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KOTODONTIDiE. 
DAMATA, JVa/k. 
Damata longipennis. (Plate CVI. fig. 10.) 
Damata longippnnis, Waller, Cat. Lep. Het. v. p. 1U44. n. 1 (1855). 
Primaries above silver, densely irrorated with black scales, but especially below the apex, 
where they produce the effect of a broad oblique gi'ey belt bounded internally by an 
irregularly sinuated silvery discal line ; this line is still further relieved on the costa and near 
external angle by large ii'regular black patches; two other somewhat similar though larger 
patches almost divide tlie wing at basal third ; at the end of the cell is a silvery crescent, from 
which the black scales are absent ; a marginal series of elongated black spots followed by 
bright red on the fringe : secondaries seraitransparent white ; costal border blackish, inter- 
rupted a little before the apex ; veins grey; a marginal black stripe, interrupted by whitish 
dots at the extremities of the veins and followed by red on the fringe ; a large black spot at 
anal angle and above it an oblique grey streak ; abdominal area opaque white : body smoky 
brown, the head and collar blackish ; the tegulte white, with dark red internal fringe ; 
abdomen with a whitish stripe at the sides. Costal half of primaries below suffused with 
brown ; markings less distinct than above ; costa with two white spots near the centre : 
secondaries with three angular blackish markings from the costal margin to the subcostal 
vein, in place of tlie blackish costal border of the upper surface : body below sandy brown, 
darker in front than behind. Expanse of wings ()9 millim. 
Darjiling {Parry §f Lidderdale). 
ICHTHYURA, Hd/m. 
Ichthyura argentea, sp. n. (Plate CII. fig. 12.) 
General pattern of the genus : primaries silvery -white, with the costal area greyish ; a 
large reniform subbasal patch, its upper lobe bright mahogany-red, its lower lobe partly 
bright oehreous ; a very oblique purplish slate-coloured band from costa before the middle to 
outer margin near external angle, interrupted within the cell by a large spot of dead-gold j 
the loM erhalf of this band bounds the inferior margin of the usual large apical patch, which is 
bright golden cupreous, internally edged and traversed by ferruginous lines and brassy yellow 
externally, the one colour passing almost imperceptibly into the other; a few scattered 
brown scales along the inner margin ; fringe dusky ttjwards external angle : secondaries 
silvery whitish: head, collar, and base of abdomen wliite; thorax oehreous and I'ed-brown ; 
abdomen grey-brown. Under surface white ; primaries clouded ^^ ith grey and pale yellow. 
Expanse of wings 22 millim. 
Darjiling {Lid der dale). 
