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NYCTEOLIDJi. 
Tyana pnstulifera. (Plate CV, fig. 7.) 
Earias pustiilifera, WaUcer, Cat. Lep. Ret. Suppl. v. p. 1773 (1866). 
^ . Primaries sea-green ; a conspicuous white spot bordered witli blood-red at base ; 
costal margin lilacine at base^ but gradually changing to white towards apex ; a shoi't white 
streak terminating in a very indistinct reddish spot at base of inner margin ; edge of inner 
margin creamy white ; fringe o£ outer margin yellow : secondaries dull white : headj collar, 
and shoulders pale yellow, edged and divided by bright red lines ; remainder of tegulse and 
thorax green ; abdomen brownish white. Under surface of wings silvei'y white ; primaries 
slightly greenish : body below creamy white ; front of anterior legs and proximal half of 
middle tibia blood-red ; two yellow spots below the middle of the anterior tibise. Expanse 
of wings 41 millim. 
Nepal {Hardwicke) . 
Tyana lancina. (Plate CV. fig. 8.) 
Tyana lancina, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Eist. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 65. n. 7 (1880). 
? . Wings as in T. speculatrix, excepting that there is no trace of the central patch on 
the primaries; head chrome-yellow, slightly pink in front, with a white band behind; collar 
and tegulse chrome-yellow, with orange anterior margin ; thorax yellowish green ; abdomen 
snow-white, with a bright orange tuft in the centre at base ; anal segment sordid white ; 
antennse pink. Primaries below sericeous greenish white, with the costal border tinted with 
l)ink ; fringe cream-coloured, with an orange dot at apex : secondaries sei'iceous snow-white : 
body below cream-coloured ; the anterior legs rosy-cupreous in front. Expanse of wings 
38 millim. 
Bhotan [Lidderdale] . 
Tyana falcata. (Plate CV. fig. 9.) 
Hylophila falcata, WaJl-er, Cat. Le]y. Het. Suppl. v. p. 1772 (1866). 
? . Primaries above grass-green ; costal margin purplish ; fringe and outer margin pale 
yellowish green ; a zigzag series of four red-brown dots in the middle of the wing : 
secondaries pure white : head and thorax green ; abdomen pearl-white ; palpi and antennae 
white, barred with red-brown. Under surface white, the wings purer and more silvery than 
the bodj'. Expanse of wings 31 millim. 
Darjiling [Russell Lidderdale). 
