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727. D. excisa, Hmpsn. (Plate I, Fig. 21, $). 



Sikhim ; Bhutan, 2,500 feet. I took a male at Fagoo in August at 

 light. (This beautiful species is rare in Sikhim. I have it also from 

 the Naga and Khasia Hills.— ^. J. E.) 



728. D. argenteola, Moore. 



Sikhim, 1,800 feet ; Bhutan, 2,500 feet. The. Sikhim specimen is 

 pale ochreous with a conspicuous chocolate bar on the disco-cellulars of 

 the forewiug ; the Bhutan one is darker, with two parallel lines across 

 ' the cell at right angles to the post-medial double line. (lam almost 

 sure that there are two or three sj)ecies united mider this name in the 

 " Moths of India,"' one which 1 have named D. orqoiteol from Moore's 

 collection, and wliich has 4 or 5 distinct bands i'rom the costa to the 

 transverse band, vvhich are not mentioned in Sir Ge irgn Hntnpson's des- 

 cription or se^n in D. d/ocular's, M^ore. I liavc t from Sikh in and the 

 K'las'iis. Tiie other, a sm-d'er iuseot, lik ■ M . d's ^dafe >'' l>. fiiocniaris 

 but pain* in colour, ha-^ a d'stinctdark pitch wiili outer si)ot in tlie cell, 

 ot which there is no trace in D. argentiola, Modv, au'! the transverse 

 hand ol the him'wiiig not cuniing near the costa. wliicli it t( uches in 

 D. argenteola. 1 bave this from Gammie's and Moll^r's collections, also 

 from the Khasia^ and Nagas. A single specimen from Sikhim which 

 to some extent combines the characters of botli may be a tbird species. 

 I cannot identify D. patmna, Moore.— ^. J. E.) 



731. B. duple.v, Moore. 



Sikhim, 6,800 feet. One female taken at the electric lamps in 

 Darjeeling in June. (1 have a single female taken by Knyvett on 

 May 5th.—//. J. E.) 



732. D. specular isj Moore. 



Sikhim. Not received by me. (Also a very rare species. I have one 

 only from M oiler.— /?. J. E.) 



733. D. flava, Moore. 



Sikhim. Not known to me. (I have only one from an old Darjee- 

 ling collection, others from the Khasia Hills. — H. J, E.) 

 734. D, alhonotata, Moore. 



Sikhim, 7,600 feet ; Bhutan, 2,r.00 feet. Two males and one female 

 of this species, the two former procured at the lower elevation in July, 

 the female in December at tbe higher one. One male is the variety 

 septempundata, Warr. (A pair only. from Moller's collection. — HJ.E.) 



