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with a black speck on antemedial line of fore wing at costa ; the 

 patch beyond cell and on costa fuscous and often with some black 

 specks on costal area ; no pinkish suffusion : lactea is a bleached 

 form from Karachi. 



Hal. N.W. Himalayas; W. and S. India; Ceylon. Exp. 22- 

 28millim. ' > 



2773. Raparna ochreipennis, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 178, pi. 6, fig. 8 ; 



C. $ S. no. 2791. 



Kaparna undulata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 178 ; C. $ S. no. 2793. 

 Raparna transversa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 178 ; G. 8f S. no. 2792. 

 Asthena querula, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 859, pi. 56, fig. 16 ; 



G $ 8. no. 3984. 



Orange or ochreous yellow ; rarely with the costal area of hind 

 wing and underside fuscous ; the wings thickly speckled and 

 striated with pinkish orange; some of the striaD of fore wing 

 forming more or less well-defined subbasal, antemedial, medial, 

 postmedial, and submarginal lines with dark marks on them ; a 

 dark speck at lower angle of cell. Hind wing with more or less 

 well-defined oblique postmedial line and dark speck at lower angle 

 of cell ; both wings with marginal series of specks. 



In ochreipennis the lines are indistinct ; in transversa the post- 

 medial line of both wings is well defined and straighter ; in 

 undulata the antemedial line also is developed. 



Hob. Dharmsala; Calcutta; Poona ; Nilgiris. Exp. 24-26 

 millim. 



2774. Raparna atrapex, n. sp. 



2 . Bright ochreous ; head and thorax black. Fore wing with 

 the base black ; traces of excurved waved medial, postmedial, and 

 submarginal lines ; a black speck at end of cell ; a large not very 

 well-denned black patch below apex enclosing a patch of the 

 ground-colour on the margin. Hind wing with black spot at end 

 of cell ; traces of sinuous antemedial and medial lines, the latter 

 with greyish suffusion beyond it ; both wings with marginal series 

 of black specks. Underside with large patches of black on the 

 submarginal line of both wings. 



Hob. Margarita, Assam (Doherty). Exp. 20 millim. Type in 

 coll. Elwes. 



277o. Raparna nebulosa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 350, pi. 38, fig. 13 ; 

 G S. no. 2125. 



c? . Uniform pale brown ; fore wing with slightly darker, evenly 

 mottling. 

 Sikhim. Exp. 24 millim. 



disposed mottling. 

 Hab. 



2776. Raparna stipata, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 85 ; Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, 

 pi. 166, fig. 17 ; C. $ S. no. 2913. 



$ . Ochreous brown. Fore wing with brown streak on median 



