KKKALA.— rALLMPSESTIS. 93 



Female reddisli-ochreous, marked as in malr : hind wm^^ unifonnly pale cinereous- 

 brown. 



Expanse, S 11, ? VI inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. ])r. Staudinger and r>riti>ii Musc-nm. 



Ki:i;ai.a mi-i.tiitnctata, ii. sp. (Plate IV. fig. l.) 



Male. Fore wing dnll greyish-ochreons ; veins with black ringlet spots, terminating in 

 a transverse discal line and two marginal series of larger dentate wliite-boidered sjiots, 

 a subbasal black sinuous line, and a rcniform spot at end of cell : hind wing pale brownisii 

 cinereous, discal area ochreous. with an indistinct brown niargin;il border. Thorax and legs 

 greyish ochreous ; collar, head, and ])alpi rcddish-oclireous ; tarsi l)lack-l)aii(led. 



Female differs only in the spots along the costal area being more confluent, and in 

 the hind wing being uniformly cinereous. 



Expanse l-i"^ inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudiuger. 



Genus PALTMPSESTIS, Hubner. 

 Pa I . I .M r s F.ST I s a i.ti: rx ata . 

 Palimpseslis altenuita, ^loorc, P. Z. S. 1881, p. .331, pi. xxxvii. fig. 2. 



Allied to P. oeulan's of Europe. 



Male. Fore wing pale metallic cupreous-brown, crossed by a broad basal, a medial, and 

 two narrow subinarginal greenish-grey indistinct bands ; some black basal spots, an ante- 

 and postmcdial transverse black sinuous line, and black and white streaks externally along 

 the veins : hind wing and abdomen pale cupreous-brown. Thorax greenish grey ; collar, 

 front of head, palpi, and legs rufous-brown ; legs with black Ijands. 



Expanse l-i",y inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Palimpsestis cuprina. 

 Palimpsesiis cuprina, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 331, pi. xxxvii. fig. 3. 



Male and female. Fore wing pale metallic-brown, slightly cupreous anteriorly, and the 

 area below the cell greenish ; two or three black transverse antemedial lines angled at 

 median vein ; some basal spots, a black discocellnlar recurved mark and a spot within the 

 cell ; five or six transverse discal indistinct sinuous lines with black and white dentate marks 

 on the veins ; a submarginal pale lunular line, and a marginal black line : hind wing pale 

 cupreous-white, with pale cupreous-brown marginal band. Thorax, head, and palpi brown, 

 abdomen paler ; collar black ; fore and middle legs with black bands. 



Expanse I^-q- inch. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



