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inner margin ; postraedial line olive-brown, indented below the 

 median nervure and again above the subniedian nervure, followed 

 by a diffuse leaden-grey band, tlie space enclosed by these two 

 lines is darker olive ; reniforra and orbicular stigmata whitish with 

 yellowish-olive centres, the latter united with a whitish spot below 

 median nervure ; submarginal line whitish, sinuous, bordered out- 

 wardly with fuscous. Secondaries whitish, suffused with fuscous on 

 basal and outer marginal areas, the latter traversed by two darker 

 bands. Fringes fuscous preceded by a darker line. Under surface 

 whitish, costal and outer marginal areas of primaries and the costal 

 area of secondaries suffused with fuscous ; all the wings have a dusky 

 postmedial line and the primaries have a whitish submarginal line. 

 Expanse 42 millim. 



One male example from Pu-tsu-fong, taken in June or 

 July. 



Hahitat. Western China. 



Allied to E. {Chutapha) costalis, Moore, from Sikliim. 



917. Euplcxia siderifera. 



Hadcna siderifera, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1881, 



p. 357. 

 EiLpUxia oiiveiplarja, Hampsou, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, 



ii, p. 208 (1894.). 



I have specimens from Omei-shan, Wa-shan, Ta-chien- 

 lu, and Wa-ssu-kow ; all were taken in June and July, and 

 they agree very well with examples in my collection from 

 Kulu. 



Distribution. North-West Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Nil- 

 GiRis (Rampson) ; Western China. 



918. Eujjlexia indistans. 



Hadcna indistans, Guen., Noct., ii, p. 87 (1852). 

 Astrapetis indistans, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii, p. 38, pi. cxlviii, 



fig. 5 (1884). 

 Euplexia indistans, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 



p. 208 (1894). 



One female specimen from Kiukiang, taken in May. 



Distrihution. North-West Himalayas ; Bombay, and 

 throughout South India and Ceylon {Rnmp)sov); 

 Central China. 



