RHODOSTROPHIA. 



457 



oblique dull purplish postmedial band obsolete towards costa ; the 

 costa and cilia tinged with dull purple. Hind wing with faint 

 traces of postmedial and submargiual lines, which are more promi- 

 nent and tinged with red on underside. 

 Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 32 millim. 



3963. Rhodostrophia herbicolens, Butl. P. Z. S. 1883, p. 173 ; C. $ S. 



no. 3670. 



Dull ochreous, irrorated and suffused with brown; the frons 

 brown ; vertex of head white. Fore wing with narrow diffused 

 antemedial brown band ; a cell-speck ; broad diffused medial band ; 

 a waved submarginal line with diffused brown beyond it. Hind 

 wing with cell-speck ; medial line and sinuous submarginal line 

 usually with pinkish-brown suffusion beyond it. 



A small male has the fore wing almost uniformly suffused with 

 fuscous. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 30-34 millim. 



3964. Rhodostrophia similata, Moore. Lep. Aik. p. 264 ; C. $ 8. 



no. 3675. 



$ . Differs from Jierbicolens in being grey-brown without the 

 ochreous tinge ; the bands with a slight pink tinge ; the post- 

 medial band of hind wing obsolete, except towards inner margin ; 

 no dark suffusion beyond the submarginal line of either wing. 



Hob. Sikhim ; Khasis. Exp. 34 millim. 



&965. Rhodostrophia haematozona, n. sp. 



$ . Differs from herbicolens in the ground-colour being brownish 

 ochreous / the frons and collar crimson. Fore wing with the base 

 suffused with crimson ; the postmedial and marginal bands crimson 

 and further apart ; no discocellular speck on either wing. Hind 

 wing yellow, with the postmedial and submarginal bands only 

 developed on inner area ; cilia of both wings crimson. 



Hab. Chumbi Valley, Sikhim (Elves). Exp. 34 millim. Type 

 in coll. Druce. 



3966. Rhodostrophia inconspicna, Butt. P. Z. S. 1886, p. 391 ; C.$S. 



no. 3671. 



Brown, with a pink tinge ; frons brown. Eore wing with 

 nearly straight antemedial line ; both wings with cell-speck and 

 broad postmedial band, the area beyond it more suffused with pink. 

 Underside with a postmedial line. 



The markings may be pink and prominent or indistinct. 



Hab. Afghanistan; N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 35 millim. 



3967. Rhodostrophia borealis, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1889, p. 427, pi. 44, fig. 8. 

 c? . Dull ochreous, suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with a 



pinkish tinge; hind wing paler. Fore wing with traces of an 



