BOMBOXELIA. 13 



6208, Bombotelia dorsipuncta, u. sp. 



Pcnicillaria viaculata, Semper, Eeise Phil., Sclimett. ii. p. 634 (nee Butl.). 



Head and thorax deep purple-hrown, the tegulas slightl}' edged 

 "with whitish ; pectus white, the tarsi ringed with white ; abdomen 

 rufoos with small dorsal white spot on 4th segment, the ventral 

 surface deep purple-brown with small yellow spot at base. Fore 

 wing red-brown mixed with some greyish ochreous and sufiused 

 with deep purple plum-colour ; some slight black irroration on inner 

 area towards base; antemedial line fine, white, defined on outer 

 side by black and grejish ochreous, oblique from costa to vein 2 

 below the cell, then inwardly oblique, touching the reniform which, 

 is slightly defined by white, strongly constricted at middle and 

 produced at upper extremity, a white striga above it from costa ; 

 the medial area with veins 4 to 1 streaked Avith greyish ochreous ; 

 postmedial line double, greyish ochreous, oblique from costa to 

 vein 6, where it is obtusely angled, then inwardly oblique, sinuous 



Fig. 7. — Jjomhotdia dorsipuncta, (J. }. 



and bent outwards to inner margin, the inner line not quite reaching 

 costa and with black marks before it, an oblique black mark from 

 its angle to termen at vein 3 defined above by greyish ochreous and 

 with silvery-blue suff'usion bclowit ; a wedge-shaped chocolate-brown 

 patch from costa before the subterminal line, which is whitish and 

 incurved from costa to termen at vein 6, below vein 4 pure white, 

 angled outwards at vein 3 and ending at toruus, the area beyond it 

 black ; a terminal series of minute black lunulcs slightly defined by 

 white from apex to vein 4, a fine pale line at base of cilia. Hind 

 wing pure white, the costal and terminal areas purplish brown, a 

 brown discoidal spot, postmedial white striga at inner margin, and 

 white line from vein 3 to termen at vein 1 ; a terminal series of 

 minute dark lunulea and fine whitish line at base of cilia ; the 

 underside with elliptical black discoidal spot, minutely waved white 

 postmedial line, subterminal white spot at discal fold and bar 

 towards tornus. 



Hah. SiNGAPOEB {Uidley, Wood-Jones), 1 cJ , 6 $ typo ; Philip- 

 pines, Luzon. Ex^y. 26-28 millim. 



Larva. Semper, Reise Phil., Schmott. ii. pi. E. f. 7. 



Green with subdorsal series of small yellow spots and lateral 

 series of larger spots on abdominal termites. Food-plant, Seme- 

 carims. 



