chasmina. 355 



on costa ; a medial black point on costa with traces of an oblique 

 yellow striga from it ; postmedial line pale brown with a black 

 point on costa, obliquely excui'ved to vein 6, then slightly incurved ; 

 a series of slight black points just before termen ; a fine brownish 

 terminal line ; cilia fuscous at tips. Hind wing with fine brownish 

 terminal line, the cilia tinged with fuscous at tips ; the underside 

 with black points on termen from apex to vein 3. 



Hah. Punjab, 1 S type, Jubbulpore, 3 $ : Rajptjtana, 1 S ; 

 Madras, Nilgiris {Hampson), 1 (S type linea, Travancore, Pirmad 

 (Itnraf/\ d cf ; Cetlox, Exp. 30 millim. 



4800. Chasmina rejecta. 



Noctioa rejecta., Fabr. Syst. Eut. p. CiOl (1775). 



Aconiia himacida, Wlk. xii. 796 (1857); i3ntl. 111. Het. B. M. iii. p. 20, 



pi. 45. f. 8 ; Hnipsn. Moths Iiid. ii. p. 289. 

 Chasmina stigmata, Huipsn. 111. Het. B. M. viii. p. 73, pi, 145. f. 10 



(1891). 



Silvery white ; palpi brown above and at tips; frons with brown 

 bar above ; antennae brown ; fore femora black above, the tibiae 

 with two black bands, the tarsi banded with black ; mid and hind 

 tibife with black points at extremity, the 1st two joints of tarsi 

 with black points, the terminal joints ringed with yellowish. Fore 

 wing with small subbasal and antemedial black spots on costa ; a 

 medial black spot on costa with oblique yellow striga from it ; a 

 faint postmedial yellowish line with black spot on costa and series 

 of black points just beyond it on veins G to 1, slightl) bent outwards 

 below costa, excurved to vein 4, then oblique ; a brownish sub- 

 terminal mark defined by black and with two white points on it 

 on costa, extending tx3 vein 0, its inner edge slightly indented below 

 costa and its outer edge sharply at vein 7, a diH'used yellow line 

 from it to inner margin ; a series of slight black striae just before 

 termen ; a fine yellowish terminal line ; cilia with yellowish line 

 at middle and yellowish tips. Hind wing with fine yellowish 

 terminal line ; the underside with terminal series of black points 

 from apex to vein 3. 



Ab. 1. stigmata. Pore wing with the markings obsolescent, the 

 costal patch yellowish rufous. 



Hah. N. China, 1 d" , Wei-ha-wai {de la Garde), 1 5 : Hong 

 KoxG (Bowritig, J. J. IVallcer), 1 J , 1 5 type himacida ; Punjab, 

 Jubbulpore, 1 c? ; Maj)RAS, Xilgiris [Hanipson), 1 c$ type stigmataf 

 Travancore, Trevandrum (Fergusson), 1 c? , Cevlon ; Burma, Hsipaw 

 (de Niceville), 1 2 ; Nicobars {Rogers), 1 6 , Nancowry, 1 § . 

 Exp. 2G-36 millim. 



4801. Chasmina piilchra. (Plate CXLV. fig. 5.) 



Acontia ptdckra, Wlk. xii. 797 (1857). 



Silvery white ; palpi fulvous yellow at tips ; frons with fulvous 

 yellow band above ; antennee fulvous ; fore femora orange above at 



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