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tail blackish. Fore wings brown, inclining to reddish, brown hair 

 on the basal half ; postmedial line double, blackish, wavy ; sub- 

 terminal line composed of eight greyish white spots, the 5th and 8th 

 set further in than others of the series, all edged with dark grey, the 

 7th and 8th centred with dark grey. Hind wings paler brown 

 faintly tinged with reddish on basal area ; traces of a blackish medi%l 

 band. Under side pale brown clouded and suffused with darker ; all 

 the wings traversed by a dusky band. 



Expanse, 68 millim. 



Collection number, 1829. 



A male specimen from Eantaizan (7500 ft.), February 20th, 

 1909. 



Allied to M. purpurasce7is, Moore. 



Gastropacha takvana, sp. n. 



S . Head, thorax and abdomen brown. Fore wings brown with 

 a faint greyish tinge, darker on basal area ; discoidal spot black, and 

 traces of a diffuse dusky subterminal line. Hind wings dark brown, 

 paler on dorsal area ; fringes brown, tips whitish between veins. 

 Under side of fore wings reddish brown, paler towards termen : of 

 hind wings brown, clothed with whitish hairs thickly covering the 

 dorsal area. 



Expanse, 56 millim. 



Allied to G. khasiana, Swinhoe. 



The type, a male specimen from Eantaizan (Wileman), is in 

 the British Museum. 



Geometrid^e. 

 Pseudomiza aurata, sp. n. 



$ . Head, thorax and abdomen yellow. Fore wings yellow, 

 freckled with brownish ; antemedial line brownish, curved and 

 indented ; costa from base to antemedial line orange, suffused with 

 brownish ; postmedial line blackish, oblique from apex to dorsum 

 just before middle, shaded with purplish brown ; apical area purphsh 

 brown with greyish suffusion, enclosing four subhyaline spots, the 

 third spot small and the fourth large ; discoidal spot blackish. 

 Hind wings yellow freckled with brownish ; medial band brownish, 

 not extending to costa. Under side as above, but the costa of fore- 

 wings without orange colour towards base. 



Expanse, 50 millim. 



Collection number, 1823. 



One male specimen from Eantaizan, May, 1909. 



Allied to P.flavescens, Swinhoe, 



Pseudomiza aurata limhata, ab. nov. 



(? . Head and thorax yellow, orange mixed, abdomen yellow. Fore 

 wings yellow, slightly freckled with brownish ; basal and terminal 

 areas orange freckled and clouded with brownish, the outer limit of 

 the basal area irregular and edged with brown at costa, the inner 



