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apical fascia is said to be on the forewing, and in the note below on the 

 hindwing; it is in reality on the forewing. Halpe aucma, H. marta, 

 H. wantona^ H. perara are without question merely slight forms of 

 H, homolea, and it is incredible that any author could, from five 

 specimens only, describe four " new species," which are admitted by 

 the describer to be allied to such an exceedingly variable species as 

 H. homolea. H. teliga, described from a single specimen, is a rather 

 prominently-marked example of E. moorei, and is readily matched 

 in any long series of that species. Astictopterus hada is probably 

 what has been described by Mr. Moore as the female of his Astic- 

 topterus olivascens, specimens of which occur with one, two, or three 

 subapical spots or with none at all ; however, since, as pointed out by 

 Mr. Elwes, there appear to be two species confused under the one name 

 A. olivascens, I have tentatively admitted Colonel Swinhoe's species, 

 though I am by no means certain he has correctly discriminated 

 it, as he makes no mention of having examined Mr. Moore's types so 

 as to decide for which species his name should stand. As the 

 species has an anal tuft which entirely conceals the sexual organs, so 

 that it cannot be sexed without the last segment of the abdomen being 

 denuded of scales and examined microscopically, Colonel Swinhoe's 

 sexing must be accepted with reservation. 



Colonel Swinhoe states in his introductory notes to the paper that he 

 submitted all his new species to me for examination ; this is quite 

 correct, except that I did not see specimens of /. isota or A, Jcada, but 

 with reference to the other species, Colonel Swinhoe has omitted to 

 mention that I told him I did not consider any of them to belong to 

 undescribed species. 



Mr. de Niceville having sent me for examination a clearing of batara, 

 the type of Unhang I have seen from it that this species correctly 

 belongs to the genus Erionota, and as batara was specified as the type of 

 Unkana, that genus must sink as a synonym. Of the three other 

 species placed under Unkana by Mr. Distant, U. attina is the 

 female of U. batara and is the oldest name for the species, while for 

 U. elia the genus Eetion has been described by Mr. de N iceville. 



In the present paper the genus Parnara has not been retained as 

 distinct from Baoris. I previously kept these two distinct on a slight 

 antennal character, but this has since proved to be more individual than 



