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39. Pakallelia portia, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 20.) 



Description. — 6 • Head and thorax dark red-brown, abdomen 

 ocbreous. Fore wing : the basal area dark red-brown defined out- 

 wardly by a fine blackish line which is very irregular, being angled 

 outwardly on median nervure and inwardly on vein 1. A broad 

 grey median band, and beyond it a dark red-brown band defined 

 outwardly by a fine postmedial dark line angled outwardly at veins 

 1, 4, and 6, and inwardly in interspace 2. Beyond this line is a 

 narrow waved ferruginous band from vein 6 to inner margin 

 where it ends in a black spot. A red-brown subapical spot defined 

 inwardly by a whitish line, and continued across the distal area 

 as a dark submarginal line. Marginal area greyish. Hincl wing 

 pale fuscous, with a fine medial line defined outwardly by a pale 

 ochreous band : submarginal area fuscous, cilia whitish. In some 

 specimens the outer edge of the grey median band of fore wing is 

 much diffused and the band consequently broader. 



Habitat. Kedai, 22nd December ; Yoi, 2nd May. Expanse 

 40 mm. 



This form is nearest to P. annularis Boiscl. ; but differs from it 

 in the basal line being angled and not straight, in having a fulvous 

 or ferruginous band behind the postmedial line, and in the hind 

 wing being banded instead of plain fuscous. 



40. Parallelia rectifascia, sp. n. (PI. I. fig. 21.) 

 Description. — <$ . Similar to P. portia described above but smaller 



and darker. It differs from portia in the line defining the red- 

 brown basal area of the fore wing being straight and not angled. 

 The grey median band is narrower and straight on both edges. 

 The dark red-brown postmedial band is angled outwardly only on 

 vein 1 and inwardly only on vein 2. Ferruginous band as in 

 portia, but apical spot darker and not defined inwardly with a 

 whitish line. Hind wing : outer distal area black, inner area paler ; 

 cilia white. 



Habitat. Kedai, 9th March and 9th and 14th December. 

 Expanse 38 mm. 



41. Trigonodes hyppasia Cramer. 



Habitat. Masongaleni, 18th June; Kedai, 7th January. 



42. Ophideres materna Linnreus. 



Habitat. Yoi, 2nd May, S ; Kedai, 3rd January, $ . 



43. Plusia orichalcea Fabricius. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 5th January. 



44. Cyligramma latona Cramer. 

 Habitat. Kedai, 8th January, 



45. Cyligramma lilacina Guerin. 

 Habitat. Masongaleni, 25th May. 



Proc. Zool. Soc— 1915, No. VII. 7 



