﻿moths 
  from 
  Southern 
  India. 
  135 
  

  

  shaped 
  patch 
  by 
  the 
  thickened 
  veins, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  apical 
  patch 
  by 
  

   the 
  black 
  cilia, 
  fining 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  angle, 
  and 
  runniog 
  into 
  the 
  

   black 
  hinder 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  half 
  black, 
  and 
  

   with 
  a 
  thick 
  costal 
  black 
  margin 
  to 
  the 
  hyaline 
  portion, 
  which 
  is 
  

   divided 
  into 
  two 
  by 
  the 
  prominent 
  black 
  median 
  vein. 
  Under 
  

   side 
  : 
  body 
  and 
  legs 
  black 
  ; 
  thorax 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  golden 
  yellow 
  

   spots 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  golden 
  band 
  only 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  legs 
  with 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  tarsi. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Nilgiri 
  Hills, 
  3500 
  ft., 
  August, 
  1887 
  {Hampson). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  S. 
  libera, 
  Walker, 
  from 
  Burma, 
  differs 
  chiefly 
  

   in 
  having 
  the 
  hyaline 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  wings 
  divided 
  

   into 
  two 
  portions 
  only, 
  whereas 
  in 
  S. 
  libera 
  it 
  is 
  divided 
  

   into 
  three 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  insect. 
  

  

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   5. 
  Barsine 
  chromatica, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   (J 
  5 
  . 
  Antennae, 
  body, 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  chrome-yellow, 
  eyes 
  

   black, 
  thorax 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  on 
  each 
  shoulder, 
  and 
  two 
  central. 
  

   Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  basal 
  spot 
  on 
  costa, 
  a 
  subbasal 
  black 
  spot 
  

   in 
  the 
  wing, 
  a 
  blackish 
  brown 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell, 
  and 
  a 
  

   broad 
  band 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  colour, 
  pale 
  and 
  suffused, 
  running 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  wing, 
  formed 
  by 
  two 
  transverse 
  outwardly 
  curved 
  bands, 
  

   one 
  before 
  the 
  middle 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  discal, 
  joined 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  outer 
  band 
  thinning 
  out 
  some 
  thick 
  streaks 
  towards 
  

   the 
  outer 
  margin. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  pale 
  chrome-yellow, 
  semidiaphanous, 
  

   apex 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  brownish 
  patch. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  thick 
  brownish 
  

   hairs 
  covering 
  the 
  lower 
  half; 
  tips 
  yellow. 
  Under 
  side 
  as 
  above, 
  

   but 
  paler 
  and 
  less 
  distinct 
  ; 
  legs 
  chrome-yellow. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  

   wings, 
  1^—1^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  (Lindsay). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  B. 
  rubricosa, 
  Moore, 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  locality, 
  is 
  larger, 
  yellower, 
  and 
  differs 
  in 
  the 
  

   pattern, 
  having 
  a 
  spot 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  cell 
  and 
  no 
  central 
  

   band. 
  

  

  6. 
  Bizone 
  linatula, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   $ 
  . 
  Antennae 
  reddish 
  ; 
  head, 
  body, 
  and 
  fore 
  wings 
  pure 
  white 
  ; 
  

   thorax 
  with 
  red 
  bands 
  in 
  front, 
  across 
  the 
  middle, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  with 
  the 
  hinder 
  half 
  reddish. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  four 
  

   transverse 
  red 
  bands, 
  somewhat 
  as 
  in 
  B. 
  subornata 
  ; 
  subbasal, 
  

   ante-medial, 
  post-medial, 
  and 
  submarginal 
  quite 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  mar- 
  

   gin, 
  and 
  the 
  hinder 
  part 
  touching 
  it, 
  but 
  not 
  quite 
  reaching 
  the 
  

  

  