84 ZEREXID.E. 



Icterodes consocia. (Plate CXIX. fig. 11.) 

 Abraxas consocia, Butler, Ann. 4' Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. vi. p. 220. u. 01 (1S80). 



Near to the preceding, but considerably larger ; the veins and borders of primaries pale 

 olivaceous, the spots of the bauds blackish, many of them confluent, and the secondaries 

 dotted all over with dark grey ; the ordinary spots larger, those of the border confused by 

 the numerous mottlings between them. Expanse of wings 82 millim. 



North-east Himalayas {Lidderdale) . 



CALLABRAXAS, But/. 



Callabraxas amanda. (Plate CXIX. fig. 12.) 

 Callabraxas amanda, Butler, Ann. 4' Mag. Nat. Hist. scr. 5, vol. vi. p. 220. n. 02 (18S0). 



"Wings above snow-white, sericeous : primaries with the basal half cupreous brown, 

 crossed towards the base by three grey lines dotted with white on the veins, the third line 

 undulated in the middle ; a grey-and-white V-shaped marking immediately beyond the cell ; 

 costa towards apex black ; two subapical spots, oue below the other, close to the costa, three 

 similar submarginal spots and an apical nebular grey patch; a marginal series of black 

 spots ; one or two minute grey dots near the external angle : secondaries with the external 

 border golden ochreous, tapering towards the apex; a submarginal series. of six oval black 

 spots, the first two subconfluent, and eight marginal spots, of which all, excepting the first 

 and last, are bifid ; anal half of abdominal margin banded with black : body sordid cream- 

 colour, spotted with black. Under surface of wings sei'iceous white : primaries with a dusky 

 streak through the cell, otherwise the basal markings only visible from the transparency of 

 the wing; a decreasing discal series of eight grey spots and a marginal series of bifid black 

 spots : secondaries as above, excepting that the submarginal scries of spots is continued to 

 the costa, two spots being added at the "upper extremity of the series: body sordid cream- 

 colour, spotted and dotted with black. Expanse of wings 55 millim. 



Darjiling {Lidderdale). 



VINDUSARA, Moore. 



Vindusara nietacliroinata. (Plate CXX. fig. 1.) 



Abraxas metachromata, Walker, Cat. Lep. lid. xxiv. p. 1122. n. 17 (1S62). 



Primaries above leaden grey; basi-costal area mottled with white ; a broad white belt 

 just beyond the middle, its margins irregular and spotted with grey, its centre occupied by a 

 grey baud enclosing a series of subconfluent golden-brown spots ; a white abbreviated band 



