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and a waved grey submarginal line. Hind wing with four 

 indistinct waved postmedial lines, and a waved grey submarginal 

 line. 



A variety has the anternedial and marginal areas of fore wing 

 suffused with pale rufous. 



Hab. Afghanistan ; N.W. Himalayas ; Sikhim ; Nilgiris. Exp., 

 3 40-44, ? 46-48 millim. 



SECT. II. (Triphosa). Male with the claspers normal. 



A. Male with the antenna? simile. 

 a. Male ivith no tuft on vein 1 b of hind wing below. 



3619. Scotosia rubrodotata, Wlk. Cat. xxv, p. 1353 ; C. $ S. no. 3825. 

 Scotosia venimaculata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 657; C. # 8. 



no. 3828. 

 Scotosia expansa, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 274 ; C. fy S. no. 3819. 



G-lossy grey-brown in the form expansa, darker and suffused in 

 the form venimaculata ; in rubrodotata with the medial band of fore 

 wing dark crimson. Fore wing with numerous waved lines ; the 

 antemedial and postmedial lines delineating a slightly darker 

 medial area ; the veins of outer area speckled with white. Hind 

 wing with traces of numerous waved lines on the outer third, and 

 the veins speckled with white. 



Hal. Punjab ; Sikhim. Exp. 60-66 millim. 



b. Male with a fringe of long hair on middle of vein 1 b 

 of hind winy below. 



3620. Scotosia tremulata, Guen. Phal. ii, p. 448 ; C. $ S. no. 3827. 



Greyish fuscous. Fore wing with numerous waved lines ; ante- 

 and postmedial bands from costa to median nervure, being formed 

 by the spaces between two of the antemedial and three of the 

 medial lines being filled in with fuscous ; a waved grey submar- 

 ginal line developed into four white spots on inner half of wing. 

 Hind wing with indistinct waved lines on outer area ; the veins 

 speckled with fuscous and grey ; a waved grey submarginal line. 



Hab. Abbottabad ; Sikhim. Exp., <$ 44, $ 50 millim. 



B. Male with the antennae bipectinated to two-thirds length. 



3621. Scotosia sordidata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 274; C. $ S. no. 3826. 



cJ . Ochreous brown, suffused with pinkish brown and fuscous ; 

 wings with numerous indistinct waved fuscous lines. Fore wing 

 with the medial area somewhat darker, broadest at costa, and with 

 waved grey edges, the outer edge being highly angled at vein 4, 

 and with a waved dark line beyond it. Hind wing with grey 

 medial line angled at veins 6 and 4 ; both wings with submarginal 

 series of grey specks and marginal dark line. Underside paler, 

 with the dark lines more prominent. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 40 millim. 



