PARALLELIA. 565 



darker more prominent purplish white suffusion on basal area and 

 bej'ond the antemedial line. 



Hah. Java (Horsjield), 1 5 type ^ Amboina (Pratt), 1 J, 

 E.rj). 42 millim. 



7701. Parallelia umtrosa. (Plate CGXIX. fig. 17.) 



Ophiusa umhrosa, Wlk. xxxiii. 968 (1865); Hmpsn. Motbs Iiid. ii. 



p. DU2. 

 Ophiusa ohumhraia, Wlk. xxxiii. 969 (1865). 



Head and teguloe purple-grej' tinged with reddish brown ; thorax 

 and abdomen purple'-grey mixed with some brown. Fore wing 

 purple-grey irrorated with brown, the outer half of medial area 

 suffused with dark brown and the postmedial area with cupreous 

 brown except towards costa ; subbasal line brown, from costa to 

 submedian fold, followed by a narrow brown band extending to 

 inner margin ; a sinuous brown antemedial line followed by a 

 narrow oblique brown band; a brown discoidal bar; medial line 

 brown, waved, oblique to vein 4, then incurved; postmedial line 

 dark brow"n, oblique to vein 6 and incurved below vein 4, a conical 

 purple-grey patch irrorated with brown beyond it on costal area 

 with three white points on costa, its outer edge formed by the 

 subterminal line, -which is w^hite and oblique to vein 7, where it is 

 angled outwards, then indistinct, dark, waved ; the termen purple- 

 grejr except at apex, with a series of black points before termen ; 

 cilia purple-grey. Hind wing purple-grey suffused with brown ; 

 an obliquely curved purple-grey postmedial line from discal fold to 

 inner margin and a subterminal line from vein 4 to tornus ; the 

 termen purple-grey at middle with some dark points before termen; 

 cilia purple-grey except at apex ; the underside purple-grey irro- 

 rated with brown, a dark discoidal spot, waved medial and 

 postmedial lines, a waved grey subterminal line defined by brown, 

 and a series of black points before termen. 



Hab. Central China, Shanghai, 1 5 type, Fokien, Sam-sah 

 {de la Garde), 1 J ; Formosa, 1 5 ; Punjar, Manpuri, 1 § ; 

 Assam {Badgleij), 1 S , Khasis ( Watf;on), 1 J ; Bengal, Cal- 

 cutta, 2 5 ; Madras, Malabar, 1 J, Nilgiris (ffampson), 1 c? , 

 2 9, Coimbatore (Walhouse), 1 2 type obumhrata; Up. BtrRMA, 

 Kalew^a ( Watson), 1 $ ; Singapore {Ridley), 2 (5 , 1 $ ; Pulo 

 Laux (Doherty), 1 $ ; Java {Horsjield). 1 ci' . Exp. 38- 

 50 millim. 



7702. Parallelia circumsignata. (Plate CCXIX. fig. 18.) 



Naxia circtimsignata , Guen. Noct. iii, p. 255 (1852) ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 495. 



(^ . Head and thorax pale rufous ; frons with pair of dark points 

 above at sides ; antennae, dark brown ; abdomen grey-white tinged 

 with red-brown. Fore wing pale purplish grey suffused with 



