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  Colonel 
  C. 
  Swinhoe's 
  new 
  sj^ecies 
  of 
  

  

  together. 
  Under 
  side 
  : 
  body, 
  legs, 
  and 
  wings 
  same 
  colour 
  as 
  the 
  

   hind 
  wings 
  above 
  ; 
  body 
  and 
  legs 
  without 
  raarkings 
  ; 
  wings 
  marked 
  

   as 
  above. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1-,^ 
  in. 
  

  

  North 
  Kanara, 
  September, 
  1887 
  {Wise). 
  

  

  Its 
  peculiar 
  red 
  colour 
  at 
  once 
  distinguishes 
  it 
  from 
  

   all 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Indian 
  alpenus. 
  

  

  LIPARID^. 
  

  

  10. 
  Artaxa 
  pelona, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  ^ 
  . 
  Antenn®, 
  body, 
  hind 
  wings, 
  legs, 
  and 
  whole 
  surface 
  below, 
  

   pale 
  straw-colour. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  above 
  bright 
  cinnamon-yellow 
  ; 
  

   three 
  brown 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  1st 
  at 
  apex, 
  2nd 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  it, 
  

   and 
  the 
  3rd 
  near 
  the 
  hinder 
  angle, 
  and 
  two 
  transverse 
  bands 
  of 
  

   blackish 
  brown 
  irrorations, 
  ante-medial 
  and 
  post-medial, 
  1st 
  

   slightly 
  curved 
  outwardly, 
  2nd 
  recurved, 
  throwing 
  out 
  a 
  short 
  

   band 
  from 
  its 
  middle 
  towards 
  the 
  outer 
  margin 
  ; 
  one 
  specimen 
  has 
  

   nearly 
  all 
  the 
  markings 
  obsolete. 
  Under 
  side 
  without 
  any 
  markings. 
  

   Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  If^ 
  in. 
  

  

  Nilgiri 
  Hills 
  {Lindsay). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  A. 
  fraterna, 
  Moore, 
  from 
  Ceylon, 
  but 
  is 
  

   much 
  larger 
  and 
  quite 
  differently 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  

   wings. 
  

  

  11. 
  Artaxa 
  rhoda, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  (? 
  . 
  Antennae, 
  body, 
  and 
  wings 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  warm 
  chrome-yellow. 
  

   Hind 
  wings 
  slightly 
  paler 
  than 
  the 
  fore 
  wings. 
  Fore 
  wing 
  with 
  a 
  

   brown 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell 
  ; 
  a 
  straight 
  macular 
  band 
  of 
  brown 
  

   irrorations 
  from 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  margin, 
  towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   which 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  reach 
  ; 
  a 
  short 
  straight 
  similarly 
  composed 
  thin 
  

   band 
  close 
  inside, 
  not 
  macular, 
  running 
  fi-om 
  the 
  basal 
  third 
  

   towards 
  the 
  spot 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  cell. 
  Under 
  side 
  : 
  body, 
  wings, 
  

   and 
  legs 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  pale 
  bright 
  chi-ome-yellow, 
  immarked. 
  

   Expanse 
  of 
  wings 
  Ifj 
  in. 
  

  

  North 
  Kanara, 
  August, 
  1887 
  {Wise). 
  

  

  Allied 
  to 
  A. 
  discinota, 
  Moore, 
  from 
  the 
  Andamans; 
  

   differs 
  in 
  its 
  straight 
  bands, 
  the 
  outer 
  band 
  in 
  discinota 
  

   being 
  recurved 
  and 
  crossed 
  by 
  pale 
  veins, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  

   absence 
  of 
  all 
  markings 
  below. 
  

  

  12. 
  Euproctis 
  illanta, 
  n.s'p. 
  

   (^ 
  J 
  . 
  Above 
  and 
  below 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  cream-colom*. 
  Antennae 
  

   of 
  the 
  male 
  with 
  the 
  shaft 
  and 
  plumes 
  ochreous 
  tinted. 
  Fore 
  

  

  