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on costal area ; a spot at lower angle of cell, often conjoined to the 

 costal patch ; a medial band running out to an angle at vein 3, 

 then with some black and yellow marks on it to inner margin of 

 hind wing near base ; both wings with a submarginal baud with 

 some spots inside it on costal half of each wing, arising from a 

 large patch with white spot on it at apex of fore wing, touching 

 the median band at vein 3, and with yellow patches with black 

 lunules on them below vein 6 of each wing, on hind wing forming 

 a large medial marginal patch and forking towards anal angle; 

 some striae on margin of both wings. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 74-80 millim. 



SECT. IV. Hind wing with the outer margin excurved 

 between veins 6 and 7. 



3510. Erebomorpha metachromata, Wlk. Cat. xxiv, p. 1122; Butl. 



Ill Het. vi, pi. 120, tig. 1 ; C. $ S. no. 3719. 



Head black, the vertex fulvous ; thorax and abdomen grey, the 

 latter orange and black towards extremity. Fore wing white, more 

 or less completely covered with grey spots and blotches ; a post- 

 medial band with a fulvous line on it slightly curved below costa 

 and oblique towards inner margin ; a white area on each side of the 

 band and on inner part of outer area. Hind wing white, with grey 

 spot on inner area before middle ; a spot at end of cell ; a broad 

 marginal band of yellow blotches with grey edges and black lunules 

 on them ; a large marginal black spot below vein 7, and white 

 marks towards anal angle. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. 



Genus ABRAXAS. 



Abraxas, Leach, Edinb. Encycl ix, p. 134 (1815). 

 Ligdia, Guen. PhaL ii, p. 209 (1857). 

 Potera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 852. 

 Heterabraxas, Warr. Nov. Zool p. 416 (1894). 

 Omophyseta, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 414. 



Type, A. grossulataria, Linn., from Europe. 



Range. Palaearctic and Oriental regions. 



Palpi porrect and roughly scaled ; hind tibiae of male dilated 

 with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Pore wing with vein 3 from 

 before angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10 and 11 stalked, 11 becoming 

 coincident with 12, or apparently absent. Hind wing with vein 

 3 from before angle of cell. 



SECT. I. (Heterabraxas}. Palpi moderate ; antennae bipectinated to 

 three-fourths length in both sexes, the branches longest in 

 male ; fore wing with a slight scar representing the fovea ; 

 vein 11 apparently absent. 



3511. Abraxas pardaria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 652; C. $ S. 



no. 3738. 



cJ . Head black ; thorax orange, marked with black ; abdomen 



