( 7!)(i ) 



ill middle, ciiMliiiiHiiih wit li tlu' pinkish wliiU', li)iij;i(tidiiKil, mi1)1j;imi1 line imlicMlcU 



ill niirij'cra and otiier sjiucit's. llii)dwii)j>; : pale baud ihoi'l' jiiiiicish and liroader 



than in aurij'cra. 



I'litlrrsidc. I'Virewin^' : anicrior iialt' of i-cil reddish, nul, Ijiownish iiiaci';, ol' 



tiio sHiiie (;ol(»m' a.s disc ; tiiu hrowu discai liand jnst outside the basal area aljsciit, 

 or only vestij^ialfat costal margin of fore- and iiindwing ; tiie discai <lots as large 

 us in unrifi'va ; marginal band of forewing and the stripe cnnneeling it with basal 

 area less prominent tiian in nitrij'fni. 



cJ. Penis-sheath (PI. LVIII. f. ~'.")J differing from that of (inrifcni in being 

 more asymmetrical, and in the riglit jirocess being broader ami having teeth along 

 the proximal and apical edges. 



The totid absence of a tawny-ochreous sulnlorsal stripe frimi I he aljd(.)meu 

 together with the other characlers mentioned distinguish this insect obviously iVnm 

 (lurijcru. 



Hub. North India : Assam ; Sikhim. 



lu the Triug Museum o SS from: Khasia Hills {t;jpc)\ (Sikhim (Moller, 

 Blandelli). 



7i")4. Rliagastis castor. 



*Pergem castor Walker, /.«/ Lrji. /«.-. /;. .1/. viii. p. ib'6- u. b (ISSfi) (pai-tim ; Java ;— Jtus. Crit.) 

 Mitopsilus aiMi,i\ Kii-by, ('<il. [.ip. /l,/.i. |>.i;r,l. n. 14 (18;)2) (syii. partim). 

 *.\/il<iji.iihi.i „„r<n,linr,i.-i Rotliscliilil. Xi'iv. Znoi,. i. p. 7S (1S'.I4) (liab. .'— Mus. Triii!,'). 



?. Allied to I'Juafa, but easily distinguished from it by the broad, dilfuseil, 

 ill-detiued, whitish, siibmarginal band of the forewing and the blackisli brown basal 

 half of the underside of the same wiug. Metasteruum white in miildle. 



//o^j. .lava. 



Ill the Triug Museum 'J ? ? from Java. 



755. Rhagastis lunata (PI. V'l. f. s. c? ). 



*Ckwnicaiii/>ii lunaiii Rothschild, Nov. Zom,. vii. p. •_'74. u. ii (UUlU) (Ivhasia Hills ; —Mus. Triug). 



S. Second segment of paljius not narrowed towards base : cavity of tirst 

 segment distinct, but not large. External row of sjiiues of tirst jirotarsal segment 

 simjjle, or irregularly doubled at base. Antenna longer and thicker than in cdata, 

 acuta, etc., the black apical scaling confined to the last 2 to H segments. Sides of 

 abdomen with a broad blackish stripe, broadest and most distinct at base, dorsally 

 bordered on segment '-^ to 7 by au ochreous stripe which is more or less shaded 

 with rufous red, as iu castor and aarij'era, these stripes absent from celata, 



nlbomartiinuta, aud acuta. Forewing, above, with a single white submargiual liue, 



which consists of halfmoons, the horns of which jioint discad. Hiudwiug with a 



sharply defined buff band, reaching to SC", indented at W, including a series of 



dots. Uialcrside \)mk\ii\\ red, the wings showing distally traces of the ochreous 



ground-colour, black basal area of forewing reduced to a streak or patch behind cell. 

 JMetanotum with a black mesial dot. 



Harpe nearly as in oliixicea. Penis-sheath also as in that species, but the lel't 

 process much shorter. 



Ilab. North India : Khasia Hills and Sikhim. 



Two subspecies : 



