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Genus HECATERA, Gudn. 



HeCATERA transversa, II. sp. 



Allied to Jf. Serena. J]fah\ Fore wing with the basal iiud discal urea grcyiih-white ; a 

 medial transverse black-speckled band, which is broad on the costa and narrow on the hind 

 margin, its inner border being outwardly oblique and nearly straight, the outer border 

 sinuous and concave below end of the cell ; orbicular and reniform spots greyish-white, lined 

 with black speckles ; a black transverse streak at base of wing, some streaks on tlic costa, 

 and a narrow marginal dentate-bordered band: hind wing uniformly brown; cilia greyish- 

 white. Underside pale ochreous-brown, with dusky broad medial transverse indistinct fascia. 

 Thorax and head hoary ; palpi ochreous, black-speckled ; legs black, banded with white ; 

 abdomen brown. 



Expanse 1-^,- inch. 



JIab. Kashmir (Margan Pass) ; Pir Pinjal. In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Hecatera modesta, n. sp. 



Male. Fore wing black, interspersed with white speckles ; basal, discal, and marginal 

 sinuous lines, and orbicular and reniform spots, blacker, with white-speckled borders : hind 

 wing uniformly dusky brown. Underside dusky brown. Thorax and head hoary grey ; 

 palpi brown, speckled with white beneath; legs brown, with white bands; abdomen brown. 



Expanse l-nr inch. 



Ilab. Kashmir (Margan Pass, Sonamurg). In coll. Dr. Staudinger and F. Moore. 



Allied to, but very distinct from, IT. magnoln and //. xantliocijanea. 



Genus EUPLEXIA, Stephetis. 



EUPLEXIA DISTORTA. 



Euplexia distorta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 354, pi. xxxviii. fig. 18. 



Male and female. Fore wing black, with transverse distorted white bands, including an 

 outer marginal sinuous-bordered band : hind wing pale blackish-cinereous externally and 

 whitish basally ; cilia white. Thorax black, with white tcgula;, crest, and collar ; abdomen 

 blackish at the tip ; palpi black, ti] t with white ; legs black, with white streaks aud tarsal 

 bauds. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Euplexia sinuata, n. sp. (Plate IV. fig. 25.) 



Female. Fore wing dark brown, the cell including costal border and the outer margin 

 below apex purple-brown ; a prominent white antemedial transverse deeply-sinuous black- 



