RHODONEURA. 361 



Hab. Tenasserim Valley (DoJierty). Exp. 28 millim. Type in 

 coll. Druce. 



786. Rhodoneura vinosa, Butt. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 130, pi. vi, fig. 8. 

 Phararnbara reticulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 212 (nom. praeocc.) 



C. $ S. no. 4382. 



S • Head, thorax, and abdomen dark red-brown, with a pur- 

 plish tinge. Fore wing glistening purplish brown, evenly striated 

 with dark lines ; antemedial, medial, and postmedial red-brown 

 bands with dark edges ; a curved irregular line from the post- 

 medial band on the costa to outer angle ; a very irregular sub- 

 marginal line sending spurs to the outer margin. Hind wing with 

 no postmedial band. Underside with some black and white streaks 

 below the subcostal nervure of fore wing. 



Some specimens have a pair of white spots near the origin of 

 vein 2 of both wings, sometimes with dark spots between the white 

 ones. 



2 without the purplish tinge ; the bands of both wings re- 

 placed by lines, which on the fore wing are Y-shaped. 



Hab. Sikhim; Margharita, Assam; Borneo. Exp., $ 37, $ 

 42 millim. 



787. Rhodoneura fasciata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 213, pi. 7, fig. 22: 



C. $ S. no. 4383. 



3 . Head ferruginous ; thorax pale red-brown ; abdomen 

 ochreous. Fore wing ochreous white, slightly striated with 

 brown ; a broad chestnut oblique band occupying the whole wing, 

 except the costal and outer areas, and running up to the costa at 

 end of cell ; a black line on discocellulars and spot beyond ; some 

 silvery spots on medial area above vein 1. Hind wing with the 

 basal half chestnut, suffused with silvery scales ; the outer half 

 ochreous, streaked with brown. Underside of fore wing with the 

 costa, veins beyond the cell, and vein 1 speckled with black ; a 

 black patch below end of cell ; two white submarginal spots below 

 the apex. Hind wing with medial and marginal reddish bands. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 30 millim. 



788. Rhodoneura cuprealis, n. sp. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen red-brown. Fore wing with the 

 ground-colour pale, thickly irrorated with brilliant coppery scales 

 and crossed by about six ill-defined brilliant coppery bands, the 

 most conspicuous being a portion of a band across the end of the 

 cell. Hind wing similar, with a prominent broad medial band. 

 Underside with the costal area of fore wing and inner area of hind 

 wing pale. 



Some specimens are much darker than others. 



Hab. Tenasserim Valley (Doherty). Exp., d 1 22-24, $ 28 

 millim. Type in coll. Druce. 



