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5. Blackish brown. Stigma terminating on vein 1 ; a long Yellowish white spot each in cellule 3 

 and 4; two apical spots, of which the lower one is very long. Hindwing above with a yel- 

 lowish central area. Underside of forewing with 2 dull yellowish stripes, one on the costa, 

 the other in the cell, above them 2 dots; moreover, a small dot in cellule 6, and 3 elongate 

 apical dots, of which the uppermost is nontransparent ; and lastly, a marginal row of 2 to 7 



small yellow spots; cellule 1 entirely blackish brown. H. luteisquama Mab. West China. — luteisqnama. 

 We have described this species so minutely, because it is very closely allied to the southern 

 form H. sulfurifera H.-Schdff. 



Light brown or somewhat yellowish. Forewing above with 3 almost round apical dots, a 

 double spot in the cell and two other small and almost square spots in cellules 3 and 4; 

 these two spots are longer than broad in beturia Hew., sulfurifera H.-Schdff., and luteisquama 

 Mab., which species are closely allied to one another. Hindwing brown, with a diffuse yel- 

 lowish streak in the cell. Underside of forewing reddish brown, with the spots of the upper- 

 side ver}^ distinct and a subterminal row of 8 yellowish white dots between the veins, beturia 

 bearing only 6 dots. Underside of hindwing with a row of 6 white spots which form a regular 

 median band; distally to the spots of the cellules 3 and 4 no minute whitish dots; lastly, 

 there is a subterminal row of 4 white dots. Body and palpi blackish beneath. H. porus Mab. poms. 

 West China. — This a little known species, closely related to beturia. It does not appear 

 to have been found again since Abbe David was at Mupin. The stigma of porus extends 

 below vein 1 to the hindmargin. 



6. Rather large. The basal half of cellules 4 and 5 yellowish. A light dot in cellule 8 of the 

 forewing. Disc of hindwing clothed with brown hairs. H. nephele Leech (89 f). West China, nephele. 

 in June and July. 



Without light band, on the underside of hindwing either w-ith separated spots or without 

 spots 7. 



7. Underside of hindwing black. Veins distinctly contrasting with the ground, which is dusted 

 with yellow scaling. Cell-spot of forewing divided. H. varia Murr. (89 f). Japan. raria. 



Veins on underside of hindwing concolourous with the ground 8. 



8. Underside of hindwing without spots, dusted with black and variegated with minute yellow- 

 specks. Stigma terminating at vein 1. Upperside of forewing with large pale yellow spots, 



of which the one in the cell is double. H. latris Leech (89 f). West China, in July, apparently rare, latris. 

 Underside of hindwing with a row of indistinct dots or spots 9. 



9. Cell of forewing with a double spot. Hindwing prolonged and beneath with a median series 



of 4 black dots. H. lucasii Mab. West China. Incasii. 



Without this row of dots 10. 



10. Hindwing beneath brown, covered with ochreous scaling, which forms an indistinct, diffuse sub- 

 terminal band. H. blanchardi Mab. (89 f). West and Central China. blanchardi. 



Hindwing beneath irrorated with yellow- scahng. the margin of the w-ing being greenish grey; 

 a weak, grey dot each in cellules 2, 3 and ti. H. gupta Nicev. West China, in July. gupta. 



Black. Stigma extending to hindmargin. Cell-spot of forewing divided. Underside of hind- 

 wing blackish, with a small, obsolescent, light spot in cellules 2, 3 and 5. H. caenis Leech caenis. 

 (89 g). W^est China, in August. 



41. Genus: Padraoiia Moore. 



tj without stigma. Club of antennae ovate, with a short, sharp crook, which is curved in the shape 

 of an obtuse angle. Vein 5 of the forew-ing curved at its base and situated close to 4. 



P. dara Roll. (89 g). 29 — 30 mm. Wings black, in the cell and at the costa with a pale triangular dara. 

 patch whose apex is directed basad, there being also a band of the same colour united with the apical 

 spots and terminating at vein 1; in cellule la a large pale streak. Hindwing black, with a postmedian 

 band and two pale basal dots. Underside of forewing yellow ochre, inner area black, forming tw-o short 

 bands which are obsolescent costally. Hindwing ochreous, with the markings of the upperside bounded by 

 a row of black dots. North-West Himalayas, Kashmir, and in partly but little different local forms 

 throughout India, Indo-China and on the Malayan islands. 



P. flava Murr. (= japonica Mab.). Larger, 32 mm. Markings the same, but the colour deeper and flava. 

 brighter; margin of hindwing orange. On the underside of the forewing a dark band extending to the 

 costa. The ground of the hindwing beneath blackish, the postmedian band pale, bordered by heavy black 

 dots. This species, which is united with dara by several authors, occurs only in Japan and does not 

 appear to vary. 



