1881.] Lepidopterom Genus Euripus. 273 



Posterior wings above black-brown of a richer tint, broadly and inter- 

 digitatingly bordered externally with clear cinnamon-brown, which is 

 traversed by the dark brown veins and bears, midway between the black 

 base and the wavy purplish-black narrow outer border of the organs, a 

 series of four impressed white specks all encircled internally with black- 

 brown, one in each interspace from the first median to the second subcostal 

 veinlet, and, at its junction with the wavy black outer border, a similar 

 but more complete series of white specks, two to each interspace (except 

 the second, in which there are four, the middle one of the three being* 

 divided) from the internal vein to the first subcostal veinlet, and all round- 

 ish, except the first two, which present the form of linear marks parallel 

 to the outer margin. 



Wings below cinnamon-brown all narrowly bordered externally with 

 purplish black-brown, with the veins rich dark brown and the submarginal 

 spots more numerous and distinct than above. 



Anterior pair slightly darker for their basal two-thirds, with a short 

 streak of pale lilac between the first and second median veinlets near the 

 base of the cell and an ill-defined roundish clump of scales of the same 

 colour beyond it, an externally forked streak of dark violet-blue occupying 

 the basal two-thirds of the internomedian area and followed by a indistinct 

 clump of violet-grey scales, a grey streak in the apical half of the sutural 

 area, and a submarginal series of violet -white spots situated upon the inner 

 edge of the black outer border, and extending from the sutural area to the 

 apical angle, with all the spots round except the first six (which have the 

 form of linear streaks) and the last (which is elongate), and arranged two 

 in each interspace except the eighth from the apex (in which there are 

 three) and the last, in which there is only one. 



Posterior pair uniformly coloured, with a discal series of seven violet- 

 white spots and dots, arranged in two series, an anterior curved one of three, 

 and a posterior straight one of four, the three foremost of which latter, 

 with the last of the anterior series, coincide with the four impressed spots 

 of the upperside ; and with a submarginal series of spots of the same colour, 

 situation, and extent as in the anterior wings, but differing somewhat in 

 shape, the last three being linear streaks parallel to the outer margin and 

 the rest more or less elongate and those of each pair divergent externally 

 as if they were the remaining outer ends or horns of lost lunules. 



Length of anterior wing 1*6 ; whence expanse = 33-1 inches. 



Hab. Shillong, Khasi Hills, N. E. India. A single specimen of this 

 beautiful and distinct species has been communicated to by Mr. L. De 

 Niceville. It was captured in November last by the late Mr. J. P. Cock. 



