298 GEOMETKID^E. 



white, tinged with orange towards extremity and with paired black 

 dorsal and lateral spots. Fore wing white, with a patch of raised 

 golden-brown scales on inner area at base ; two patches at middle 

 and a small patch near outer angle ; some leaden-grey spots on 

 basal area ; two irregular medial series ; a submarginal series inter- 

 rupted at middle ; confluent spots and strigae on margin and a few 

 strigae on costa and outer area. Hind wing white, with two leaden 

 antemedial spots, one at end of cell, medial and submarginal series, 

 the last with the spot on vein 4 small ; a marginal series of spots 

 and a few strigae on outer area. 

 Hob. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millini. 



3512. Abraxas fulvosparsa, n. sp. 



Differs from pardaria in the abdomen having large black dorsal 

 patches. Tore wing with the basal area orange, spotted with black ; 

 a small fulvous spot on vein 1 before the medial spot. Hind wing 

 with no antemedial spots ; the inner margin with fulvous spots at 

 middle and anal angle ; no striae on either wing. 



Hob. Sikhim, 3000 feet (Matter). Exp., <$ 58, $ 62 millitn. 



Type, <$ in coll. Eiwes, $ in coll. B. M. 



3513. Abraxas spontaneata, Wlk. Cat. xxiv, p. 1120; C. $ S. 



no. 3741. 



Differs from fulvosparsa in the abdomen having paired dorsal 

 patches. Pore wing with the black-spotted basal patch small ; two 

 large olive fulvous patches occupying the whole inner area except 

 at outer angle ; two antemedial leaden spots on costa, one on 

 median nervure, and a large patch at end of cell ; a submarginal 

 series of small spots, the spot on costa large ; the outer area wholly 

 fuscous, except an irregular patch at middle. Hind wing with 

 olive-fulvous spot on middle of inner margin ; a leaden spot 

 at end of cell ; traces of a postmedial series of specks ; a marginal 

 maculate band. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp., rf 64, $ 66 millim. 



3514. Abraxas fasciata, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 211, pi. ii, 



fig. 11. 



cJ . Head fuscous, the vertex whitish ; thorax fuscous and white; 

 the collar tinged with orange ; abdomen orange, with paired dorsal 

 black spots ; wings white. Fore wing with the greater part of the 

 base covered by an olive-fulvous patch ; leaden-grey patches in and 

 at end of cell ; a broad postmedial grey band curved below costa, 

 with a fulvous patch on it at inner margin and a spot inside the 

 band ; submarginal and marginal series of conjoined grey patches. 

 Hind wing with cell-speck ; broad curved grey postmedial band ; 

 submarginal and marginal series of conjoined grey patches. 



Hal. Sikhim; Khasis. Exp. 50 .millim. 



