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small sections separate from the snow-white ones in that region 

 of the wing, and (3) on the three branches of the 2nd longitn- 

 dinal vein proximad of the white hairs. To an apparentl}^ less ex- 

 tent they also occur on the veins in other parts of the wing. The 

 wing- fringe on the posterior margin is really dark brown, although 

 in some lights it appears light brown or even greyish here and there. 

 The tip of the wing bears a few whitish hairs but of less white 

 colour and to an extent of much less obvious demarcation than 

 in the hclla form of marghiinotata. 



Legs dark yellowish grey, thickly clothed with stiff bristly 

 hairs ; the tibiae, the metatarsi and 2nd joint of tarsi with a 

 narrow circlet of whitish scales at the tips of each. 



Described horn a single 5 in good condition from Simla (7,000 

 ft.), taken by Dr. Annandale, 6-V-09. 



Type in Indian Museum. 



Pericoma lacteitarsis, milii. 



This form, originally described by me as a variety of my 

 margininotata , with the suspicion that it might prove distinct, 

 is now, to my thinking, sufficiently established as a good species 

 through the acquisition of several specimens by the Indian Museum. 



The black hair-spots at the tips of the veins, the relative posi- 

 tions of the forks of the 2nd and 4th longitudinal veins, and the 

 coloration of the tarsi are constant. The 2nd longitudinal vein 

 forks proximad ' of the base of the 3rd vein ; the anterior branch 

 of the 2nd vein forks before the middle of the wing and a little 

 distad of the fork of the 4th vein. 



There are no white hair-spots in the fringe of the wing, nor on 

 the absolute margin of the wing (at or very near the tips of the 

 x^eins) as in typical margininotata , which character alone is almost 

 sufficient to distinguish the two forms. The whole wing has a 

 more brownish appearance, without the variegated appearance of 

 margininotata, and the absence of the white fringe at the wing-tip 

 will at once identify it from that species. 



A second good character that I believe separates it from all 

 other Oriental species is that of the whole of the tarsi being milk- 

 white. In the allied species, margininotata, gilvipes, proxima and 

 mixta, some portion of the tarsus is always black, often the major 

 portion. 



A specimen in the Indian jMuseum, taken by Dr. Annandale 

 at Quilon, Travancore, g-xi-08, has the hairs of the body, on 

 the tibiae and metatarsi (except the tip of the latter) darker 

 brown, also the lower branch of the 2nd longitudinal vein runs 

 almost directly to the wing-tip. The blackish hair-si)ots on the 



I This is the case in the original type specimen (a :^). In a second specimen 

 the pubescence obscures a vein of the base of the wing. In a specimen mounted 

 for the microscope, the 2nd vein forks distad of the base of the 3rd, and for 

 this reason it is doubtful if it is of this species. 



