258 MESSES. II. J. ELWES AND JAMES EDWARDS: 



11 (12). Hind wiug hcknv with a more or less prominent white macular 



median band ; wliite spot at the base of cell 7 conspicuous . . cerata, Hew. 



12 (11). Hind wing below without a macular median band; white spot 



at the base of cell 7 inconspicuous ; a suffused stramineous spot 

 near the apical third of cell \ b, a minute pure white spot in each 

 of cells 2, .3j 4, 5, and 6, those in cell 3, 4, and 5 very minute 

 and sometimes wanting. No sex-mark on fore wing above . astigmata, Swinh. 



13 (10) . No pale spot in the base of cell 7 on hind wing below. 



14(15). Fringe of liind wing pure white insignis,V)'\%i. 



15 (14). Fringe of hind wing not pure white. 



16 (17). Fore wing above : pale spot in the cell geminate hyrie, de Nicev. 



17 (16). Fore wing above : pale spot in the cell single, next the upper edge 



of the cell, at most with a punctiform pale spot below it. 



18 (21). Fringe of the fore wing beneath whitish or chequered. 



19 (20). Cell-spot in fore wing single, next the upper edge of the cell. 



Termen of the hind wing continuous!}' rounded, the tornus 

 consequently not appearing to be produced ; the fringe pale 

 brownish grey kumara, de Nic^v. 



20 (19). Cell-spot in the fore wing with a pale point next its lower edge. 



Termen of the hind wing somewhat straightened between veins 

 4 and 1 b, the tornus therefore appearing somewhat produced; 

 the fringe wliite with the short scales brown knyvetti, n. sp. 



21 (18). Fringe of the fore wing beneath grey-brown, concolorous with 



the wing fasciata, n. sp. 



22 (5). Hind wing with three hyaline spots submacula, Leech. 



23 (4). Club of antenufe not banded with white on the upperside next 



the apiculus. 



24 (51). Vein 2 of fore wing arising near the half-length of the cell. 



25 (50). Hind wing below normally with markings. 



26 (43). Pale pattern of hind wiug below consisting of a straight oblique 



discal band and a more or less distinct subtermiual baud of 

 suffused spots, the latter arising in a pale spot near the apical 

 third of cell 1 b and becoming gradually obsolescent towards 

 the a|)ex. This pattern is frequently almost obsolete, but it is 

 always possible to trace its relationship to the typical pattern 

 as displayed in a well-marked example of homulea. 

 %7 (30). Hind wing below : discal band sharply defined. 



28 (29^. Discal band on the hind wing below white, appearing on the 



upperside as an indistinct sufi'used pale patch moorei, Wats. 



29 (28). Discal band on the hind wing below yellowish white, not 



appearing on the upperside ceylonica, Moore. 



30 (27). Hind wing below : discal band suffused or obsolescent. 



31 (42). Hind wing below with the pattern at least traceable. 



32 (35). Hind wing below with the basal half of cells 4-5 stramineous. 



33 (34). Size larger : a pale spot in cell 8 of fore wing above; long hairs 



on the disc of hind wing above brown nephele, Leech. 



