138 IIELIOTHID.E. 



Adisura similis. 

 Adtsura similis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 369. 



Allied to A. maiyinaiis. Differs from it in being of a pale ochreous-yellow ; the fore 

 wing with similar marginal bands and cilia, but with the disk crossed by an indistinct 

 recurved row of brown speckles, some speckles also being present towards the base of hind 

 margin : hind M'ing whitish at the base. 



p]xpanse, d ? y^ inch. 



Hal). Calcutta. In coll. F. Moore and Dr. Staudinger. 



(rciuis PRADATTA, Moore. 

 Pmdalta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 301. 



Fore wing comparatively short and broad ; costa slightly depressed in the middle, 

 exterior margin oblique, posterior margin convex near the base ; cell long; first subcostal 

 branch rather short, second emitted from near end of the cell, trifurcate, third and fourth 

 close together, fifth curved abruptly upward from end of the cell and anastomosed to third 

 near its base ; discoccllular very slender, bent close to each end, concave in middle, upper 

 and lower radial from the angles ; upper median branch emitted from angle above end of 

 the cell, middle branch from the end, lower from some distance before the end. Hind win"' 

 comparatively long and narrow ; two subcostal branches from end of the cell ; discocellular 

 bent in middle, a very slender radial from the middle ; cell long ; two upper median 

 branches from end of the cell, lower from some distance before the end. Bodj' long, slender ; 

 thorax laxly pilose ; palpi pilose, small, apex very short ; legs slightly pilose beneath ; fore 

 tibice in male armed with a long and a short black spine in front ; antenniE in male minutely 

 pectinate. 



Type P. Beatrix. 



PiiADATTA Beatrix. 



Synia Beatrix, Van M. D. Rioy, MS. 

 Pradutta Beatrix, Moore, P. Z.S. 1881, p. 305. 



31ale and female. Fore wing pale pink, with a longitudinal pale-yellow fascia 

 extending from the base of the cell to exterior margin, and a similar fascia below the 

 cell spreading below the median vein ' to the outer margin ; some specimens have the 

 median vein to end of the cell tinged with black : hind wing white, with pink lining to 

 the veins and outer border. Underside — fore wing with paler costal and outer border than 

 above : hind wing with pink costal border. Thorax pinkish-brown, palest on tegulse ; 

 abdomen pale yellowish above, pinkish beneath ; palpi and legs above ochreous-red ; fore 

 tibial claws black. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Ilab. Canara, S. India ; Dharmsala, N.W. Himalaya; Saidabad, Cashmir. In coll. F. 

 Moore, Dr. Staudinger, and Lord Walsingham. 



