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another example of the same sex there is a pale spot towards costa on under 

 surface of these wings. 



Elwes, in his Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Sikkim *, seems inclined 

 to suppose that P. cahira, Moore, and P. moolata, Moore, may prove to be 

 specifically identical with P. austeni. There are specimens in the National 

 Collection from Rangoon, Burmah, and Upper Tenasserim, and Elwes gives 

 Cachar and the Khasias as localities. 



Parnara nascens, sp. nov. (Plate XLII. fig. 8, 6 .) 



Male. Fuliginous brown. Primaries have nine small subhyaline spots placed as follows : — one 

 in discoidal cell, three towards apex, and five below these forming an inwardly oblique 

 series, the third quadrate, and the fourth and fifth linear, indicating a sexual mark. 

 Secondaries have four minute subhyaline central spots, but the second and fourth are often 

 absent. Under surface dark greyish brown, the costal half of primaries and the whole of 

 secondaries thickly powdered with ochreous scales ; subhyaline spots as above, except tliat 

 the last two of oblique series on primaries are absent. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the subhyaline spots on all the wings are larger, the fifth 

 of obli(iue scries on primaries is round, and the fourth very minute or entirely absent. 



Expanse, S 44-46 millim., $ 4G-47 millim. 



Occurs in Western China, at Chia-kou-ho and Omei-shan, in June and July. 



Parnara bromus, sp. nov. (Plate XLII. fig. 10, s .) 



Fuliginous brown. Primaries have ten subhyaline spots placed as follows : — two colon-like in 

 the discoidal cell ; three subapical, and below these an inwardly oblique series of five, of 

 which the third is the largest and triangulate and the fourth is punctiform. Secondaries 

 inunaculatc. Fringes pale groy-brown. Under surface paler than above ; spots on primaries 

 as above, but (he fourth and fifth of obli(iue scries arc yellow ; secondaries have a white dot 

 in first median interspace. 



Kxpanse, S 44 millim., $ 48 millim. 



Occurs in Western China, but appears to be scarce. I have three 

 specimens, one example of each sex from Cliia-kou-ho, and a female from 

 Omei-shan ; all were taken in July. 



Closely allied to P. austeni from China, but is distinguished by liaving five 

 spots in the oblique series on the up])cr surface of primaries and a white 

 dot on under surface of secondaries ; it is also not so dark in ground-colour, 

 and is clothed with yellowish hairs. 



* Trans. Ent. Hoc. Loud. 1888, p. 448. 



