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outwardly, greyisb-^vbite, two large spots of tbe same colour 

 occupying nearly tbe wbole of tbe apical margin, tbe uppermost 

 almost connected with tbe apex of costal margin by a series of 

 minute wbite spots ; wings greyisb-wbite, the outer margin broadly 

 fuliginous, containing at extreme edge a series of minute transverse 

 wbite spots ; face witb a central carination not extending beyond 

 middle, sublateral cariuations obsolete ; abdomen above with 

 ti'ansverse paler fascia\ 



Length excl. tegm. 7 ; exp. tegm. -!1 millim, 



JIah. Utakamand {Brit. Mus.). 



ISK)!'. Ricania zebra, sp. n. 



]iody and legs pale tawny-brown, mesonotum sometimes piceous- 

 brown ; tegmina pale umber-brown, costal membrane dark umber- 

 brown, its extreme edge ocbraceous and inwardly dentated, a dark 

 umber-brown transverse fascia margined on each side witb greyish- 

 white near middle, beyond this another transverse greyisb-wbite 

 fascia which is preceded and followed by a greyisb-wbite line, 

 extreme outer margin greyisb-wbite, inwardly dentated, a small 

 black subcostal spot at anterior end of tbe dark transverse fascia ; 

 wings pale ochraceous-brown ; face w ith a distinct percurreut 

 central carination, on each side of which are two other earinations, 

 the outermost longest, more distinct, and curved. 



Length excl. tegm. 4 ; exp. tegm. 14 millim. 



Hah. "India"' {Brh. Miis.). Assam: Margherita (Atli)ison 



a>n., Brit. ]\Ihs.). 



C Tegmian iirilcohrous, ivith oalij a sinr/le, sometimes two, j^^xde 

 costal or subcostal S2)0ts. 



l!'6."). Ricania stupida, IFalJ.-. (Flatoides) Joum. Limi. >Soc.,ZooL_i, 

 p. ]o7 (1857) ; Melich. (Iiicania) Ann. Hofmus. Wien, xiii, 

 p. 23L t. X, f. 24 (1898). 

 Ificania flabellum, Noual/t. Bull. Mtts. Hist. Nat. 1896, p. 2oG ; 

 Melich. Ann. Hofmus. Wien, 1898, p. 225, t, x, f. 10; Noualh. 

 ^- Mart. ' Mission Pavie,' iii, p. 181, t. xi, f. 11 (1904). 



Body above umber-bi-own, beneath and legs ocbraceous ; tegmina 

 umber-brown, the costal and apical areas distinctly darker, the 

 basal third irrorafced with small paler spots, a narrow transverse 

 fascia crossing tegmen beyond middle marked by a distinct wbite 

 spot at apex of radial area and again by a small ocbraceous spot 01a 

 costal margin, two transverse ocbraceous lines on apical area, tbe 

 innermost emitting a curved similar line directed inwardly, a 

 distinct prominent black spot near apex ; wings pale fuliginous, 

 the venation darker, and witb tbe interspaces between tbe veins on 

 apical area with longitudinal obscure greyish fasciae ; face with very 

 tine but distinct central and sublateral carinate lines. 



Length excl. tegm. 5 ; exp. tegm. 19| to 20 millim. 



