ALEXIA. 97 



Alexia obscura, n. sp. 



Allied to A. Uthanup-ia. 



Male and female. Fore uing dusky veddish-oclircous, sparsely speckled uitli Mack 

 scales ; veins greyish-white, most prominent on median vein to end of cell, beyond wliicli is 

 a cluster of black scales ; a slightly paler orbicular and reniforra space within the cell : hind 

 wing dusky-brown, darkest marginally. Cilia brown-bordered. Thorax, head, i)alpi, and 

 legs dusky ochreous-brown, abdomen paler. 



Female. Veins greyer, a black speckle on each vein, forming a transverse discal series. 



Expanse, c^ \^^, $ 1 -{\^ inch. 



11 ah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and V. ^loore. 



Aletia albicosta, n. sp. 



Allied to A. Uthaniyria, Esp., of Europe. 



Male and female. Fore wing reddish-ochreous, sparsely speckled with black scales, in 

 parts disposed in ill-defined striga-, which are slightly clustered on the disk, forming two 

 transverse recurved very indistinct bands, the speckles on the outer band disposed on the 

 veins and those on the inner band between the veins ; a brighter ochreous reniform and orbi- 

 cular spot; veins (except the costal and first and second subcostal branches) lined with white, 

 most distinct along the median to end of tlie cell, where there is a whiter spot externally 

 clustered with black scales; costal edge white: hind wing and abdomen pale brownish- 

 ochreous, darkest marginally, veins prominent. 'I'liorax, liead, palpi, legs, and anal tuft 

 reddish-ochreous. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hal). Darjiling; Gurhwal; Dharmsala. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and liev. J. II. 

 Hocking. 



Alexia disxixcxa. 

 Aktla distinda, Moore, P. Z. S. 188], p. 333, pi. xxxvii. fig. -t. 



Allied to A. vitcUina. 



Male. Fore wing deep ochreous-yellow, sparsely crossed by short irregularly disposed red 

 strigae, more or less black-speckled : a prominent antemedial and a postmedial transverse 

 curved narrow band of the same colour but more blackly speckled, beyond which is a discal 

 row of black spots followed by a white streak — one on each vein ; a marginal series of black 

 dots, one between each vein ; orbicular and reniform space marked by red striga?, tlie space 

 beyond the cell to the postmedial band clouded witli du>ky red ; cilia from apex to near 

 end of liind margin thickly black-speckled : hind wing pale ochreous-brown posteriorlv, 

 yellowish anteriorly. Cilia pale yellow. Thorax, head, palpi, and legs deep ochreous ; a 



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