404 COL. c. swiNHOE ON NEW [Nov. 5, 



of the cell in the male, with a streak below of the same colour, but 

 in the female there is only one small spot at the end of the cell and 

 another small spot below, in place of the streak, also a broad dull 

 slate-coloured marginal band, outwardly deeply excavated, making 

 it appear as if composed of three patches, so much so in the female 

 as to make the band submarginal and macular. 



Wings below same as above, except that the red of the hind wings 

 and white of the fore wings is pale pink, the marginal spots on the 

 fore wings being pure white. Antennae slate-colour; head and thorax 

 pure white, markings slate-colour, a small spot on the centre of the 

 head, two on the collar and on the thorax, one on each division, and 

 a band in the centre ; abdomen deep bright red, extending far 

 beyond the wings, with a complete dorsal row of dark slate-coloured 

 spots ; body below whitish, legs slate-colour, striped with pink above. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Eab. North Kanara, June 1887. One pair received from Mr. 

 Wise. 



Distinguishable from P. distorta (the habitat of which is the N.W. 

 Himalayas) by the markings on the fore wing being pinkish white 

 and broader, whereas in P. distorta they are yellowish wliite, the 

 transverse discal band being half its width, the hind wing in the 

 latter species being also differently marked. 



AlOA SARA, n. sp. 



Allied to A. lactinea, Cramer, and similarly coloured and marked ; 

 it is, however, a smaller insect, the crimson band on the costa of the 

 fore wing is finer, and the prominent crimson band on the collar is 

 altogether absent ; the colour of the upper part of the abdomen 

 is also orange-red, as in A. moorei, Butler, and not ochreous as in 

 A. lactinea. Cram. 



Expanse of wings, S lyV' 2 ^To inch. 

 • Eab. Karachi, August 1885, July and August 1886. Many 

 examples taken. 



A smaller insect than either A. lactinea or A. sanguinolenta, 

 neither of which occur at Karachi. 



Alga insolata, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 15.) 



Allied to A. lactinea. Head, thorax, and wings pure white, costa 

 of fore wings crimson ; a black spot at the end of the cell, another 

 below it, near the hinder margin, sometimes one near the hinder 

 margin, one third from the base, and sometimes a subapical point, 

 and sometimes a fine black subapical streak ; hind wings with a 

 black spot at the end of the cell, and otherwise unmarked, a black 

 spot on each side of the thorax ; antennae black ; abdomen above 

 ochreous, with black short bands, little better than dorsal spots. 



Below : wings as above ; body white ; femora crimson ; tibiae black 

 above, ochreous below ; tarsi black. 



Expanse of wings If^ inch. 



Eab. Thyetmeyo, Sept. 1887. Two males received from Mr. 

 Noble. 



