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also crossed by a prominent discal curved upper series of five small semidiapbanous 

 brownish-white more or less dentate spots, which are inwardly-bordered by a 

 slightly-defined dark brown lunular fascia. Underside dull, or more or less brighter, 

 yellowish-ochreous ; basal marks slender. Fureiving crossed by a well-defined 

 submarginal blackish lunular fascia; the transverse discal series of white spots 

 prominent, and each spot defined by a diffused black-speckled edge ; apex with 

 a white-speckled patch. Hindwing crossed by a narrow, more or less slightly 

 defined, discal and submarginal sinuous diffused line. 



Expanse, 6 2j^o to 3, ? S^-q to -i^-o inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal ; Sikkim ; Khasias ; Cachar. 



Mimicry. — Mr. W. Doherty ( J. A. S. Beng. 1889, 122) notes this species as 

 being " a mimic." In general coloration, and pattern of markings, there is a 

 similarity to certain species of Gynitia — which is a protected genus of the present 

 group. 



Distribution. — " In Sikkim, this species occurs in the low valleys, from 2000 to 

 3000 feet elevation, from April to October, but rather rarely" (de Niceville, Sikkim 

 Gaz. 1894, 143). We possess specimens of both sexes, taken in Nepal, by the 

 late General G. Ramsay. Mi-. J. Wood-Mason obtained "one male on Nemotha 

 Peak, Cachar, at end of September " (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 360). Colonel C. Swinhoe 

 records it as "common in the Khasias" (Tr. Eat. Soc. 1893, 285). 



Genus TASINGA. 



]\Iale. — Wings very short. Foremng' triangular ; costa arched, apex prolonged 

 and falcate ; exterior margin concave below the apex, slightly uneven ; posterior 

 margin recurved ; costal vein free in the male, anastomosed to the first subcostal in 

 the female ; first subcostal veinlet emitted at one-half before end of the cell, second 

 at one-fifth, and third immediately beyond the end; discocellulars bent inward, 

 straight ; cell open. Hindtvirig triangular ; anterior margin almost straight, apex 

 pointed, exterior margin very oblique, slightly convex, and slightly uneven, anal 

 angle prolonged ; precostal vein bent outward ; second subcostal branch emitted at 

 a short distance from the costal, radial at nearly twice the distance ; cell open, Bodi/ 

 very robust ; apex of palpi stout, conical. Eyes naked. 



Type. — T. Anosia. 



TASINGA ANOSIA (Plate 227, figs. 2, 2a, c? ? ). 



Adolias Anosia, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E, I. Compy. i. p. 187 (1857); Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 

 1859, p. 65, pi. 5, fig. 1, S 9- 



