290 L. de Niceville — Nctv Butterflies froyn the Indian Region. [No. 4, 



by the native collector attached to that institution in the Karen Hills in 

 Apri], 1887. 



21. Plesioneura laxmi, n. sp., PI. XIII, Fig. 5, d*. 

 Habitat : Upper Tenasserim. 



Expanse: c?, 1*8 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, loth wings olive-greenish. Fore- 

 wing with a very large quadrate spot filling the outer end of the dis- 

 coidal cell and extending somewhat narrowly to the costa ; a small 

 quadrate spot near the base of the second median interspace ; another 

 quadrate spot below it fully four times as large, in the middle of the 

 first median interspace ; two dots placed obliquely in the submedian 

 interspace, the upper one placed below the lower outer angle of the 

 large spot in the interspace above ; three subapical well-separated dots 

 in a curved series, the upper one twice as large as the other two taken 

 together — all these spots lustrous translucent white ; an indistinct dark 

 macular band, and two small black dots placed one above the other ob- 

 liquely near the base of the submedian interspace. Hindwing rather paler 

 than the forewing ; a subcostal black spot placed near the base of the wing, 

 two parallel discal black macular bands. Undersidr, both tvings ochreous- 

 brown. Forewing marked as above, Hindwing with the bands broken 

 up into spots and arranged thus : — a largish black spot in the discoidal 

 cell, almost completely surrounded by a series of spots beginning with a 

 moderate-sized one near the base of the subcostal interspace, a very 

 large round one near its middle, then about eight small spots curving 

 round to the base of the wing. Cilia brownish throughout. Antennm 

 ochreous-brown above, the hook black above, ochreous below. Body and 

 head more or less concolorous with the wings above and below. 



I possess a single specimen taken by Captain C. T. Bingham in 

 March in the Thoungyeen Forests, Burma. It is nearest to P. agni, 

 mihi,* but the ground-colour of the upperside is entirely different, as 

 are also many of the markings. 



22. Plesioneura basiflava, n. sp., PI. XIII, Fig. 7, (5*. 



Habitat : Travancore. 



Expanse: c?, 1-8 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, hoth wings dark glossy brown, 

 with a slight vinous tinge. Cilia paler brown. Forewing with a pyramidal 

 spot at the end of the cell, and a large somewhat rounded one below it 

 in the first median interspace, both semi-transparent lustrous white. 

 Hindwing unmarked. Underside, hoth wings rather paler than above, 



* J. A. S. B., vol. Hi, pt. 2, p. 87, n. 32, pi. x, fig. i, female (1883). 



