216 NOVITATBS ZOOLOGIOAE XXIII. 1916. 



25. Earias brevipennis spec. nov. 



Forewing yellow-green ; the fringe concolorons. Hindwing white, faintly 



greenish along termen below apex. 



Underside of forewing paler green, with a patch of purplish brown scales 

 along costa from base to middle ; hindwing greener than above. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen green ; palpi and forelegs purplish-brown. 



1 c? from Batchian taken by W. Doherty in March 1892. Wings short and 

 broad ; the forewing strongly shouldered near base. 



26. Earias rufipes spec. nov. 



<?. Forewing yellow-green, pinkish yellow at base of costa ; fringe olive green 



mixed with grey, the tips pale and shining ; a minute brown dot at end of cell. 



Hindwing and fringe white, with a very faint greenish tinge at termen from apex 

 to middle. Underside of forewing quite pale green, of hindwing white tinged with 

 green towards apex. 



Face and thorax pale green, dorsum greyish white ; antennae, sides of frons, 

 palpi, and forelegs bright scarlet ; the same size as pudicana Staud. 



In the ? the palpi are much longer ; the fringe of forewing concolorous. 



4 <$S, 1 ? from Kei Island, taken by H. Kühn in 1897 and 1898. 



27. Earias venusta spec. nov. 



Differs from roseifera in the rosy suffusion being ampler, extending from near 

 base to the subterminal area along costa, which it touches, and reaching submedian 

 fold in both sexes ; fringe greenish, tinged with pinkish brown. Hindwing white, 

 with a faint greenish tinge. The underside of both wings pale yellowish green. 



Palpi dark brown ; face either pale green, or green tinged with rosy, or wholly 

 rosy ; thorax greenish ; abdomen grey. 



1 <$ from Simla (type), and 2 ? ? and 1 <$ from the Khasia Hills. 



28. Earias apicebrunnea spec. nov. 



cf . Forewing pale yellow green ; the costal edge from base to middle reddish ; 

 terminal area and inner margin deeper green ; inner and outer lines marked by 

 ferruginous brown spots on veins ; the inner strongly incurved in cell ; a diffuse 

 reddish brown spot on discocellnlar, with a slight rusty suffusion to each line ; 

 subterminal line slightly darker green, obscure; fringe green, with a red-brown 



blotch at apex of wing. Hindwing white, faintly green-tinged ; in the ? the 



lines are often faint ; the space between them suffused with rosy, this colour some- 

 times extending to base along cell and reaching inner margin on one hand and 

 beyond outer line extending to apex ; the discal spot faint ; base of costa green ; 

 fringe and hindwing as in c?. Underside of both wings yellow-green ; base of costa 

 of forewing reddish in the S ; apex of forewing, as well as fringe, red-brown. 



Palpi chocolate-brown ; face and thorax pale green, both tinged with rosy 

 in ? , only the face in <5 ; dorsum whitish tinged with grey. 



2 S <3 , 3 ? ? from the Khasia Hills, Assam (type), and 1 S from Sikkim. 



29. Earias venusta spec. nov. 



Forewing pale green ; the costa from base broadly rust-colour ; a diffuse rust- 

 coloured spot on discocellular ; a small round green spot in cell ; the lines darker 



