PAEASA. 



862. Parasa argentilinea, n. sp. 



<$ . Differs from repanda in the brown basal patch of the fore 

 wing being absent ; an even brown band along inner margin ; the 

 silvery line starting from the costa nearer the apex, straight, and 

 ending above inner margin, not recurved. Hind wing pale ochreous. 

 Hob. Sikhim ; Margharita, Assam (Doherty). Exp. 24 millim. 

 Type in coll. Elwes. 



863. Parasa hilaris, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 60 ; C.%8. no. 1282. 

 Parasa Iseta, Westw. Cab. Or. Ent. p. 50 ; C. $ S. no. 1284 ; Moore, 



Lep. Ceyl. ii. pi. 130, fig. 1. 

 Parasa hockingii, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 403. 

 Parasa mirza, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 192. 



Differs from lepida in the thorax being without the brown 

 stripe. Pore wing with the red-brown patch covering the whole 

 basal area, its outer edge angled ; the marginal band very variable 

 in width, with an irregular inner edge. Hind wing with only a 

 slight tinge of brown towards outer margin. 



Hal. Throughout India and Ceylon. Exp., <$ 26, $ 30-34 

 millim. 



864. Parasa pastoralis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 63 ; id. III. Het. 

 vi. pi. 102, fig. 9 ; C.&S. no. 1288. 



Differs from hilaris in the basal patch of the fore wing being 

 suffused with ochreous ; some red-brown suffusion beyond the 

 patch ; the marginal band suffused with yellow except the veins, 

 its inner edge more curved. 



P. consocia, "Wlk. = tessellata, Moore, from Japan and China, only 

 differs in being without the brown suffusion and the marginal band 

 being narrower at outer angle. 



Hob. Dharmsala; Sikhim; Bhutan; Nagas. Exp., rf 40, $ 

 56 millim. 



*865. Parasa punica, Herr.-Schaffer, Samml. aussereur. Schmett. i, 

 fig. 177 : C. $ S. no. 1289. 



$ . Differs from hilaris in having the basal patch of fore wing 

 with a dentate outer edge ; the marginal band very narrow with a 

 dentate inner edge ; in the figure a curved pale postmedial line is 

 represented. 



Hab. Sylhet. Exp. 40 millim. 



*866. Parasa similis, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 82, fig. 15 ; C. $ S. no. 1292. 



c? . Differs from hilaris in the basal brown patch of the fore 

 wing being restricted to a spot below the median nervure; the 

 marginal brown band widest at middle. 

 Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



