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ts outer margin arched, occupying one third of the wing, with a prominent orange spot in it 

 at the extremity of the cell ; then a narrow pale band, followed by a broken dark one ; a 

 broken pale marginal baud having patches of the ground-colour at the apex and along the 

 outer margin. Hind wing pale yellow. Underside uniform pale ochreous. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen pale brown, anal segments ochreous. 



Artaxa ohsoleta. (Plate CXL. fig. 12.) 



Expanse Ij inch. 



Male. Head, thorax, and fore wing orange-yellow ; the last with an extremely obscure 

 band formed of scattered dark scales from lower cud of cell to inner margin. Hind wing 

 pale lemon-yellow. Underside uniform yellowish white. Shaft of antennse white. 



Nearest to A. anguUgera, but with fore wing darker yellow, and with the band differently 

 shaped and obsolescent. 



Artaxa luteifascia. (Plate CXLI. fig. 2.) 



Expanse l^ inch. 



Male. Fore wing purplish flesh-colour, uniformly irrorated with dark brown scales ; a 

 bright orange maculate fascia just before the middle, consisting of two spots in the cell, with 

 an obsolescent one just above it, and one in each interspace below it ; cilia yellow, dark at 

 outer angle. Hind wing and underside uniform lemon-yellow. Head, palpi, and shaft of 

 antennae ochreous white ; thorax and abdomen purplish, the latter with some ochreous hairs 

 above on the last three segments. 



Somena bipunctapex. (Plate CXL. fig. 13.) 



Expanse, c? 1, ? 1^-1 j^^^ inch. 



Male and female. Fore wing vinous brown with dark speckles ; costa narrowly yellow ; 

 a large j'ellow patch at apex with two prominent superposed black spots on it varying in size ; 

 a large yellow patch at outer angle, nearly joining the apical patch. Hind wing vinous 

 brown with brown-yellow marginal band. Underside rather paler. Head, thorax, and abdo- 

 men brown ; anal tuft of fepiale ochreous. 



The yellow markings much wider than in S. atomaria and S. apicalis. 

 Also in coll. B. M. from Nankow Pass, N. China, Burma, Penang, Kangra. 



Somena sagroides. (Plate CXL. fig. 14.) 

 Expanse f inch. 



Male. Allied to S. [Aroa) sayrara, but smaller ; the fore wing narrower, and more 

 pointed at apex ; ground-colour darker and less red. Hind wing slightly darker. Cilia of 

 both wings yellow. Head and collar yellowish. Antennae, thorax, and abdomen brown. 



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