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waved band ; a postmcdial slightly curved and waved black i)and from fourth costal spot, 

 bent inwards as it nears the inner margin ; followed by a lunidatc obsolescent band from 

 fifth costal spot ; a diffused dusky submarginal band ; an antecilial lunulate black line. 

 Underside slightly suffused with fuscous ; the postmedial baud traceable but obscure ; outer 

 area of fore wing smoky black, leaving white patches at apex and centre. 



Alcis nilgirica. (Plate CL. fig. 1.'.*.) 



Expanse H inch. 



Male. Ground-colour pale grey, with smoky brown and black suffused over the greater 

 part of both wings. Fore wing with a waved dark band, with pale inner border, from costa 

 one third from base, curved inwardly to inner margin; a black spot at end of cell, and 

 an indistinct dark waved and inwardly-oblique band just beyond it; a distinct lunulate black 

 band with pale outer margin from costa one third from apex to centre of inner margin ; an 

 obsolescent pale lunulate submarginal band; a waved black antecilial line. Hind wing with 

 black spot at end of cell, and three blackish waved bands — -one from costa one fourth from 

 apex to centre of inner margin, one submarginal, one antecilial. Underside ochreous white : 

 fore wing with a dark spot at end of cell, and three on the costa between base and centre ; 

 the area outside the postmedial band suffused with black, except for two pale patches, one at 

 apex, the other at centre of outer margin : hind wing with spot at end of cell, and obso- 

 lescent submarginal line. 



Serraca transcissa, Walk. (Plate CL. fig. 6.) 

 Serraca transcissa, Tr«?7i-. Cat. Lep. Hut. B. M. xsi. p. 380. 



Expanse 1^ inch. 



Female. Pale brownish grey, ii'rorated with dark scales; an indistinct black irregular 

 antemedial line, outwardly-oblique from costa to subcostal nervure, then straight across the 

 cell, and inwardly-oblique to inner margin near the base; an indistinct pale stigma outlined 

 in black at end of cell ; an indistinct postmedial, somewhat dentate line, outwardly-oblique 

 to lower subcostal nervure, then inwardly-obliqiie to centre of inner margin ; a broken lunulate 

 submarginal band. Hind wing with indistinct antemedial line ; a distinct pale stigma out- 

 lined in black at end of cell ; a curved dentate medial band with some diffused umber-brown 

 beyond it; a lunulate submarginal band. Both wings with a series of black marginal lunules. 

 Underside uniform pale fuscous ; both wings with a large black spot at end of cell, broken 

 postmedial band, and indistinct diffused patch near apex. Vertex of head and antennae pale. 



Teplirosia angulata. (Plate CL. fig. 7.) 

 Expanse If inch. 



Male. Grey, striated and speckled with dark brown. Fore wing : costa closely striated 

 with dark brown ; an irregular dentate antemedial band, with some diffused ochreous brown 



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