EPISILIA. 503 



the veins, defined by pale pinkisli on outer side, bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved; an indistinct sub- 

 terminal line angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; 

 a terminal series of dark points sonielimcs present; a fine ochreous 

 line at base of cilia. Hind wingwliite, the veins and terminal area 

 suffused with pale brown ; the underside whiter, a dark discoidal 

 lunulo and curved postmedial series of points on the veins. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Ferghana, Turcomania, 1 J, 1 $. Ed'i>., 

 (S 40, 5 46 millim. 



871. Episilia alaina. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 23.) 

 Aijroti& alaina, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 5; id. Cat. Lep. jjnl. p. 114. 



Head and thorax grey mixed with blackish, the base of tegulae 

 and patagia and the slight pro- and metathoracic crests ochreous 

 tinged with pink ; abdomen grey, tinged with ochreous brown. 

 Fore wing slate-grey ; the discal and subterminal folds suffused 

 with blood-red from the antemedial to the subterminal line ; the 

 subbasal line double, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; the 

 antemedial line double, irregularly dentate and filled in with 

 ochreous ; orbicular and reniform defined with ochreous, the 

 former round ; the postmedial line slightly defined by ochreous on. 

 outer side, dentate and produced to points on the veins, bent 

 outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; the 

 subterminal line ochreous, minutely waved, angled outwards at 

 vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal series of dark points ; 

 cilia brown. Hind wing fuscous brown ; the cilia brown ; the 

 underside ochreous whitish, a iuscous lunulo and somewhat sinuous 

 postmedial line. 



IJab. \V. Turkestan, Turcomania, Id") 1 $ ? Ferghana; E. 

 Turkestan, Korla. E.cj^). 40 millim. 



872. Episilia junonia. 



Agrotls junonia, Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 1881, p. 415; Alph. Eom. Mem. 

 V. pi. 8. f. 7 ; Stand. Cat. Lep. pal. p. 144. 



Head and thorax white, mixed with grey and more or less strongly 

 tinged with fulvous or blood-red ; tarsi banded witli black ; abdomen 

 whitish, tinged with ochreous brown. Fore wing ochreous white, 

 more or less strongly and completely irrorated and suHused with 

 blue-grey, and with some pale fulvous or blood-red suft'usion in sub- 

 median and discal folds; a double waved grey subbasal line from 

 costa to submedian fold ; an irregularly dentate whitish antemedial 

 line defined on each side by blue-grey, more strongly angled inwards 

 on vein 1 ; orbicular and reniform blue-grey defined by whitish, 

 the fi)rnier small, round ; the ])Ostmedial line dentate and jjroduced 

 to points on the veins, blue-grey, defined by whitish on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein 4, then incurved ; 

 subterminal line waved, whitish, excurved at vein 7 and middle ; 

 cilia pale brown. Hind wing whitifch, suffused with fuscous brown ; 



