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brown, suffused with fuliginous over the discal area, upper half of outer margins bordered 

 with greyish, white dash as above ; secondaries brown, inner half thickly sprinkled with 

 greyish scales, and traversed by two obscure darker bands. Fringes dark grey, both above 

 and beneath. 

 Expanse, J 32-34 millim., 2 36-40 millim. 



Steropes nuhilus, Mabille. — " Brun noir uniforme ; ailes superieures avec trois points apicaux 

 blancs, vitres : frange gris cendre. Dessous des superieures noiratro ; avec un espace ovale 

 gris lilas a I'apex centre le bord externe. Ailes inferieurcs gris lilas, avec une zone courbe 

 sur le milieu, noiratre ; une tache semblable se fondant avec la base qui est plus obscure. 

 Corps noir ; ventre gris. 



"c? 32 millim. Hong-Kong." {MahUle.l. c.) 



The white spots forming the costal dash vary in number from three to one ; 

 in some specimens, where three are present, they are very faint ; and in others 

 all the spots are entirely absent from both surfaces. 



Common in the neighbourhood of Chang-yang and Ichang, Central China, 

 and I have received the species from Chia-ting-fu, Western China. I took 

 specimens at Foochau in April. 



I find that my Cycloimles chinensis is identical with Astictopterus olivascens, 

 Moore, an insect I was not acquainted with at the time that I drew up my 

 description. It differs from the type of olivascens in being smaller and in 

 having a well-defined fascia on under surface of secondaries ; in Moller s 

 collection there are, however, specimens in the series of olivascens from Sikkim 

 which cannot be separated from my Chinese examples. Ste^^opes nubihis, 

 Mabille, is also referable to olivascens. 



The examjjle figured (Plate XLII. fig. 1, d ) is a uuicolorous form from 

 Ichang, where it seems to occur in about equal numbers with the type. 



The Indian localities are Salween, Moulmein, Darjiling (Moore). Mr. de 

 Niceville records one female from Tavoy, on the identification of Mr. Moore, 

 and states that it is rare in the neighbourhood of Calcutta, where it occurs 

 amongst grass in shade, lie also mentions three males and two females 

 from the forest near Silcuri, Cachar, 11th to 29th July. 



Genus ArOSTICTOPTERUS, gen. nov. 



Length of primaries rather more tbaii twice tlioir greatest width ; tlio apex is obtuse ; outer 

 margin slightly rounded to third median norvulo and from thence oblique; middle of inner 

 margin sliglitly concave. Kocondarios ronndod ; oiitor margin slightly concave bolbro the 

 obtUHo anal angle, Ncuruliou docs not dill'ur materially i'roni that oi AsUclojilcrus. Antenna} 



