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costal and subcostal veins running near together to some distance beyond the end of the cell, 

 but not anastomosed at their origins ; the costal vein separating abruptly from the first sub- 

 costal branch, so that to the naked eye it has the appearance of a forked vein ; second 

 subcostal vein quite straight j upper diseoeellular veinlet very long, with a short rectangular 

 elbow where it joins the subcostal vein; lowei diseoeellular short and nearly transverse ; the 

 radial and the second and third median branches nearly equidistant at their origins. 



Macrocilix mysticata. (Plate CVI. fig. 4.) 

 Argyris mysticata, Walker, Cut. Lep. Uet. xxvi. p. 1617 (1802). 



Semitransparent sericeous white ; wings crossed beyond the middle by an irregularly 

 formed band, expanding at the extremities of the discoidal cells and at the inner margins, 

 golden ochreous marked with silver at the wider parts, but pale smoky grey at the contracted 

 parts ; at the extremity of the cell of primaries the silvery marking is like a small i reversed, 

 thus — i ; beyond the cell of secondaries are three silver dashes, one of which is transverse ; 

 towards the abdominal margin of these wings the band is not only expanded, but curved 

 upwards along the margin almost to the base, and ornamented with metallic silver-white and 

 black ; it also passes downwards so as to enclose the anal angle (which is grey with darker 

 white-edged marginal spots) and extends along the outer border almost to the radial vein, 

 enclosing three submarginal black spots surmounted by lunules of the same colour ; external 

 area of primaries and upper half of secondaries traversed by two grey submarginal stripes 

 divided by white veins : head, collar, and front of tegulae snow-white ; back of tegulse bright 

 ochreous, remainder of body golden olive, varied with pearl-grey and white at the sides ; 

 thorax with a white dorsal line. Under surface pearly white at the sides; wings with a 

 smoky brown indication of the postmedian band and a submarginal series of dark grey spots 

 on a snow-white border; body chalky white. Expanse of wings 44 millim. 



Darjiling (Lidderda/e, fyc). 



CERUEID.E. 



HARPYIA, Hiibn. 



Harpyia liturata. (Plate CVI. fig. 7.) 



Cerura liturata, Walker, Cat. Lep. lint. v. p. 988. n. 10 (1855). 



$ . Primaries above silvery white ; a black-edged zigzag grey band from basal third of costa 

 to submedian vein or inner margin ; two black dots placed oblicpiely below the submedian vein 

 and a little nearer the base ; four blackish costal spots at nearly equal distances apart ; four 

 more or less lunate blackish markings in an arched series from above the median vein to the 

 middle of inner margin ; two or three black linear markings at the end of the cell ; a discal 



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