis ; Bali ; New Guinea, Fergusson I. Exp. 22 mill. 



797. Rhodoneura e-ract'eata, insert (syn.) 798. Rhodoneura rufareta. 



797 a. Rhodoneura intimalis, insert (syns). 



Rhodoneura canidentalis. Swinh., A. M. N. H. (7), XVIII, p. 381 (1906). 

 Mkrobelia fascial*, Warr. Nov. Zool. XV., p. 341 (1908). 

 privata, Warr. Nov, Zool. XV., p. 341 (1908). 

 uniformis Warr. Nov. Zool. XV., p. 341 (1908). 

 Rhodoneura giulia, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) X. p. 50 (1902 j. 



7976. Rhodoneura nephelopera, Hmpsn., A. M. N. H. (7), XVII p. US 

 (1906). 



Head, thorax and abdomen deep rufous ; front of thorax and dorsum of 

 abdomen with a purplish-silvery gloss : pectus, legs, and ventral surface of 

 abdomen rather paler ; wings rufous with a golden gloss, thickly and nearly 

 evenly reticulate with pale and deep rufous lines. Forewing with the base, 

 costal area, and area beyond the cell to apex and down to vein 3 deep rufous 

 suffused with purple ; cilia with two white patches at tips below apex snd two 



