PAEALLELIA. 581 



*7726. Parallelia albociQCta. (Plate CCXX. fig. 16.) 



Oxyhisnia alhocincta, Wlk. xxxiii. p. 958 (1865); Swinb. Cat. Het. Mus. 

 Oxon. ii. p. 138, fig. 



(S . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish brown, the pectus, legs, 

 and ventral surface of abdomen darker brown with some whitish 

 on pectus and base of abdomen, which has small sublateral white 

 spots on medial segments. Fore wing with the basal area 

 reddish brown with a faint oblique dark subbasal line from costa 

 to submedian fold and some dark suffusion before the erect straight 

 black-brown antemedial line ; a white medial band expanding 

 to\vards costa and inner margin where it is suffused with red- 

 brown ; the outer part of medial area deep chocolate-brown, its 

 inner edge incurved ; postraedial line whitish and oblique from 

 costa to below vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved 

 to inner margin at the medial band ; postmedial area pale reddish 

 brown with oblique conical black-brown apical spot and dentate 

 spot below it above vein 6 ; the terminal area white, its inner edge 

 forming the subterrainal line, which is angled inwards at discal 

 fold to near the postmedial line, then dentate ; a dark brown line 

 just before termen with black points at the interspaces. Hind 

 Mang fuscous brown ; the termen white from below apex to tornua 

 towards which it expands ; a brown line just before termen ; cilia 

 white with a fine brown line at base ; the underside with two 

 curved dark medial lines and a subterminal shade, the terminal 

 area white to apex with a series of black points before termen. 



Hab. Celebes, Makian ( Wallace), type f c? in Mus Oxon. 

 Eivp. 58 millim. 



7727. Parallelia expediens. (Plate CCXX. fig. 17.) 



Ophinsa expedkns, Wlk. xiv. 1424 (1858). 



5 . Head and thorax reddish brown ; abdomen dark brown ; 

 pectus, legs, and ventral surface of abdomen brown mixed with 

 grey, the tarsi ringed with whitish. Fore wing chocolate-brown ; 

 antemedial line brown defined on outer side by white, oblique, 

 straight, followed by an oblique white band suff"used with purple- 

 brown on its inner part and somewhat dilated at costa and inner 

 margin, a black point on it in middle of cell ; the outer part of 

 medial area deep chocolate brown ; postmedial line brown defined 

 on outer side by white, obliquely downcurved from costa to below 

 vein 6 where it is angled outwards, then incurved to inner margin 

 at the medial band, some oblique white striae beyond it from costa ; 

 the terminal area paler brow'n tinged with parple-grey shading to 

 whitish at termen ; an obliquely curved chocolate-brow^n shade 

 diffused on inner side from apex to the postmedial line at vein o, 

 defined below by a white streak ; traces of an obliquely incurved 

 brown subterminal line with dentate dark spots on it at veins 4, 3j 2 ; 



