SOMATINA. 465- 



Hal. Sikhim ; Assam ; Nilgiris ; Canara. Ejutp., tf 36, $ 

 40 millim. 



3984. Somatina lapidata, Warr. P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 359, pi. 32, fig. 7. 

 5 . Differs from plynusaria in having the head and collar 



fulvous ; wings with an olive tinge instead of rosy ; the costa of 

 fore wing and cilia of both wings not rufous ; the lines very indis- 

 tinct ; the medial line not waved ; the outer area of fore wing 

 suffused with olive, of hind wing thickly striated with fuscous. 

 Underside with prominent minutely waved dark postmedial line,. 

 the outer area of fore wing dark grey. 

 Hab. Nagas. Exp. 34 millim. 



3985. Somatina rosacea, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 182. 



cJ . Head, thorax, and abdomen cream-colour, with a slight rosy 

 tinge ; wings suffused with rosy pink as far as the postmedial line r 

 where the colour deepens to rufous ; the postmedial line arises 

 from middle of costa of fore wing, is then much excurved and 

 slightly waved, on hind wing slightly waved towards inner margin, 

 the area beyond it pale rufous, with indistinct submargiual line 

 and a series of marginal specks ; both wings with minute black 

 cell-speck ; fore wing with black spot near outer angle. 



Hab. Khasis. Exp. 30 millim. 



3986. Somatina subusta, Warr. P. Z. 8. 1893, p. 360, pi. 32, tig. 24. 

 Defoa ustata, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xii, p. 151. 



Olive-brown ; the head blackish. Fore wing with the area from 

 near base to the irregularly waved postmedial line, which does not 

 reach the costa, rufous with indistinct pale line and a white cell- 

 speck on it ; the medial line obsolete towards costa, and with a 

 large purple patch beyond it running out to the margin at vein 3 

 and leaving the apex and outer angle olive-brown. Hind wing 

 rufous, with diffused fuscous antemedial and medial dark bands 

 and a sinuous subrnarginal grey line produced to two points at 

 middle ; the margin grey. Underside with most of the inner half 

 of fore wing and costal area of hind wing suffused with fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim ; Khasis ; Nagas ; Karen Hills. Exp. 30 millim. 



B. (Nobilia). Hind tibia of male shortened, and with the tuft from 

 its base short ; the first joint of tarsus long, dilated, and with, a 

 fold containing a tuft of liair. 



3987. Somatina turbata, Wlk. Cat. xxiv, p. 1098 ; C. $ 8. no. 3685. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen olive grey-brown; frons rufous. 

 Fore wing with the costa, base, and medial area olive-grey ; a 

 large antemedial triangular patch, a discocellular lunule, and the 

 outer area except at costa dark chocolate-red, striated with grey ; 

 a waved submarginal grey line bent out to the margin from veins 

 4 to 2. Hind wing chocolate-red, thickly irrorated with grey ; a 

 white cell-spot ; traces of a medial line ; a crenulate postmedial line ; 



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