328 PALIMPSESTIS. By W. Warren. 



renalis. P. renalis Moore. Foivwing pale lilac grey speckled with darker and tinged in places with pale brown- 



ish- the basal and median areas towards costa whiter; an oblique black dash near base across siibniedian fold; 

 inner line black, shallowly lunulate dentate, sti'aight and oblique from 1/5 of costa to near middle of inner margin, 

 preceded by two or three lines filled up with yellow grey and then with brown forming a band; the basal area 

 limited by a dentate dark line angled outwards on median vein; outer line double, fine, dentate-lunulate, the 

 teeth pointing basewards, angled outwards on vein 4, the inner arm closely approaching the inner line at 

 inner margin, closely preceded by a parallel median line ; stigmata filled up with greyish yellow, the orbicular 

 oblong, the reniform dumb-bell-shaped, projecting below median vein; subterminal pale, dentate, obscurely 

 defined, except by two or three dentate black marks beyond it at middle; an oblique black streak from apex; 

 a series of conspicuous black spots between veins just before termen ; fringe pale grey; hindwing fuscous, the 

 fringe pale grey. Described from the Kangra Valley, Punjab. 



orbicularin. P. Orbicularis Moore. Forewing dull cinereous speckled with blackish, most thickly in terminal area; 



a hhickish spot at base on submedian fold ; inner line black, before Va, evenly outcurved, and insinuate on vein 1; 

 preceded by two indistinct dark parallel lines; the basal area limited by a thicker curved wavy line; outer 

 line black, concave outwards from costa to vein 4, on which it is bent, then oblique inwards to submedian 

 fold, and vertically sinuous to inner margin, followed immediately by a dark parallel line, and at a distan(;e 

 by a dark wavy line; subterminal line pale grey between blackish shades, met by a curved blackish streak 

 from apex ; a black terminal festoon ; fringe dark grey with thick middle line and bright pale basal line ; stig- 

 mata pale with black outlines; the orbicular large, rounded; the reniform narrow, inwardly oblique, with dark 

 linear centre; the orbicular is filled up with dull yellowish white, showing glossy m certam lights; hindwing 

 fuscous. The Kangra Valley, Punjab. 



albidisca. P. albidisca Warr. {= albidisca Moore). Forewing greyish white with a greenish tinge; an oblique 



white spot at base containing a black spot and followed by a black oblique shade; inner line black, sinuous, 

 excurved below costa and insinuate on submedian fold, preceded by a dark grey band traversed by three black 

 lines; three outer lines more obscure, but bluntly angled on vein 4; median fascia often white below middle; 

 orbicular and reniform stigmata linear, black, with a few pale scales; orbicular touching inner line, 

 reniform across the angle of outer line; subterminal line grey, sometimes white, waved between dark shades; 

 an oblique dark streak from apex, and a reddish brown cloud be,yond reniform stigma; a dentate Avavy median 

 line ; hindwing dull grey. Both types from the Punjab ; Berham Gully and the Kangra Valley respectively. 



hrevis. P. brcvis Leech. Forewing grey broA\ai with a cupreous tinge; some silvery white spots at the base, 



and some whitish marks towards apex dotted Avith black; stigmata with black outlines, lying in an obscure 

 dusky band, which is contracted below nriddle ; traces of several black transverse lines, which are plain only 

 towards costa; veins dotted with M'hite; hindwing fuscous grey, darker terminally. Described troni a single 

 (J from Ta-tsien-lu, W. China. 



undosa. P. uiidosa Wilem. (56 a). Forewing grcA-ish white suffused Avith broAvnish except on the costal area; 



a black subbasal line; inner band greyish brown, broad, traversed by a double curved black line, preceded 

 by a black wavy line indistinct towards costa, and followed by a double sinuous black hne; outer line black, 

 crenulate, slightly curved; subterminal line pale, Avith a broA\'nish spot on costa, and a short blackish dash 

 from it into apex; a linear black mark on discocellular; fringe grey tinged at base with broAvn; himhving pale 

 fuscous; the fringe paler. Described from a single $ from Hondo, Japan. 



basalis. P. basalis Wilem. Forewing Avhitish grey, tinged with fuscous on outer third; basal area broAvnish, 



towards costa darker, limited by a black obtusely angled line; some long black scales on median vein; stigmata 

 represented by tufts of white scales, the reniform Avith some black scales also at lower end; outer line black, 

 Avavy, excurved to vein 2, then straight to inner margin, plainest at costa, and folloA\^ed by a AvaA^y pale-edged 

 dusky line; subterminal line Avhitish, waved; fringe grey Avith darker tips; hindwing pale grey suffused Av-ith 

 fuscous, with an indistinct double blackish median line. Described from a single ? from Nikko, Japan. 



(impliata. P. ampliata Btlr. (,49 g). ForcAving Avhitish grey dusted finely with darker; the basal and median 



areas and a triangular space at apex usually of this pale ground colour; subbasal line angled, black; 4 black 

 crinlded A-ertical Hues filled in Avith broAviiish form an inner dark band; outer line double, lunulate dentate, 

 the teeth pointing baseAvards, more strongly indented on each fold, the outer arm folloAved by a shade line and 

 at a distance by a blackish line parallel; these lines also usually, either in whole or in part, filled upAvith dark- 

 er; siibmarginal line pale, wavy-dentate, folloAA'cd by a dark, sometimes Avell marked shade ; a black streak 

 oblique from apex, and curved lielow 6; reniform stigma oblong, subquadrate, Avhitish grey Avith black out- 

 line anil a fine central line always thickened at lower end; orbicular touching reniform, a small white 



