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Habitat. — Kashmir, Chamba, Duggre (Harford), Jumnotri (Duthie); 

 Punjab, Dalhousie (Harford), Dharmsala (Hocking), Kumaon, Ralam "Valley 

 (Duthie); Sikhim Tibet, Yatong (Hobson, Bingham); Sikhim (Lidderdale>. 

 Exp. 60-66 mill. 



3)03. a, Arichanna transectata, Wlk., xxiv, 1112 (1862). 



Head and thorax fuscous brown ; abdomen greyish fuscous. Forewii;g olive 

 yellow ; the basal area suffused with black ; a rather irregular antemedial black 

 line slightly incurved below the cell, followed by a maculate black baud from 

 cell to inner margin ; an elliptical black orbicular patch and large rounded 

 discoidal patch with blackish above it on costa ; a broad medial black band 

 from base of vein 2 to inner margin and two small spots above vein 2 ; a post- 

 medial series of black spots, incurved below vein 4 and with maculate band 

 before it from costa to vein 4 ; subterminal and terminal series of large black 

 spots, the former series with the spots from costa to vein 4 almost confluent with 

 the latter. Hiudwing orange yellow ; the basal area except at costa and inner 

 area to beyond middle suffused with fuscous ; a large black discoidal spot with 

 striga above it ; a postmedial spot below costa, one beyond the cell with 

 small spot above it and two on inner area ; a similar subterminal series with 

 small spots above and below the spot in discal fold and a series just before 

 termen, the spot below apex small and the spot in discal fold bar-shaped , 

 the underside paler with the basal area striated with fuscous. 



Habitat.— Sikhim. Exp. $ 52, $ 58 mill. 



3511. a. Abraxas rdfonotaria, Leech , A. M. N. H. (6), xix, p. 451 (1897). 



Head and thorax ferruginous brown mixed with some white ; antennae 

 fuscous ; tegulse tipped with orange ; pectus and legs orange, the forelegs mostly 

 black, the tarsi black ringed with orange ; abdomen orange with paired subdorsal 

 series of black patches. Forewing white, the basal area grey suffused with 

 ferruginous brown and with ill-defined white subbasal line from subcostal 

 nervure to vein 1 ; the costal area grey expanding into patches with rufous 

 bars on them at and beyond middle ; a grey spot at origin of vein 2 and 

 another on vein 1 sometimes connected with the medial maculate band from vein 

 3 to inner margin with slight waved white line on it with some rufous before 

 it above inner margin ; a subterminal maculate band interrupted at middle 

 and connected with the grey terminal area which is also more or less inter- 

 rupted at middle, leaving a subterminal series of small white spots ; a 

 terminal series of brownish spots. Hindwing white with small grey spots at 

 origin of vein 2 and discoidal spot ; a maculate medial band interrupted at 

 middle ; subterminal and terminal maculate bands more or less interrupted at 

 middle ; a terminal series of brown stria?. 



Habitat— W. China ; Assam, Khasis. Exp. $ 54, $> 58 mill. 



3517. a. Abkaxas argyrosticta, n. sp. (Plate E., f. 23). 



Head and thorax dark brown mixed with fusous yellow and some grey ; 

 pectus mostly orange, legs fuscous with some orange at base ; abdomen 

 orange with dorsal, subdorsal, lateral and sublateral series of black-brown spots 



