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558. Milieria virginalis, Herr.-Schdffer, Samml. aussereur. Schmett. 



fig. 4 ; C. i!f S. no. 425. 

 Cyclosia fuliginosa, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 418 ; C. $ 8. no. 436 ; Butl. III. 



Het. v, pi. 83, fig. 6. 

 Cyclosia subcyanescens, Wlk. Cat. ii, p. 417. 



d . Head and thorax blackish ; collar crimson ; abdomen pale 

 with fuscous bands. Tore wing cupreous brown, with white 



Fig. 175. — Milieria virginalis, §. \. 



streaks in the interspaces, suffused with fuscous and consisting of 

 a series of long streaks towards the base, and short streaks towards 

 the outer margin. Hind wing white, with a broad black band 

 from the apex to vein 2, enclosing a white spot in each interspace ; 

 the median nervure and nervules blue ; the inner area yellow. 

 Underside with the veins of both wings blue ; hind wing more 

 suffused with yellow. 



$ • Whiter, the fuscous on fore wing reduced to streaks along 

 the veins and on the hind wing to a line on the outer margin, and 

 a band across the end of the cell, which then bends outwards and 

 becomes submarginal. 



The variety fuliginosa has the abdomen and both wings entirely 

 suffused with purplish black, so that only faint traces of the spots 

 and streaks appear. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Burma. Exp., $ 62, $ 76 millim. 



559. Milieria cyanivena, n. sp. 



S . Differs from virginalis form fuliginosa in the veins of both 

 wings being shot with greenish blue, the fore wing slightly, the 

 hind wing and underside prominently ; the discal spots of both 

 wings absent on upper and under sides ; the submarginal series 

 pure white, large, and prominent. 



Hab. Bernardmyo, Burma (Doherty). Exp. 70 millim. Type 

 in coll. Elwes. 



