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C. undata Blanch. Very closely allied to fabia, but darker on the whole, ground-colour light to dark undaUi. 

 brown or also of a reddish or even yellowish shade. In the markings, in which it also agrees with fabia, the 

 species is just as variable as in colour, and therefore has occasioned many synonyms. It occurs more in North 

 India, and goes as far as Further India (Burma). On account of the great variability of the species several 

 forms from the boundary between the Palearctic and Oriental Regions may be distinguished : f raterna Moore fratema. 

 (30 d), from Kashmir and Northern India, is a form of a uniform and distinct reddish, almost light wine-red 

 shade, with the markings rather feebly developed; the postdiseal band double. — In griseipentlis Moore, a more griseipcn- 

 greyish brown form also occurring in Northern India, there are distinct dark spots between the postdiseal and *"■''• 

 submarginal bands, which are absent in fraterrm. — assimilis Moore, a grey-broA\ai form from the North-Western assivnlis. 

 Himalayas, also has black submarginal spots, but those below the apex of the wing are shaded with whitish 

 grey. — dissimilis Moore, likewise from the North-Western Himalayas (Dehra Dhoon), has a broad dark purple- dissimUis. 

 brown postchscal band with larger black spots beyond it on a brownish yellow ground. — In sinuata Moore, xinuata. 

 from the Himalayas, a reddish brown form similar to fratema in colour, the space beween the double postdiseal 

 band and the particularly sharp black submarginal dentate band is somewhat lighter and also bears black spots, 

 the last but one in cellule 2 of the forewing being particularly large and deep in colour. — affinis Moore, a dark nffhiin. 

 yellowish brown form from Northern India, has the markings fairly well developed; the postdiseal band is 

 particularly prominent, the black spots being also well developed. 



E. chinensis Leech. Antennae, head and fore legs dark brown. Wings of i^ hght yellow, darker in the $, cMnensis. 

 with chocolate-brown markings : a few spots at the costal margin and at the apex of the forewing, two faintly 

 indicated postmedian lines, which however only extend from the costal margin to vein 6, as well as a rather 

 indistinct submarginal dentate band, before which there are two black spots near the inner margin. Hindwing 

 with indistinct submarginal band before wliich near the costal and inner margins are dark spots. In the $ 

 the dark markings at the costal margin and apex of the forewing as well as the submarginal baud are absent. 

 On the underside the dark costal marginal markings are more extended than above. China. The only known 

 purely Palearctic species. 



5. Genus: Braeliyptera Feld. 



Distinguished from Eupterote, with which Hamp.son unites it, by the more elongate, less triangular, 

 forewing; the costal margin is only shghtly curved before the apex, the apex itself sharply rectangular, the 

 distal margin also not strongly curved and forming a distinct angle with the inner margin. Hindwing similar 

 to t\\a,i oi Eupterote. — This genus also is almost exclusively Oriental, the only known Palearctic species inhabitat- 

 ing Japan. The species are of medium size. 



Br. aequalis FeM. (30 b). Body and wings brownish yellow, both wings with a black cUscal spot and a aequaUs. 

 dark double straight postdiseal oblique band running from the apex of the forewing to the abdominal margin 

 of the hindwing. Forewing, moreover, with two somewhat diffuse dark broken subbasal bands and a likewise 

 diffuse discal dentate band. Hindwing with a deeply indented submarginal band, at the tips of the teeth of 

 which there are small blackish spots. Japan. 



6. (leniis : ^aiig'atissa Moore. 



Antennae of (J vnth very long pectinations, of the $ with short ones. Palpi moderately large, shghtly 

 upturned, clothed with dense long hair. Forewing elongate with pointed apex, distal and inner margins continuous 

 in a broad curve. Hindwing with nearly straight costal and inner margins, as well as moderately curved distal 

 margin. In the forewing veins 3 and 4 close together at the apex of the cell, 5 near the upper end of the chsco- 

 cellular vein, 6, 7, 8 and 9 stalked. In the hindwing vein 5 as in the forewing, 6 and 7 stalked. Only one spe- 

 cies of this genus is known, being distributed throughout India and Ceylon. 



S. subcurvifera Walk. (29 e). Antennae and body pale yellowdsh brown, wings hkewise, but with ansubcurvifcni. 

 extended wliitish tone in the middle; forewing with three reddish black-brown longitudinal bands converging 

 at the apex, the outer one close to the distal margin, hindwing with a postdiseal and a marginal band of the 

 same colour. All bands interrupted at the veins. Extends northward to the North-Western Himalayas, where 

 the species enters the Palearctic Region in Kashmir. 



