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spots, those of the primaries rather large, these wings crossed obliquely by four or five more 

 or less regular grey-brown lines and transversely by two discal lines : secondaries crossed by 

 six lines, the second and fourth irregular, the fifth forked at apex ; these lines also pass 

 across the abdomen. Under surface pale creamy stramineous, with slender greyish lines 

 arranged as above, but less numerous. Expanse of wings 40 niillim. 

 Darjiling (Hearsey §■ Lidderdale). 



Somewhat allied to the preceding species. 



CABERIDiE. 



MYRTETA, Walk. 



Myrteta planaria. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 9.) 

 Myrteta planaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxiii. p. 831. n. 1 (1861). 



White : primaries clouded, especially towards outer margin, with silvery grey, crossed 

 by three oblique subparallel dark-brown stripes, the first and second a little wider apart than 

 the second and third ; a dark-grey diffused crenulated submarginal stripe ; outer margin dark 

 brown : secondaries with the abdominal area slightly greyish, crossed from the median vein 

 to near the anal angle by two white-edged elbowed brown lines ; an oblique, internally diffused, 

 golden testaceous tapering band commencing near the anal angle in an oval marginal black 

 spot; a narrow dark-brown marginal line: abdomen above greyish. Under surface white : 

 primaries with broad pale greyish-brown external border widest on the costa; markings of 

 upper surface indistinct : secondaries with a black dot at end of cell, a series across the disk, 

 and an interrupted greyish submarginal stripe; outer border yellowish. Expanse of wings 

 44 millim. 



Darjiling {Parry &; Lidderdale). 



TELDENIA, Moore. 



Teldenia vestigiata. (Plate CXVIII. fig. 10.) 

 Corycia vestigiata, Butler, Ann. <$• Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 222. n. 51 (1SS0). 



Snow-white, sericeous : wings crossed beyond the middle by an augulatcd series of 

 internally brown-edged semicircular or lunate testaceous spots, followed immediately by a 

 series of indistinct lunate brownish markings ; a second similar but reversed submarginal 

 series of lunate markings ; a marginal series of minute black dots : frons reddish brow n ; 

 antennae testaceous. Under surface creamy white, immaculate. Expanse of wings 21 millim. 



Darjiling [Lidderdale). 



