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rather long:, Abdomen pale cinereous, with black crests. Tarsi 

 black, with white bands. Fore wings with two dark green many- 

 angled black and white-bordered bands, of which the first is basal 

 and the second is interrupted ; an exterior white spot in the disk 

 connected at its hind end with an elongated black point ; a black 

 submarginal irregular and interrupted line, which is irregularly 

 bordered with white on its outer side and emits a black fusiform 

 streak to the exterior border ; some black points on the costa and 

 on the exterior border; fringe with black spots. Hind wings white, 

 with a blackish irregular and interrupted submarginal line, and with 

 some marginal black points. Length of the body 7 lines; of the 

 wings 16 lines.. 



This and the following species are very different in structure 

 from the two preceding species, which may form a new genus. 



Darjeeling. In Mr. Atkinson's collection. 



DlPHTERA VIGENS. 



Mas. Viridissima ; capitis latera antica viridi nigra; palpi 

 nigri, subascendentes, apice virides ; antennae nigra?, subpec- 

 tinatce ; abdomen cinereum, later ibm nigricantibns, fasciculo 

 apicali viridi ; ala? antica? costa albida nigro notata, litura 

 basali undulata nigra, strigulis tribus transversis maculaque 

 subrhomboidali nigris albo marginatis, fasciis duabus an- 

 gulosis saturate viridibus nigro alboque marginatis, punctis 

 marginalibus nigris, fimbria nigro punctata, margine exteriore 

 postico denlato ; postica? cinerece, viridescente marginatum, 

 tinea undulata plagaque fuscis. 



Male. Vivid green. Head black on each side in front. Pro- 

 boscis moderately long. Palpi black, stout, pubescent, slightly 

 ascending; second joint green at the tip; third green, very short. 

 Antennae black, very slightly pectinated. Abdomen cinereous, ex- 

 tending rather beyond the hind wings; sides mostly blackish; 

 apical tuft green, elongate, cleft. Legs cinereous, with black 

 bands; spurs stout. Fore wings with a black undulating basal 

 streak; costa whitish with some black marks; disk with four black 

 white-bordered marks, of these three are slender transverse streaks, 

 and one a subrhomboidal spot ; two zigzag transverse black lines ; first 

 line near the base, bordered with white on the outer side and with 

 an incomplete dark green band on the inner side ; second bordered 

 with white on the inuer side and with a dark green band on the 



