r 798 ) 

 7.")7. Rhag'astis gloriosa. 



*P,',ffrsa <//',,■;, isa Butler, /'/■.»■. Znol. Si,r. LmuJ. p. 24C. n. -'(I (I87.'i) (Dnijiling ;— Mus. I?iit.) ; 



irl., Tnni^. Ztml. ,S'..c. l.und. ix. p. hVi. n. lu. t. 9-'. f. :! (1877) : id., ///»x/,-. T,ip. Sjic: Lop, 11,1. 



II. .1/. V. p. :!. t, 7S. f. C (1881) : Cot. & Swinh., Od. Moiha l,„L i, p. 1 1. n. (U (18M7). 

 .}fitnj,iiil,is i/lnria^ns, Kirliy, ( nl. t.rji. I let. i. p. filll. n. 20 (1S'.12). 

 Vli(friir(iii,pii rjloririxd, Hampson, in Bl.inf., Fmimi lir/l. Iiiil. Mollis i. p. ;il. n. l?>ri (l.S',i2l (Sikliim) : 



Dndg., .loiini. Ilnui/ui;/ .V. //. Sia\ xi. p. 411 n, 1 ;',.') (IS'.iK) (-not seen" ! Elwes : vii.). 



c? ? . Sccimd segment of jifiljms not nsin-owod towanls base; cavity of first 

 sogment distinct. First jirotarsal seg'ment witli a sinijile external row of sjiines. 



c?. Tcutli tergitc feebly dilated at apex, which shows a trace of a sinus ; 

 sternite narrow, obtusely pointed. Clasper with about half a dozen vci'y large 

 scales : harpe slender, horizontal, slightly spiitnlate (in dorsal view), fec])ly cnrved 

 at end. renis-shcath ri'senibling that of oliraccd (I'l. TjVIII. f, 'J','), the left 

 process broad and short. 



I](ib. N. India. 



In the Tring Museum In c?cJ, 1 9 from: Sikliim, vi. vii.— ix. ; ]?lintan ; 

 .laintia Hills. 



Ti"),s. Rhagastis albomarginatus (I'l. XIV. f. s, S). 



*Mii(,jiiUiis (,ll„„„airpiii(liix Rothschild, XmV. Zii.il. i. p. 78 (1S!I4) (Kli,a.<iia ITill.'i :— Mns. Tring). 

 CliiirmniMjui rcJiitii. Hampson {iirm Walker, 18G(i), in lltinf., Fiinun Ih-il. Iml., Mollis iv. p. 453 (1898). 



d ? . Antennal scaling ])inkish white, not brown or black on the anterior side 

 from near base to near hook as it is in all the ]>receding species, the black apical 

 ]intch rather long ; basal ciliae slightly prolonged in ?. Second segment of palpns 

 not narrowed to base (PI. LIX. f. 22. 23.) ; cavity of first distinct. External 

 row of spines of first jirotarsal segment simple, with or witliont a very few 

 additional spines at the base. Metanotiim with a consjiicnons tawny patch at 

 I'ach side. Abdomen without dorso-lateral stripe. The external discal dots of 

 the fnrewing above and below heavy ; fringe of forewing spotted, a black spot 

 near anal angle as in monqoliaihi. Pale band of hindwing reduced to an ill- 

 detine(l patch or cloud near anal angle, fringe feebly dentate, white, with lirown 



vein-ilots.' Hindwing below with a consjiicnons stigma, which is not found in 



iiny of the allied sjiecies. 



(^. Clasjier very broadly rounded at end; jiroccss of haijie slender (I'l. Fill. 

 I'. ICi). I'enis-sheath (PI. LVllI. f. 23) with a short jiaucidentate right jirocess, 

 !ind a more jiroximal left jirocess which is dentate at the jiroxinial and apical 

 edges and hears also one or t wo tcetli nt the distal edge, the right jn'ocess or both 

 sometimes absent. 



Hub. North India and Borneo. 



Two subspecies : 



It. Rh. ftlljomai-tiiiiittits (tl/ioitiit/i/liiitftt.'<. 



*Miliipsiliis tilti'fMiii-iiiniilii.^ Rothschild. I.r 



c??. Second segment of jialpus (PI. LIX. f. 22) about as long as broad. 

 Costal edge of forewing at least jiartly creamy white. 

 //id. Kliasia Hills ; Sikiiim. 

 In the Tring Museum 7 cJcJ, ? ? frum : Khasia Hills: Sikliim. 



