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and the black line invading the yellow between the veins is crossed by 

 a transverse black bar. Hind wing only slightly paler along the outer 

 margin. The marginal crescents are produced between the veins to 

 a much enlarged facsimile of the markings found on the fore wing. 



Underside darker than in nurinissa or nourmahal ? , and the 

 transverse lines only faintly edged with ochreous. The ocelli are smaller 

 than in the two allied forms. 



Five Finger Mountains, May, 1920, one 3 . 



16. Stichoplithalma hoicqua bowringi subsp. nov. (pi. XXIII, fig. 19). 



3 ? • Upperside of fore wing with the submarginal line more 

 strongly undulate and continuous, the arrow-head markings not well 

 developed. Hind wing with submarginal line more strongly undulate 

 and the arrow-head markings mi a longer stem. 



Underside of fore wing with discal line bent more strongly outward 

 at vein 2. Ocelli smaller on both wings. 



Five Finger Mountains, May, 1920, one 3 (type) and two others ; 

 June, 1920, two 3 3 ; Fansa, S.W. slope, 5,000 feet, June, two 3 3 ; 

 Interior, July, 1920, one ? (allotype) ; September, 1920, one 3 ■ 



17. Stichoplithalma neumogeni le subsp. nov. (pi. XXIII, fig. 20). 



Named after one of the aboriginal tribes. 



3 2 . Upperside of fore wing with heavy submarginal crescents 

 which are connected at the veins. Arrow-head marks not connected 

 with the crescents, large but not of definite outline and without a 

 proximal point. Hind wing with large submarginal crescents 

 connected indistinctly at the veins. Arrow-head marks as on the 

 fore wing but those in cellules 4 and 5 with a proximal point. 



Underside with discal line more irregular and on the fore wing 

 more broadly edged with whitish distally. Submarginal line much less 

 dentate than in the typical form. Antemarginal line further from the 

 margin and faintly marked, and nearly parallel to the submarginal line. 



Interior, September, one 3 (type), two S ? ; November, 1919, 

 one ? (allotype) ; May, 1919, one ? ; August, 1920, one ? . 



ELYMNIINAE. 



18. Elymnias patna bercovitzi subsp. nov. (pi. XXIII, fig 21). 



Dedicated to Dr. Bercovitz of the American Presbyterian Mission, 

 whose native collectors obtained many specimens for Mr. Bowring. 



3 . Smaller than the typical form. Fore wing above with smaller 



