452 COL. C. SWINHOB ON THE [NoV. 16, 



Therm ESiiDi£. 



154. AZAZIA RUBRICANS. 



Ophiusa rubricans, Boisd. Faun. Lep. Mad. p. 106. 11, pi. 16. f. 1. 

 September. 



15.5. Mestleta BACCALix, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 7.) 



Pale pinkish cream-colour. Fore wings irrorated with pinkish- 

 brown atoms ; with four equidistant parallel whitish oblique lines — 

 subbasal, antemedian, median, and postmedian ; each line nearly 

 straight from hinder margin till near the costa, where it abruptly 

 bends inwards to the costa ; each line margined with pinkish brown 

 on its inner side ; outer border darker than the rest of the wing, 

 with a whitish subapical line running inwards from the costa for a 

 short distance ; fringe pinkish brown with white tips. Hind wings 

 paler than the fore wings, pale pinkish brown towards the outer 

 margin ; fringe pinkish grey, with white tips. Underside whitish ; 

 legs marked with pinkish brown ; body dark brown-pink ; fore wings 

 suffused with pinkish brown towards the apex ; fringe of both wings 

 as on the upperside. 



Expanse of wings -j^ inch. 



December. 



FoCILLIDiE. 



156. HiNGULA UNICOLORIS, n. sp. 



Dark brown ; antennae articulated with white, tips of the palpi 

 white; head white on the inside of the eyes; wings saturated with 

 pinkish ; fore wings with some black marks on the costa, a black 

 streak at the end of the cell ; both wings with black points on the 

 outer margin, and with two irregular, very indistinct black lines 

 across tlie wings difficult to distinguish. Underside slightly paler 

 than the upperside, in one specimen quite unmarked, in another 

 with faint traces of outer and submargiual lines. 



Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



February and September. 



Platydid^. 



157. Episparis signata. 



Episparis signata. Walker, xxxiii. 1032. 

 July. 



Hypenid^e. 



158. Rhynchina pervulgalis. 



Rhynchina pervulgalis, Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1885, p. 4/1, pi. 28. 

 f. 5. 



May and September. 



159. Rhynchina xylina, n. sp. 



Palpi, head, and collar white, speckled with grey, the palpi in 



