{ 7!».5 ) 



(line; the baud iil' llie hiinhviui;- is vestigial hetweuu SC-'aml M', ami tlu' iiiiilrr- 

 siilc of both wings is hrightcr reddish and uflircdiis. — Tiie marginal l^ordiM- ul' lliu 

 underside of the forcwing ajipears often above. 



5. Large seales of elasper (o to 7) in two irregular rows appearing as one 

 row : harpe longer and slenderer tiian in n.avifura. Penis-slieatli (PI. LVill. f. "Jl) 

 asyniiuetrical, tlie right process long, luultidentate at end, rather Iiroail, somewhat 

 hand-siiajjed, the left process narrow, often very sliort. 



Huh. North India ; Penang. 



In the Tring Museum 4n H, 3 V? from: Sikhim ; IJiiulan ; Assam; 

 I'euaug. •-'•;. ii. ''.I'.i (C. Curtis). 



7.VJ. Rliagastis aurifera (PI. XIV. f. 7, $). 



(!) Cli'iininimjiii r,id'jr, Uoisduval (/"«/( Walker, iyoi)), Spr,-. Irai. Lrp. Ilrl. i. p. -lb', ii. 41 (187.5) 



(Uarjiling : Cochiiichina). 

 ^PnyuM aurifera Butler, I'ror. Zu„l.- Soc. Lmid. p. 7. D. II (1875) (Sikhim ;—Mu-;. Brit.): id., 



Tnmx. Zunl. Soc. hmd. \x. p. o4;t. ii. I.^ (1877) ; id., in»:<tr. Tiji,. SiK-chu. Lrp. If, I. IS. M. v. 



p. 2. t. 78. f. 4. (1881) ; Cot. .t Swiuh., Cat. .Uutk-i Inil. i. p. 11. u. (iO (1887). 

 .MibilisUus uuriferus (!), Kirby, Cat. Lqj. Jlel. i. p. (ilil. u. I'.i (I.sOl'). 



Cli'irroraiiijHt cdata, Hampsoii, ia Blaiif., Fauna Brit. /ml.. .\l'itli^ i. p. 91. ii. I.i7 (181):.') (partiui). 

 Thirutra aur/fira. Dudgeon, Joiini. Buinbuii N. II. Sm: xi. p. 41o. u. lo7. v. b (IS'.l.S) ( Sikliiiu ; 



Bhutan ; vii.— .\., up to 70IH) ft.). 



c??. Cavity of first segment of palpus distinct; second segment broadest at 

 base, longer than liroad (PI. LIX. f. "Jl). Black apical scaling of antemia 

 extending over lO-odd segments. External row of spines of tirst protarsal segment 

 double. Metanotum with black mesial dot. Alidomen with a distinct ochre-buff 

 lateral stripe from segment 4 to 7, the stripe often extending basad to segment '■> : 

 iiiiderside of abdomen, and meso-metasteruum creamy white. Wings more elongate 

 than in relata and acuta, the marginal area of the underside of the forewing joined 

 to the basal area by a streak situated behind 1\-, the row of dots of the same wing 

 heavy. In some individuals the disc of the forewing above is huffish distally near 

 ajie.x of wing and posterior angle, and the brown marginal area of the under surface 

 becomes also clearly marked above. 



cT. Large scales of clasper arranged in one row ; harpe short, somewhat twisted. 

 Penis-sheath asymmetrical (PI. IjVIII. f. 19), the right process rather long, broad, 

 uiultideutate at end, the left process more ])roximal, short. 



Ilah. North India : iSikhim ; Bhutan ; Assam. 



In the Tring Museum '-W 66 from : .Sikhim : Bhutan : xVssam. 



7o3. Rhagastis confusa spec. uov. (PI. XI V. f. 12, 6). 



*Thcntra celala var. alhnijianj'niala, Hampson (non Rothschild, 1804), ,/imrii. Bomhaij N. II. Sue. 

 -xiii. p. .'ill. n. 137. t. i!. f. 4 (I'JOO). 



6. Paljius as in a".rij'era. I'j.xternal row of spines of tirst protarsal segment 

 double only at base. Head and thorax with a sharply detiued whitish pink lateral 

 band, which is shaded with brown near the base of the forewing. Metanotum with 

 indistinct black mesial dot. No tawny-ochreous subdorsal stripe on abdomen. 

 Middle of sterna and imderside of abdomen butf-piuk, dusted with a few 

 lilack scales. 



Wings rather broader than in aavij'eva. I'pijfmiile. Forewing as in 



aurifera, but darker in tint, costal margin pale ; fringe of hinder margin white 



