( 795 ) 



tone; the baud uf the hiLjilwiuy is vc'sti_;;ial Ijiitwecii S( " and M', and tlu' niuU-r- 

 side vl' liiitli wings is bi-ig'litLT redilisli ami ucljivdus.— Tliii marginal lj(_irdcr uf the 

 uudurside of the t'orewing appears often above. 



cJ. Large scales of clasper (o to 7) in two irregular rows ajipearing as ouu 

 row : harj)e longer and slenderer than in aurifr.ra. Peuis-sheath (PI. LVIII. f. -Jl) 

 asymmetrieal, the right i)rocess long, nuiltidentate at end, rather Itroad, somewhat 

 haud-sbaiicd, the left process narrow, often very short. 



Ilab. North India ; Pouaug. 



in the Tring Museum 4« S i , 'i ?? IVum : >;ikhim ; Bhutan; Assam; 

 Penang, -Jii. ii. 'ir.i (C. Curtis). 



T.j-J. Rhagastis aurifera I'l. XIV. f 7, S). 



(H) C/i'irrur,imjjri r,i4nr, Boisduval {nnn Walker. 185G;, .S/to-. Gen. Lqi. llrt. i. p. 2hl. n. 41 (1875) 



(Daijiliug : Cochinchina). 

 *Pcrijcm iiurifem Butler, Pi-w:. Zmil. Sue. Lunil. p. 7. u. 11 (1H75) (Sikhim ;— Mus. Brit.) ; id., 



Tram. Zuul. !<rjc. I.uml. ix. p. 54'.t. n. 13 (1«77); id., /l/nxtr. Tijp. Sikc'iii. L'li. Uel. Ii. .H. v. 



p. 2. t. 78. f. 4. (18X1) ; Cot. >\i Swiiih., Oil. .Uutlis Jml. i. p. 11. u. (iO (1S87). 

 .Mitiipsilm uuriferus (!), Kirby, Cat. Liji. JJel. i. p. liOl. n. HI (1892). 



ClKiernmmjm celiitu, Hampsoii. in Blaiif., Fauna Brit. linl.. .\fiiths i. p. Dl. u. 137 (1892) (p:iitiiii). 

 Tlicnira aiirlfira. Dudgeou, .Junm. liumhui/ N. II. Suf. xi. p. 413. n. 137. a. b (18'J8) (Sikliiiu : 



Bhutau ; vii.— .\., up to 7UMU ft.). 



J?. Cavity of tirst segment of ])alijus distinct; second segment broadest at 

 base, longer than iiroad (Pi. LIX. f. :ilj. Black apical scaling of antenna 

 extending over lU-odd segments. Exterual row of spiues of first protarsal segment 

 double. Metanotum with black mesial dot. Abdomen with a distinct ochre-buft' 

 lateral stripe from segment 4 to 7, the stripe often extending basad to segment ;3 ; 

 underside of abdomen, and meso-metasternum creaiuy white. Wings more elongate 

 than in rclata and acuta, the marginal area of the underside of the forewiug joined 

 to the basal area by a streak situated behind Ii-, the row of dots of the same wiug 

 heavy. In some individuals the disc of the forewing above is bullish distally near 

 ape.x of wiug and posterior angle, and the brown marginal area of the under surface 

 becomes also clearly marked above. 



J. Large scales of clasper arranged in one row ; harpe sliort, somewhat twisted. 

 Penis-sheath asymmetrical (PI. I, VIII. f. 19), the right process rather long, broad, 

 mnllideiitate at end, the left process moi'e ])ro.\imal, short. 



J/aJj. North India : iSikhim ; Bhutan ; Assam. 



In the Tring Museum 30 6 3 from : .Sikhim ; Bhutan : Assam. 



753. Rhagastis confusa s]jec. nov. (PI. XIV. f. 1,', 6), 



*Tlienlra celala var. albomari/iiiala, Ilamiwou (aon llotbscliilil, 1894), .A/u/vi. UuiiiIjiii/ .\'. //. .S'w. 

 .xiii. p. .39. n. 1.37. t. u. f. 4 (1900). 



rj. I'alpus as in a/a-i/t-ra. K.xternal row of spines of first prolarsai segiueul 

 double only at base. Head and thorax with a sharply defined whitish ])ink lutenil 

 band, whicii is siiaded wilii brown near the base of the forewing. Mctanolum with 

 indistinct black mesial ilot. No tawny-ochreous sidjdorsal strijie i>n abdomen. 

 -Middh' of sterna and underside of abdoiuen biilf-pink, dnsled with a few 

 black scales. 



Wings rather broadci' than in aiirifi-rii. t'lijifriiidf. Forewing as in 



aaiifera, but darker in tint, costal margiu pale; friuge of hinder margin while 



