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is a synonym (Plate XXXIV. fig. ,5). It is also closely allied to 

 Chalcosia cauclata, Brem.' (Plate XXXIV. fig. 6), which I have from 

 the island of Askold ; but though there is nothing very marked in 

 the coloration to separate it from either of them, yet the difference in 

 venation affords a sufficient character. It may be described as 

 resembling E. westwoodi in size, shape, and colour, but the fore 

 wings more smoky, and the second discocellular vein of the hind 

 wing forked close to, instead of some distance from, the end of the 

 cell. 



From E. caudata it differs in its larger size, much darker colour of 

 both fore and hind wings, and in the recurrent vein in the cell of the 

 fore wing being simple as it is in E. westwoodi, and not forked. 

 From both the other species it differs in having the costal vein of the 

 hind wing forked near the base, the two branches being connected 

 by a short transverse vein near the middle of the cell {cf. fig. 4, a). 



All three species have a yellow patch edged with a dark line at 

 the base of the fore wing. The antennae, head, legs, and abdomen 

 are black. In E. caudata and E. westwoodi the abdomen is much 

 paler. The antennae of the female in E. caudata, and probably in 

 the other species, are much more finely pectinate than in the male. 

 The claspers of the male and the ovipositor of the female are of the 

 same character as those of Cadphises, Chelura, and Aglaope, to which 

 genera Elcysma seems to me to be most nearly allied. The only 

 specimen I have seen was taken by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga 

 Hills, at an elevation of about 5000 feet, in August 1889. 



Expanse of fore wing fi6 mm.; length of hind wing 41 mm.; 

 length of antennae 12 mm. 



Chionomera pulchella, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 15.) 



This species is a near ally of Tijana superba, Moore, and belongs 

 to the genus Chionomera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 18, in 

 which he placed C. superba and C. argentea from Japan. It belongs 

 to the Nycteolidae and would come near Earias, but has no other 

 near allies in Asia as far as I know. It is easily distinguished from 

 C. superba by the green instead of yellow bands of the fore wing and 

 by the much greater breadth of these bands, and these characters do 

 not vary in the five specimens I have seen. It is rare in Sikkim ; 

 one specimen in Holler's collection was taken at about 5000 feet in 

 April. I have received others taken near Tonglo at about 7000 

 feet. Of C. superba I have only two — one from Bhutan taken in 

 September, the other by myself at Darjeeling in July'^. 



Fore wings silvery above, with rich olive-green markings as shown 

 in the Plate; below, only an indistinct olive-green patch on the middle 

 of the costa ; hind wings pure silvery white on both sides. Legs 

 olive-green, with white joints and tarsi ; two pairs of strong spurs on 

 the hind legs. Palpi long, extending beyond the head. The sexes do 

 not appear to differ. 



Expanse 23-27 mm. 



^ Chalcosia caudata, Brem. Lep. Ost.-Sib. p. 97, t. viii. fig. 8. 

 * There are several specimens of C. pulchella, from Sikkim, unnamed, in the 

 Atkinson collection which agree with mine. 



