620 CATALOGUE OF 



1. Alope OCELLIFERA. 



Fusca ; palpi subtus lutei ; thorax et alee anticee maculis plurimis 

 nigro-fuscis testaceo marginatis ; abdomen rufurri autflavum, 

 trifariam nigro maculatum ; alee posticus rufce aut fiavee, 

 fasciis macularibus nigro-fuscis. 



Brown. Palpi luteous beneath. Thorax and fore wings with 

 numerous blackish brown spots, which have testaceous borders. 

 Abdomen red or yellow, with three rows of black spots. Coxae 

 partly luteous. Hind wings red or yellow, with irregular macular 

 blackish brown bands. The spots on the thorax vary in number, and 

 are in some cases wholly wanting. The spots on the fore wings form 

 about six irregular oblique bands of alternate large and small spots, 

 and vary much in size and form. The hind wings have three bands ; 

 the first and second are very rarely entire, generally macular, and in 

 some cases nearly or wholly wanting. The third band is broader, 

 and more often entire. Length of the body 5 — 10 lines; of the 

 wings 14 — 28 lines. 



a — d. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



e. North India. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



/, g. Silhet. From the Eev. J. Stainforth's collection. 



h, i. Ceylon. Presented by R. Templeton, Esq. 



j— I Canara, Malabar Coast. Presented by S. N. Ward, Esq, 





2. Alope semicincta. 



Fcem. Nigro-fusca; caput supra, thoracisque latera testacea ; 

 abdomen rufum vitta maculari nigra, subtus nigrum fasciis 

 rufis ; alee antica macula fasciaque maculari albis ; posticcB 

 rufce, fusco marginatce. 



Fern. Blackish brown. Head testaceous above. Palpi and 

 antennae black. Thorax testaceous on each side. Abdomen red, 

 with a stripe of black dorsal spots; under side black, with red bands 

 on the borders of the segments. Fringes of the wings with testa- 

 ceous dots. Fore wings with a white spot a little before the middle, 

 and at one-third of the breadth from the costa, and with a macular 

 oblique white band, which is at two-thirds of the length of the wing, 

 and is more or less interrupted in the middle. Hind wings red, 

 with broad brown borders. Length of the body 8—9 lines ; of the 

 wings 22 lines. 



a, b. North India. From Mr. L. James' collection. 



3. Alope ? Sangarida. 



Obscure fusca ; thorax antice coccineus ; alee albo ciliatee ; anticee 

 fascia albida ; posticee fasciis duabus fasciam brevem atram 

 amplectentibus coccineis. 



