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ginatis, maculisqn-e sex all/is submarginatis ; apice postico ri- 

 vulis decern nigris : alee posticee dimidio basalt nigro, lineis 

 pallidis pilosis ; dimidio apicali pallido, lineis nigris valde ir- 

 regularibus interrupto ; margine postico pallido, fascia pallida, 

 introrsum convexitatibus novem elevata submarginato : antenna 

 bipectinatee, breves. 

 Hab. North-western India? 



Closely allied to B. certhia; differs from it as follows: — Front 

 wings proportionally narrower ; central band narrower, with smaller 

 and more numerous black spots ; inner edge of pale apical patch con- 

 vex and more regular, the lunulate lines entire, black margined with 

 white, their concavities reversed. Hind wings shorter and narrower ; 

 apical half with the markings much more elongate. Body : thorax 

 narrower ; abdomen with broader pale bands ; antennae much shorter. 



3. Brahm^a petiveri, sp. n. (Fig. 3.) 



Brahmaa petiveri, Petiv. Gazoph. Cat. Class, et Top. p. 2. n. 213 

 (P/ial. maxima, Chusan, obscura, fusca, &c, 18. 3, C. 212). 



Brahmeea certhia, svnon., F. Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. East Ind. 

 Comp. ii. p. 410(1858-9). 



Fig. 3. 



Brahrrxpa pe/iveri.. 



Alee anticee basi rivulis decern nigris ; medio lineis angularibus 

 brevibus a I bis macula to, pone fusco ad costam coarctato ; area 

 apicali rivulis decern fuscis ; margine postico jjallido, maculis 

 octo pallidis submarginato; alee posticee dimidio basali nigro ; 

 apicali pallido, lineis midtis fuscis, ex eequo distantibus inter- 

 rupt o. 



Hab. Island of Chusan (China). 



