( 793 ) 



h. Costcil lialt' of cell (if fdiewiiij;' Ik'Iow ut' 

 the re^cUlisli fdloiii- of (he disc; 

 abdomeu without yellowisli lateral 

 stripe; costal edge of forewiiig very 

 l)ale, creamy ..... 'b'i. liJi. coiifusri. 



('ell of forewiiig below eiiliieiy brown ; 

 abdomen rosy beneath, a coiis[iicuous 

 ocliraccons sidr-stripe ; a broad white 

 siibmarginal band on npperside of 

 forewiug ...... 754. lik. castor. 



Cell lirown as lieforo ; abdomen below 

 buffish white; the stripe coiiuectiiig 

 basal area with marginal band of 

 Ibrewing heavy .... 'h'Z. LU. aiirifi-ra. 



74'.». Rhagastis mongoliaua. 



*Per(ie'"i iiuiiiiiiilitiiin Ijutlur, /'/■."■. Zunl. Sue, Lnmt. \i. iVi'l. ii. 1 (187.5) (Naukow Piiss, CLina to 



Muugolia ; Ja[niii : larva dcscr. ; — Mus. lirit.) ; id., Trans. Zool. Sot'. Lund. ix. p. 037. t. IH. 



f. 14. 15 (/., p.) (1877) ; id.. Iliadr. T;iik Spmni. Lep. llct. B. .1/. iii. p. 4. t. 21. f, h (1878) ; 



Staud.. in Rom., .Mem. Up. iii. p. 15'J (1887); Leech, Pmr. Z,ml. S„r. L„nil. \>. rWH. n. II 



(1888) (Yokohama, common : Kiukiang). 

 .Mitnjisilu!) mnnijijliuniif, Kirby, Cut. I.ip. Hit. i. p. Iliil). n. :< (189-_') (Mongolia) : Luecli, 'I'liui^. F.nt. 



Sw: Lund. p. 21)8. a. Cil (18',I8). 

 Diilrpliiia ininii/oliiiini. Staudinger, /.c. vi. p. XV). u. 21X (182:i); Bartul. in Riilil. GniS'V'ihnL ii. 



p. ]'2'.) (I'.ilJil) (Amur : Corea ; China ; Japan). 

 .Ui'tnjisdns nwnyiiliiina, Staudiugtr & Rebel, Cut. Lep. ed. iii. p. 1U4. n. 763 (I'.iOl). 



c? 9 . Second segment of palpns abont as long as broad, not narrowed to 

 base ; cavity of first segment vestigial. External row of sjiines of first [irotarsai 

 segment doubled and trebled. White lateral band of head and thora.x ilistiuct : 

 metauotum with a patch of tawny and ochreous scales laterally, the ])atch extending 

 on to the mesouotiim, uo black mesial dot ; alidomen without lateral stri(ie. Distal 

 margin of forewing more convex than in the other species, the fringe distinctly 

 spotted, the four discal lines (or rows of dots) more distinct behind, followed 

 at internal margin by a small brown jiatcli, a similar patch at apex of wing. Tin; 

 brown border of the underside of the forewing dilated behind K-, mostly reaching 

 the basal area. As in mlata, auri/era, and acuta, there neeur s]ieeimens in which 

 the outer disc of the forewing above is bnff-colour near costal and internal margins. 



6. Process of liarpe slender, somewhat f\j-sliaiied. renis-sheatli intermediate 

 between those of mlata and iiurijcra, tiw. right ]irocess hing, nuiltiilentale at iiiid 

 near jiroximal edge, csiiecially near end, the left process slenderer, also multi- 

 dentate at and near proximal edge (I'l. LVlll. i'. I'-i). 



ijarva with one ocellus. — Food-plant : Jiiilsniitinu. 



Iliilj. .Japan; Corea: Amurland ; China. 



Ill the Tring Museum 5 r{J, lo ¥¥ from: Vidvohuma and Tokiu, vii. ; 

 Kiuliiaiig and (.'hu-su, China. 



rr.n. Rhagastis velata (I'l. XIV. f. 4, S). 



»/',,v/fs« relata Walker, L,xt I., p. Inn. II. M. x.x.w. p. 18.03 (18«t;) (Uarjiliug ; -MuB. Unt.) ; Hull.. 

 '/';•"««. ZimI. Sue. I.iiml.'w. p. .'(48. ii. .0 (1877) ; id., lllnKlr. Tijp. Specini. Lip. Ilrl. II. M. v. 

 p. 3. t. 78. f. .1 (1881) : Cot. & Swirili., Cil. .Untlin Iml. i. p. ID. u. Ui (1887) ; Swinli., (-W^ l.rp. 

 lUl. Mas. 0.r. i, p. lu. n, 42 (l»'J:iJ. 



