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beyond and rather above the cell. Hind wing with a yellow streak 

 below the cell and a spot beyond it. Cilia dark. 



Hob. Almora ; Nilgiris ; Shevaroys. Exp. 20 millim. 



485. Artona zebraica, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii, p. 356 ; id 



III. Het. v, pi. 84, fig. 9 ; C. # S. no. 299. 

 Artona fulvida, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii, p. 356 ; C. $ S. 



no. 295. 

 Artona nigrescens, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xii, p. 356 ; C. fy S. 



no. 300. 



c? . Fore wing with a subcostal as well as the medial streak from 

 the base, and both interrupted at middle ; a spot below the end of 

 the cell, and two postmedial spots. Hind wing with the whole 

 basal area yellow, except a costal dark streak ; outer margin dark. 



Fig. 150. Artona zebraica, J. \. 



5 . The abdomen yellow above, with a narrow black line on the 

 first two segments ; the eighth segment with the sides black, and 

 sometimes also the vertex. 



Some males have the abdomen coloured as in the females. In 

 Mandi, Moulmein, and Kangra specimens the cilia are dark, in 

 those from the Naga Hills and Perak the tips are yellow. 



Hob. Kulu ; Mandi; Kangra; Sikhim; Nagas ; Perak. Exp. 

 20-24 millim. 



486. Artona zebra, Elwes, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 379, pi. xxxii, fig. 11. 



(S . Differs from zebraica in the subcostal and medial streaks of 

 the fore wing being short and each followed by a large spot ; a 

 subapical elongate spot ; no spot below the end of cell. Hind 

 wing with two yellow streaks from the base. Cilia yellow, brown 

 at apex of both wings. 



Hob. Sikhim, 11,000 feet. Exp. 18 millim. 



487. Artona sikkimensis, Efaes, P.Z.S. 1890, p. 379, pi. xxxii, 



fig. 17. 



c? . Fore wing with the subcostal yellow streak, the spot below 

 end of cell, and subapical elongate spot only. Hind wing with one 

 streak from base. Cilia dull yellow. 



Hob. Sikhim, 12,000 feet. Exp. 21 millim. 



