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margin; a diffuse white subterminal streak, slightly curved from apex to anal angle, widening towards costa; 

 space between the lines tinged with ferruginous, the 4 costal lines reappearing, strongly zigzag, hi outer half 

 below vein 6; orbicular and reniform stigmata ferruginous outlined with pale, the reniform with the centre 

 pale; hindwing fuscous. Larva cinnamon brown, yellower at sides, with a lateral row of obscure dark stripes; a 

 white romid lateral spot on segment 4, sometimes repeated on 5 and 6; on bramble. Occurs throughout Europe 

 and in Western Asia. 



H. intermedia Brem. Of the same size and shape as derasa, but in coloration and markings resembling intermedin, 

 scripta Gosse (49 d) from N. America, from which it is doubtfully distinct ; both are distinguished by the absence 

 of ferruginous coloration, and the presence of a white blotch in the angle between the subbasal and inner lines 

 above the white part of the median vein. Found in Amurland onh'. 



H. derasoides Bllr. (= fraterna Moore) (55 m). Resembles derasa L. in colour, and in shape of wings; derasoides. 

 distinguished by the presence of the white blotcli in the angle above the white part of the median vein. 

 Butler's type was from Hakodate, Japan; fraterna Moore from Dharmsala in the Punjab. 



H. indica Moore (55 n). Always larger and darker ferruginous than derasa; the tennen more oblique indica. 

 and the apex more prominent; the upper part of the median area below the white costal patch much darker, 

 extending thus to apex, the white subterminal stripe straighter, but om-ved into apex shortly before costa ; hind- 

 wing always darker fuscous. Moore described his Indian species from Sikkim, but the larger Japanese speci- 

 mens, generally referred to derasa. and those from Kashmir, are identical; the form pterographa Poiij. is merely pierogmpJia. 

 a darker, less ferruginous insect, found in W. China. 



H. conscripta spec. nov. (55 n). As large and of the same shape as the last species, indica, but in color- comcripia. 

 ation agreeing v^hh intermedia Brem. and its American coiisin scripta Gosse, which it further resembles in hav- 

 ing the white triangular patch above median vein between the subbasal and inner lines. 1 $ Wa-ssu-kow, 

 1 (5* Ta-tsien-lu, (type) in Tring Mu.seum; also a short series in the British Museum Collection from Yatong, Tibet. 



H. dieckmanni Graes. (49 d). Forewing a mixture of reddish violet, oUve brown, and yeUow brown; diectcmanni. 

 lines sinuous and wavy ; a sliai'jjly marked small white oblique streak near the base from median vein to vein 1 ; 

 a broad fascia across wing, limited on each side by fine wavy lines, broad at costa, but only occupying a third 

 of inner margin ; before it two fine brown wavy lines and a violet stripe, the last swelling out on costa into a large 

 violet blotch; near it at base a small brown spot; the large basal triangle uniform olive brown; beyond the fascia, 

 but clear only to vein 6, two or three wavy lines followed by a pale stripe; apical area filled with a black brown 

 shade containing on costa a violet wisp; the fascia itself yellow brown, greyer towards inner margin; stig- 

 mata plain, edged with reddish ; the reniform with a yellow or red centre ; costal streak violet red, inter- 

 rupted by grey bro^vn shadings and before the reniform by two black streaks ; terminal area purphsh red above 

 vein 1 ; a romidish blotch of olive brown at anal angle, traversed by an olive brown terminal hue ; terminal 

 lunules brown, edged by a violet line; hindwing dark grey; veins black at extremity before the yellow fringe. 

 Larva cinnamon bro^^Ti, yellower at sides; on each segment at sides a large romid pale yellow spot, reaching 

 higher up the dorsum on segments 2 and 3; some small yellowish dots above the feet ; head orange and brown ; 

 feeding on bramble. Amurland. 



4. Genus: Tli^'atira Hbn. 



Tongue present; frons smooth; palpi obliquely porrect, the first two segments thickly fringed with 

 hair, the third smooth ; antennae of ^ciliated; third segment of dorsum crested; forewings with vein 6 from 

 upper angle of cell; otherwise the nem-ation is the same as in Hahrosyne; ground colour of forewing dai'k, 

 ornamented with large roundish pale spots tinged with pink or brownish. Larva feeding, when young, ex- 

 posed; dorsum humped on segments G — 10; the third with a bifid projection; rests rigid, with the two ex- 

 tremities raised. Type T . hatis L. 



T. batis L. (49 e). Forewing deep olive broMii, M'ith 5 rounded whitish blotches suffused, except at their batis. 

 margins, with peach blossom colour; the basal large, marked with one or two brownish spots; that at middle 

 of inner margin small, irregularly semicircular ; two at costa, beyond middle and at apex ; the fifth at anal angle, 

 with a small white terminal spot beyond its upper margin; two indistinct wavy dark outer lines; hindwing 

 fuscous; In the Punjab, along with the type form, occurs also the ab. cognata Moore (49 e); in this the pale 

 blotclies i:)resent usually a dull bliu-red appearance, while that on inner margin is wholly absent; the brown 

 ground colour is generally paler, so that the transverse dark lines are more in evidence, especially the outer 

 line, which is bordered with pale grey. In the ab. confluens Renter (= juncta Tutt) the apical and praeapical confluens. 

 blotches are coalescent. — Larva brown, second and third segments whitish, fifth with 3 black spots; a row of 

 obhque dark lateral stripes ; when young easily mistaken for a bird's dropphig ; feeds on common bramble. Througli- 



