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costa, oxcurved beyond lower angle of coll, then expanding into a 

 patch; a straight subterminal band from just below apex to termen 

 above tornus. Hind wing tinged with brown except at base and 

 on costal area. 



naJ>. W. Africa, Benita, type t § in Coll. Holland. Exp. 22 

 millim. 



693. Chionsema gelida. (Plate XXVII. fig. 15.) 



BoUche gelida, Wlk. ii. 529 (1854) ; Hmpsn. Moths Inch ii. p. W); Ivirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. SOU. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen white, the last with the basal half 

 dorsally tinged with pink ; third joint of palpi and antennae brownish ; 

 legs banded with orange. Fore wing white ; the basal area with 

 diffused blackish marks ; obliqne olive-yellow ante- and postmedial 

 lines, with the area between them below the cell olive-yellow ; a 

 diffused blackish fascia from middle of cell to terminal band, with 

 an obscure black annulus on it in cell, another on median nervure, 

 and one on discocellulars ; a subterminal black spot below vein 4 ; 

 a terminal purplish-red band not reaching costa and with irregularly 

 dentate inner edge ; cilia brownish. Hind wing purplish red. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Kangra {Hochiny), 1 S ; ISikhim, 2 cJ ; 

 Assam, Khasis, 1 c? , 1 2 fypc Exp. 32-36 millim. 



694. Chionsema gazella. 



Bhoiic gazella, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 572, pi. 33. f. 4 ; Hmpsn. Moths 

 Ind. ii. p. 61 ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 1103. 



S . Pure white ; palpi blackish above : antennae brownish ; 

 tegulae and patagia mostly orange-yellow ; an orange spot on meso- 

 thorax ; fore legs and tarsi banded Avith brown. Fore wing with 

 short almost basal orange line conjoined on costa and in submedian 

 fold to the curved subbasal band, which is connected by a short 

 fascia below the cell with the antemedial band, which again is 

 connected by a fascia below costa with the large discoidal annulus, 

 from which a line runs to custa and another to inner margin 

 strongly angled inwards and conjoined above, vein 1 to the ante- 

 medial'line; a terminal band with dentate inner edge develo])ed 

 into a wedge-shaped patch below apex, connected with the post- 

 medial line and angled inwards almost to the postmedial line below 

 vein 2. 



The lobe and fringe on costa very minute. 



5 . With a large round orange spot on discocellulars and the 

 annulus incomplete. 



Hah. N.W. Himalayas, Kangra (Hocling), 3 d' , 2 5 . Rip., 

 S 36, $ 48 millim. 



