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defined by black and with diffused blackish fascia from it to i)ost- 

 niodinl line ; orbicular and rcniform whitish doHned by black, the 

 former small, clonpit<' elliptical, and with dark centre, the latter 

 large, rather (juadrute, its outer edfjo indented and its centre slightly 

 delined by fuscous ; an indistinct medial line, obli(|uo from costa to 

 median nervure, then minutely dentate; poslmedial line defined by 

 whitish on outer side, indistimtly double towards costa, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then dentate, excurved to vein 4, then ob- 

 liijuely incurved, some whitish ])oints beyond it on costa ; subterminal 

 line whitish, defined on inner side by small wedRc-shaped black 

 marks at middle, somewhat anffled outwards at vein 7 and dentate 

 nt veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of minute black lunules ; cilia 

 whitish with series of black lunules at tips. Hind wing pale uni- 

 formly suffused with fuscous brown, the veins and a terminal line 

 darker; cilia whitish at base, blackish at tips; tlie underside 

 whitish irroratcd with fuscous, a small discoidal spot, diffused 

 curved postmedial line, and traces of subterminal band on inner 

 half. 



Hah. U.S.A., Illinois, 2 S type. Kcp. 40-50 millim. 



Sect, II. Antennaj of lualc ciliated. 



2480. Pachypolia himalayensis, n. sp. 



J . Head and togulae ochreous tinged with rufous ; sides of palpi 

 and frons blackish ; antennsn blackish ; tegulai with black medial 

 line ; thorax deep rufous, the dorsal crest ^tipped with ochreous : 

 pectus clothed with piirpli:<h-pink and brown hairs, the tarsi ringed 

 black and pinkish ochreous; abdomen fuscous mixed with rufous 

 and with slight greyish segmental lines, the anal tuft pale rufous. 

 Fore wing ochreous almost wholly suffused with purplish red- 

 ])rown, the terminal area with fuscous, the veins with slight dark 



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Fig. 101. — rachijpolia himalayensis, (f. {. 



streaks ; subbaisal line represented by two slight stria- from costa; 

 anteraedial lino double filled in with ochreous, angled outwards 

 below costa, then excurved to vein 1 where it is slightly angled 

 inwards ; claviforni large, detined by l)lack ; orbicular with brown 

 centre and ochreous annulus detined by black, oldiijue elliptical ; 

 reniform with fuscous centre and ochreous annuius detined by l)laek 

 on inner side only, somewhat constricted at middle and with its 

 lower extremity dentate: a slight medial line; postmedial line 

 double filled in with ochreous, bent outwards below costa, thea 



