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Hah. Nilgiri Hills, 6700 feet, June, July, August, and September 

 1887 ; sixteen specimens from Mr. Hainpson. Poona, November 

 1887; one specimen. 



Most nearly allied to the Ceylonese N. adamata, Felder, Reise d. 

 Nov. pi. 13(j. fig. 5, but differs on the fore wing in the greater width 

 between the antemedial and postmedial lines, the antemedial line 

 being single (not double as in N. adamata) ; the postmedial line is 

 less sinuous, and its lower end more inwardly oblique ; on the hind 

 wings the discal line is acutely sinuous. 



F I D o X I D ^. 

 Phyletis borealis, n. sp. (Plate XLIV. fig. 8.) 



Antennae grey, shaft pale reddish brown ; abdomen grey ; thorax 

 and fore wings reddish fawn-colour, a pale reddish-brown dot at the 

 end of the cell, a broad straight ])ale reddish-brown discal band, with 

 irregular borders, a marginal line, and an indistinct shadowy sub- 

 marginal pale band ; costal line and hinder margin thinly brownish, 

 fringe reddish brown. 



Hind wings pale reddish grey, a pale reddish-brown dot at end 

 of cell, and abroad, discal, outwardly curved band, corresponding to 

 the band on fore wings, composed of two diffuse pale reddish-brown 

 lines, with the space between them slightly darker than the general 

 coloration of the wing. 



Underside pale reddish grey, with the markings showing through, 

 and with the interior portion of fore wings suffused with reddish 

 brown. 



Expanse of wings 1 jL inch. 



Hab. Kulu. Two specimens received from Mr. Elwes, from Pangi, 

 and one specimen from Col. Marshall. The Pangi specimen is a little 

 redder than the Kulu specimen, but is otherwise identical. 



This species is nearest to P. vieonaria, Guenee, but differs on the 

 fore wing in the transverse discal oblique band being broader, its 

 broadest part being the upper end, and in its outer border being 

 sinuous ; whereas in P. meonaria this band is obsolescent at its upper 

 end, its outer border is even and has a distinct red inner border. 



Both wings have a well-defined spot at end of the cell (notpresent 

 in P. meonaria). 



Epifidonia absona, n. sp. 



Male. Of a uniform dark reddish purple ; wings with the red 

 coloration showing in places ; fore wings with a precostally angu- 

 lated postmedial duplex black line and a diffused antemedial line, 

 two pale greyish patches on the costa before the angle of the line, 

 a pure white dot below the first patch and three white spots below 

 the second patch, two of them large, one below the other, the third 

 very small and on the inner siJe. 



Hind wings with a large subapical space on the costa red. 



Underside ochreous red, striated with brown, some brown patches 

 on the outer portions of the wings and also in their centre ; hinder 



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