( 79(i ) 



III iiiiililJc, (■(iiiliiiiiiiiis witli Ihe jiiiiki^li uliilr, l(.ii,L:iliuliiial, MililmsaJ line iiMli.:il.-(i 



ill anrijcra and otlior ssjiecii'S. lliuilwiiiy : pale band luui'e pinkish and l.ruader 



than in (uirift'i-n. 



I'/D/rrti/i/r. Forewinj;- : anterior liaif dl' eell redilisli, not brownish black, of 



(he same colour as disc; the brown discal band jnst outside the basal area absent 

 or only vestigial tat costal margin of fore- and hindwinjj; ; the disual dots as large 

 as in (unifcva ; marginal band of forewing and the stripe conueeting it with basal 

 area less prominent than in aur/'/'cra. 



S. Penis-sheath (PI. LVIII. f. 26) ditfei'iiig from tha( of anrifrra in Ijeing 

 more asymmetrical, and in the right process being broader and liaviiig teeth along 

 the proximal and ajiical edges. 



The total absence of a tawny-uchreons subdorsal stripe from the abilomeii 

 together with the other characters mentioned distinguish this insect obviously from 

 (lurifera. 



Hnb. Nortii India : Assam ; Sikhim. 



In the Tring Museum o SS from: Kliasia Hills {h/jx'); Sikhim (Moller, 

 Mandelli). 



T-i4. Rhagastis castor. 



*Per;)c.tii eiislvr \Valkc.:r, L'sl Lcp. Jus. II. .]/. viii. p. LW. u. .") (I861I) (paitim ; Java ;— JIiis. Brit.l 

 M,'l<ii,siliis iwlur, Kirby, C'»/. f.,j,. Ild.i. p. lidl. u. 14 (18',!^) (syii. partim). 

 *M<liijiisi/)is unriintiai-iis Uotliscbilcl, Nov. Zciiii.. i. p. 7H (IK!I4) (Iml). '! — Miis, Trim,'). 



?. Allied to hiiiatd, but easily distinguished I'mm it by the broad, dilfused, 

 ill-detined, whilish, submarginal band of the forewing ami llie lihickisli brown basal 

 half of the underside of the same wing. Metasternum while in middle. 



Ilnh. .Java. 



in I he Tring Museum :J V ¥ from Java. 



75.'). Rhagastis lunata (PI. VI. f. s, S). 



*C'liai-nir,im/Hi huiiitii. Rothschild, Nov. Zooi.. vii. p. -274. n. o (IHOO) (Khasia Hills ;-Mus. Triug). 



S. Second segment of jialpus not narrowed towards base ; cavity of tirst 

 segment distinct, but not large. External row of spines of first jirotarsal segment 

 simjile, or irregularly doubled at base. Antenna longer and thicker than in aiata, 

 nciila, etc., the black ajiical scaling confined to the last 2 to (i segments. Hides of 

 abdomen with a broail blackish stripe, broadest and most distinct at base, dorsally 

 bordered on segment :S to T by an ochreous stri[)e which is more or less shaded 

 with rufous I'ed, as in castor and aaiij'era, these stripes absent from cclata, 



idbomai'f/hmta, and acuta. Forewing, abate, with a single white submarginal line, 



which consists of lialfmoons, the liorns of which point discad. Hiudwing with a 



sharply defined butt' band, reaching to SC^, indented at W, including a series of 



dots. Underside pinkish red, the wings showing distally traces of the ochreous 



ground-colour, black basal area of forewing reduced to a streak or jiatch behind cell. 

 Metanotum with a black mesial dot. 



Harpe nearly as in olimcca. Penis-slieath also as in that s|)ecies, but the left 

 process much shorter. 



Hab. North India : Khasia Hills anil .Sikhim. 



Two subspecies : 



