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band between their bases whitish ; thorax and abdomen purplish 

 red-brown, the latter yellowish towards extremity. Fore wing 

 red-brown, suffused with grey ; a highly angled antemedial indis- 

 tinct line ; a black spot at end of cell ; a waved medial line ; a 

 postmedial line angled below the costa and waved towards inner 

 margin, met by a black and grey oblique line from the apex. 

 Hind wing with the costal half yellow, the inner half red-brown ; 

 two dark lines which approach each other on inner margin ; a grey 

 patch near anal angle. Underside yellower, with a black spot at 

 end of cell of hind wing. 



The form castanea is darker ; the hind wing more angled and 

 wholly dark chestnut-red, instead of the costal half yellow ; the 

 markings similar. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Bhutan. Exp. 52 millim. 



45. Mustilia sphingiformis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 407, pi. 33, fig. 4 ; 



C. $ S. no. 1484. 



Differs from falcipennis in the head and thorax being purplish 

 grey-brown ; the abdomen dark brown. Fore wing pale red- 

 brown, with the markings slight and obsolescent, a speck at end of 

 cell ; a doubly curved postmedial line ; the whole outer area suf- 

 fused with chestnut from apex to outer angle as far as the post- 

 medial line at middle. Hind wing ochreous, the inner area brown. 

 Cilia of both wings ochreous. 



Hab. Mussooree. Exp., <S 58, $ 82 millim. 



46. Mustilia hepatica, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 82, pi. 3, fig. 18 ; C. fy S. 



no. 1483. 

 Mustilia columharis, Butl P. Z. S. 1886, p. 387, pi. 35, fig. 7. 



c? . Pale red -brown, suffused with grey; shaft of antennae and 

 a band between their bases white. Pore wing with an indistinct 

 waved antemedial line ; a dark spot at end of cell ; an oblique 

 postmedial line, usually indistinct, angled below the costa and met 

 by an oblique line from the apex. Hind wing with a curved post- 

 medial indistinct line ; two dark strigse on inner margin. Outer 

 area of both wings not suffused with grey ; three grey spots towards 

 outer and anal angles. 



. More uniform chestnut-brown ; fore wing with the cell- 

 spot smaller. 



The form columbaris from Murree is paler and more uniformly 

 suffused with grey. 



Larva greenish brown ; the hinder part paler ; sphingiform irT^ 

 shape, with a long tail on llth somite ; the cuticle of the anterior 

 part of the body is capable of expansion into large lateral wings, 

 which are retracted when at rest. 



Hab. Murree; Sikhim. Exp., J 64, $ 90 millim. 



