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expressed ; antemedian fine, gently curved ; median very oblique, from a dark 

 costal spot 1 mm. before apex to hindniargin well proximally to middle, accom- 

 panied distally by a very faint suggestion of a dark shade ; postmedian moderately 

 sinuous (about as in convectaria Walk.), slightly dark-dotted on the veins and 

 followed distally by conspicuous black dots on SC 5 and ll 1 ; cell-dot rather large 



and conspicuous ; terminal line fine, dull reddish ; fringe concolorous with wing. ■ 



Hindwing with costal margin relatively somewhat longer than in the allied species, 

 tail at R 3 moderately strong ; median line placed rather near base ; a distinct 

 "black cell-dot ; postmedian line somewhat variable, in the £ almost as sinuous 

 as in amata L., in the ? hardly more so than in correspondent Hmpsn. ; faint 

 indications of a row of vein-dots distally to the postmedian. 



Underside, especially of forewing, strongly and coarsely irrorated ; discal dots, 

 median and postmedian lines well developed. 



Java: Sindanglaya, June 25, 1910, c? type; Tosari, July 5, 1910, ? (E. A. 

 Cockayne) ; in coll. L. B. Prout, presented by the discoverer. 



I know of no other species in the genus witli distinct discal dot on the hind- 

 win 0- . Easily distinguished from convectaria by absence of dark costa. Shape and 

 coloration, also the oblique course of the median line, recall the darkest, most 

 reddish-tinged examples of correspondent Hmpsn., in which the antemedian line 

 of forewing and the postmedian of hindwing are usually straight. 



44. Ptochophyle oophora sp. nov. 



cJ, 21 mm. Face and palpus dull rosy. Vertex more purplish. Thorax rosy, 

 paler beneath. Fore and middle legs mixed with rosy. Abdomen above rosy in 

 anterior half, becoming paler posteriorly ; beneath quite pale. 



Foreivinq with costa rather strongly shouldered at base, then straight nearly 

 to apex ; termen almost vertical to middle, then strongly oblique ; rose-pink 

 proximally, this colour bounded by a fairly regular, very oblique curve, which runs 

 from costa near base to tornus ; succeeding area pale yellowish ; a large oval, 

 darker-edged rose-pink, violaceous-tinged distal patch reaching almost from costa 

 to M 1 , touching the termen (and even encroaching slightly on the fringe) at R 3 and 

 M 1 , very narrowly separated therefrom by the pale yellowish shade anteriorly ; 



some small, pale yellow spots in this patch ; fringe mostly pale yellowish. 



Hindwing with termen slightly waved, almost inappreciably bent at R 3 ; rose-pink, 

 tinged with violaceous distally ; an indistinct dark dot on DC 2 and a smaller one 

 on DC 3 ; extreme distal edge and fringe pale yellowish, encroached on by the rose- 

 colour at R 3 . 



Underside similar, rather paler, especially the yellow parts. 



Sarawak district: Matang Road, July 16, 1911. Type in coll. Brit. Mus., 

 presented by the Sarawak Museum. 



About the shape and coloration of miniosa Warr. {Nov. Zool. vi. 332). Perhaps 

 akin to cruoraria Warr. {op. cit. iv. 49), but lighter and brighter, rosy (not dull 

 purple), the two colours much more sharply defined, the abdomen red, not golden, 

 the termen of hindwing not strongly projecting. 



45. Ptochophyle (?) auricosta sp. nov. 



?, 35 mm. Face crimson. Palpus decidedly longer than diameter of eye, 

 third joint exposed, but considerably shorter than second ; crimson, slightly paler 

 beneath. Vertex and proximal part of antenna snow-white ; antenna with 



