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alternated with purple-brown ; hind wing whiter than the fore wing, 

 speckled witli grey-browu, and having a greyish-brown subbasal and 

 a discal nari'ow fascia, both of which are more or less broken and 

 dentated, cihal spots, and a spot at end of all. 



Expanse of wings, c? If, 2 li inch. 



Hab. Nilgiris. Four pairs in .\Jr. Moore's collection and one male 

 received by me from Mr. Lindsay. 



Nearest to A. fasciatia, Guerin, Deless. Voy. pi. 26, but differs in 

 its smaller size and in being more numerously speckled on both wings, 

 also in the irregular-shaped patches on the fore wing. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate XLIII. 



Fig. 1. Spilarctia umnwra, 2: n. sp., p. 40.5. 



2. Miyojilastes ham2:>soni, (^ , n. sp., p. 402. 



3. Milionia lundenta, n. sp., p. 423. 



4. Mircsa crispa, n. sp., p. 4O0. 



5. Ophmsa triangulata, n. sp., p. 414. 



6. Notiaptera properta, c?, n. sp., p. 400.' 



7. Cania pulUgonis, jj , n. sp., p. 408. 

 8. , 2 ' ^- sp-. P- 408. 



9. Thosea ram, n. sp., p. 408. 



10. Elydnadiurna, n. sp., p. 412. 



11. Syntomis ■wimherleyi, n. sp., p. 400. 



12. Farasa fumosa, n. sp., p. 408. 



13. Sonuina ahjecfa, $ , n- sp., p. 405. 



14. Aginna Icvicula, S , n. sp., p. 417. 

 1,5. Aloa insoluta, n. sp., p. 404. 



Plate XLIV. 



Fig. 1. Jlhodoncura albatalis, J, n. sp., p. 422. 



2. , 2 ,n. sp., p. 422. 



3. Pterothy sanies noblci, (J, n. sp., p. 4Ul. 



4. Pandcsmaj libra, 2 . n- sp., p. 413. 



5. Stemmatojjhorafoliafa, n. sp., p. 418. 

 C. Synclera, ncmoralis, n. sp., p. 421. 



7. ^oaophora lymphatalis, n. sp., p. 420. 



8. Phylctis borcalis, n. sp., p. 427. 



9. Cidaria 7/iiiliifaiia, n. s])., p. 429. 



10. Spica luteola, (S,n. sp., p. 424. 



11. Zonoraopiparalis, ^, n. sp., p. 419. 



12. Xaiisinoe euroalis, n. sp., p. 420. 



13. Abraxas iodara, (^, n. sp., p. 431. 

 14. , 2 . 1- sp., p. 431. 



3. Note on Python curtus. By G. A. Boulenger. 



[Eeceived September 13, 1889.] 



(Plate XLV.) 



It is surprising that a large and fine Snake inhabiting a compara- 

 tively well-explored di.>trict should liave so long escaped detection, 

 as is the case witb Python ciirtvs, of which a specimen from 

 Malacca (figured on Plate XLV.) is now exhibited in the Society's 



