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waved subbasal, ante- and postmedial lines and double medial and 

 submarginal lines ; the undulations of the postmedial line pro- 

 minently black beyond the end of the cell ; some white specks on 

 costa towards apex ; a marginal series of black specks. Hind wing 

 with antemedial and medial waved lines and marginal series of 

 specks. * 



Hob. Bombay ; Nilgiris.' Exp. 22-28 millim. 



2780. Raparna palpalis, Wlk. Cat. xxxiv, p. 1180. 



Dark fuscous brown ; palpi scarlet at sides. Fore wing with 

 pale oblique antemedial line angled below costa and at middle ; 

 a black spot at end of cell ; a sinuous pale postmedial line and 

 indistinct pale dentate submarginal line ; a marginal series of 

 black specks. Hind wing with ante- and postmedial black lines, 

 the latter angled at middle and with a pale patch beyond it at 

 outer angle ; an indistinct waved submarginal line ; a marginal 

 series of black specks. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Ceylon. Exp. 24 millim. 



2781. Eaparna multifasciata, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 256, 



pi. 7, fig. 14. 



5 . Differs from palpalis in being darker. Fore wing with a 

 dark band inside the antemedial line ; the postmedial line black, 

 excurved beyond cell and waved ; a marginal series of black specks. 



Hub. Rangoon. Exp. 20 millim. 



2782. Raparna lilacina, Butl. 111. Het. vii, p. 81, pi. 133, fig. 5. 



$ . Dark purple-grey ; the head and collar dark brown. Tore 

 wing with five waved brown lines with diffused brown between them ; 

 a speck in cell and spot on discocellulars ; the medial line highly 

 bent out round cell ; a marginal series of dark specks. Hind wing 

 fuscous, with some grey and dark marks on inner margin and vein 2. 



Hob. Dharmsala. Exp. 24 millim. 



SECT. II. Fore wing with the apex and outer margin 

 much more rounded. 



2783. Raparna aenigmatica, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 472, pi. 28, fig. 11 ; 



C. $ S. no. 3033. 



Pasira russa, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1885, p. 472, pi. 28, fig. 13 ; C. $ S. 

 no. 3038. 



Dark red-brown. Fore wing with slight subbasal line; obliquely 

 waved antemedial line with a speck beyond it in cell ; a very 

 indistinct angulated medial line ; an indistinct postmedial line 

 excurved round cell and angled inwards below it; traces of a sub- 

 marginal irregularly waved line ; a marginal series of minute 

 black specks. Hind wing dark fuscous brown. 



The form russa is ochreous brown, the head and collar tinged 

 with fulvous. 



Hob. Bombay; Poona; Nilgiris. Exp. 26 millim. 



