1884.] Species of Asiatic Diurnal Lepidoptera. 37 



Genus Pratapa, Moore. 

 Peatapa bhotea, n. sp. 



Female. Upperside purpurascent grejdsli-blue : forewing witli the 

 anterior margin from the costal vein, the apex broadly, and the exterior 

 margin violet-brown ; cilia grey : hindwing with a marginal row of nar- 

 row violet-black spots ending in a red anal lobe- spot ; a slender black 

 marginal line ; cilia greyish- white ; the two tails black with white 

 cilia. 



Underside glossy purpurascent greyish- white : forewing with an 

 indistinct darker bluish-grey streak at end of the cell, and two slender 

 lunular fasciae along exterior margin ; a transverse discal slender promi- 

 nent black broken sinuous line : hindwing with a similar cell streak and 

 outer marginal fasciae, the latter darkest at anal end ; a jet black anal 

 lobe-spot, on which are a few scarlet scales and some turquoise-blue 

 scales along its inner border ; a transverse discal zigzag slender black 

 broken line ending upward above the anal lobe. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Hab. Sikkim. In coll. Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Remelana, n. g. 



Male. Forewing less triangular than in Tajuria (T, longinus, Fabr.), 

 the costal margin more abruptly arched at the base, exterior margin 

 slightly convex, posterior angle rounded : hindwing broader and less 

 produced hindward ; costa less arched at the base, very convex external- 

 ly, with a slender tail from end of lower median and another from the 

 submedian, abdominal margin short. Palpi shorter, second joint stouter, 

 and third joint longer ; antennae shorter, tip shorter and more regularly 

 clavate. Venation similar. 



Type, -B. jangala. 



Remelana jangala. 



Amhlypodia jangala, Horsfield, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. 0. p. 113 (1829), $ ; Moore, 

 ibid. p. 40, pi. 1 a, f . 11, <? . 



Hab. Java. N. E. Bengal. 



Remelana travana. 



Myrina travana, Hewitson, Illust. D. Lep. p. 38, pi. 17, f . 59-60 (1865) <? . 



Hab. Sumatra. Singapore. Borneo. 



