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Some specimens have the area between the lines of fore wing 

 fuscous. 



Hob. N.W. Himalayas ; Bombay ; Ceylon ; Rangoon. Exp. 

 34 millim. 



4603. Bostra salmo, Hmpsn. III. Het. viii, p. 128, pi. 154, fig. 18 ( 9 ) ; 

 fd.ix,p. 157, pi. 171, fig. 6 



Differs from vibicalis in the palpi being larger, especially in the 

 male. Wings rufous brown in male, bright salmon-colour in 

 female; fore wing with the antemedial line straight, the post- 

 medial line nearly straight. 



Hob. Nilgiris ; Ceylon. Exp., $ 40, $ 42 millim. 



4604. Bostra astigma, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, p. 157, pi. 171, fig. 12. 



$ . Differs from vibicalis in being dark rufous. Fore wing with 

 pale nearly straight ante- and postmedial lines, with the area 

 between them rather darker ; no dark cell-spot. Hind wing with 

 the lines pale and much closer together ; cilia of both wings white 

 at tips. 



Nab. Ceylon. Exp. 40 millim. 



4605. Bostra denticulata, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1890, p. 290, pi/8,. 



fig. 7. 

 Stemmatophora duplicata, Warr. A. M. N. H. (6) vii, p. 437. 



. Dark grey-brown or rufous irrorated with fuscous. Fore 

 wing with traces of dark irregular antemedial line ; a dark cell- 

 spot ; a slightly curved dark pale-edged minutely dentate post- 

 medial line. Abdomen and hind wing pale, the latter irrorated 

 with brown towards the margin. 



Hab. Burma. Exp. 32 millim. 



4606. Bostra igneusta, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (6) xvi, p. 300. 



cf. Head and thorax fiery red. Fore wing yellow, thickly 

 irrorated with fiery red and sparsely with black ; the costal area 

 darkest ; a black speck on discocellulars ; an oblique slightly 

 curved dark postmedial line; cilia brown at tips. Hind wing 

 yellow, slightly suffused with red and black. 



Hab. Khasis. Eccp. 22 millim. 



4607. Bostra illusella, Wlk. Cat. xxvii, p. 123; Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, 



pi. 172, fig. 19 ; C. $ S. no. 4525. 



. Pale fuscous brown with a slight fulvous tinge. Fore wing 

 with curved white antemedial line and sinuous postmedial line. 

 Hind wing with traces of curved postmedial line, which is more 

 distinct on underside. 



Hab. Ceylon. Kcp. 16 millim. 

 VOL. iv. N 



