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black marks on inner side, ang-led outwards at vein 7 and excurved 

 at middle ; cilia chequered white and black. Hind wing black- 

 brown with traces of a whitish postmedial line ; the cilia white at 

 tips ; the underside white irrorated with brown, a discoidal point, 

 sinuous postmedial line, and terminal shade. 



Ab. 1. altaica. Ilather larger ; fore wing with a very slight 

 yellowish tinge, the black marks before subterminal line larger. 



Hah. NoEWAT, Saltdalen, Dovretjeld (Staudhifjer), 1 c? , 1 $ , 

 (Ilamjma) 2d, 1 $ ; W. Siberia, Altai, 1 d. Kvp. 34-3G 

 millim. 



Subsp. 1. centeana. 

 Bianthoecia Iccnieana, Stand. Iris, v. p. 366 (1892). 

 Dianthoecia monyoliea, Stand. Iris, is. p. 257 (1896). 



Hind wiug white, with broad dark terminal baud ; underside of 

 both wings with broad dark terminal band. 



Ab. 1. monrjolica. Underside of both wings without terminal 

 band. 



JIab. Mongolia, Uliassutai ; S.E. Siberia, Kentei, 1 5 . 



1194. Lasiestra elvesi. (Hate LXXIX. fig. 22.) 



Hadcna chvrd, Ilmpsn. Motlis Ind. ii. p. 200 (1894). 



Head and thorax violacous grey mixed with black ; tegular and 

 ])atagia edged with black ; tarsi with white rings ; abdomen 

 fuscous brown slightly irrorated with grey. Pore wing violaceous 

 grey, thickly irrorated and in places suffused with black ; subbasal 

 line represented by double striiB from costa and cell ; antemcdial 

 line double, waved ; claviform defined by black below and at 

 extremity ; orbicular and reniform greyish indistinctly defined 

 by black, the former rather quadrate, open above and below ; 

 postraedial lino indistinct, dentate, and produced to slight streaks 

 on the veins, slightly bent outwards below costa and obli([ue 

 below vein 4 ; subterminal line excurved below costa and at 

 middle and angled in^vards in discal and submedian folds ; a 

 terminal series of small triangular black spots. Hind wing dark 

 fuscous brown, with very indistinct greyish subterminal lino ; the 

 underside irrorated with grey, a small discoidal spot and sinuous 

 postnnedial line. 



Hah. SiKHiM Tibet, Yatung (Hobson), 1 $ ; Sikhijt, 10,000 ft. 

 ( Elites), typo t in Coll. Elwcs ; Euulajt (Dud'jeoii), 1 J. E,vp. 

 36 millim. 



1195. Lasiestra deliciosa. 



Dinnthacia deliciosa, Alph. Hor. Soc. Ent. Eoss. xxvi. p. 446 (1892); id. 

 Rom. Mem. ix. p. 18, pi. 3. f. 3 ; Staud. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 162. 



Head and thorax olive-grey mixed with some black ; teguhio 

 whitish, edged with black; tarsi with whitish rings; abdomen 

 olive-grey. Fore wiug olive-grey irrorated with fuscous, the 

 markings blackish irrorated with yellowish scales ; subbasal line 



