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greyish ; fringe ferruginous ; two widely divergent oblique 

 orange stripes, the first slender, from median vein to inner 

 margin, the second crossing the disk from the inner margin 

 to just above the upper radial vein : secondaries with rosy 

 outer border ; an abbreviated submarginal stripe from the 

 anal angle : antennae silvery grey. Primaries below pale golden 

 brown, subcostal and external areas dull blood-red ; external 

 border lilacine towards apex; a blackish costal spot at 

 apical third : secondaries rosy brownish ; an angulated discal 

 ferruginous line : body below rosy brownish, tibiee and tarsi 

 greyish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 

 Darjiling {Lidderdale) . Type B. M. 



58. Noreia sericea, sp. n. 



Sericeous pinky brown, the abdomen and basal areas 

 slightly greyish : wings crossed just beyond the middle of 

 primaries and before the middle of secondaries by an oblique 

 dark ferruginous line ; a slender irregularly undulated sub- 

 marginal line of the same colour ; a slender black marginal 

 line ; fringe rosy, pale at base : primaries with three semi- 

 circular ferruginous lines across the cell and two parallel sub- 

 basal sigmoidal lines below it. Under surface creamy whitish, 

 sericeous ; the wings sordid, crossed by two dark greyish-brown 

 discal lines, the inner one straight, the outer one undulated ; 

 a slender marginal line ; fringe rosy greyish towards the tips. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



N.E. Himalayas [Lidderdale). Type B. M. 



Zerenidse. 

 59. Abraxas pusilla, sp. n. 



Allied to A. leopardtnata, but only of about two thirds the 

 size ; primaries with the central interrupted band expanded 

 into a broad grey nebula occupying about a third of the wing; 

 discal series of spots double, more or less confluent and forking 

 towards the costa ; marginal spots regular and generally con- 

 fluent : secondaries with both the discal and marginal series 

 of spots small and regular. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines. 



Darjiling (Lidderdale), Nepal. Type B. M. 



There is no doubt in my mind of the distinctness of this 

 little species. A. leopardinata, according to Walker, was a 

 confused assemblage of three or four quite distinct species. 



60. Abraxas compter sa, sp. n. 



$ . Wings sericeous white : primaries above spotted and 

 speckled with dark olive-green, the spots forming five bands — 



