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with the extremity and ventral surface irrorated with brown^ the anal tuft 

 with some fulvous hair. Forewing red-brown ; the inner area white, its 

 irregular upper edge bounded with black, the white extending before middle 

 nearly up to costa and before the postmedial line to vein 2 ; a large irregular 

 patch beyond the cell extending to termen at apex and vein 2, and leaving a 

 small fuscous patch on middle of termen ; the orbicular with white centre 

 and ochreous ring ; the reniform white ; the postmedial line white with fus- 

 cous edges, dentate, strongly excurved from costa to vein 4, then bent inwards 

 to lower angle of cell ; an indistinct curved, slightly waved subterminal line ; 

 three white points on costa towards apex ; cilia reddish. Hind wing yellowish- 

 white slightly tinged with fuscous towards apex ; an indistinct discoidal 

 spot and traces of a curved postmedial line. 



Habitat. — Siberia, Askold ; Japan ; W. China ; Assam, Khasis. Exp. 

 30-46 mill. 



1725. Euplexia siibcurva. Larva black with irregular dorsal and lateral grey 

 patches streaked with black ; head red, some orange on 1st somite ; stigmata 

 white ; a large irregular dorsal orange patch on terminal somite (Fellowes 

 Wilson). 



1734a. EupiiEXiA mesomelana, n. sp. 



^. Head, thorax and abdomen fuscous-black ; tegulas in front olive-green ; 

 the hair on frons and the tuft behind tegulse white tipped; the anal tu8t 

 greyish. Forewing pinkish-grey ; the costal area olive-green with a series of 

 black striae and some white points towards apex ; a white mark in base of cell 

 and curved black streak below the base with an olive and blackish patch 

 beyond it on vein 1 ; the orbicular with olive-green centre, whitish ring and 

 black line round it ; a Y-shaped black medial band with its arms on each 

 side of the orbicular, and becoming olive-green on inner margin ; the reniform 

 with black centre, some olive-green on its inner side and white on its outer, 

 and with a black line round it ; the postmedial line minutely dentate, indis- 

 tinct, excurved from costa to vein 4, then incurved ; a subterminal whitish 

 line angled at veins 7 and 3, with some black suffusion on its inner side and 

 olive-green on its outer. Hindwing pale-fuscous with discoidal lunule and 

 sinuous postmedial line more distinct on underside ; cilia of both wings 

 whitish with a fuscous line through them. 



Habitat.— Simla, 7000' (Pilcher). Exp. 36 mill. Type— In B. M. 



17346. Euplexia chlokogrammata, n. sp. 



$. Head and thorax moss-green, mixed with dark-brown scales ; palpi 

 ochreous in front; pectus and legs ochreous,*the latter irrorated with black 

 and with patches of green above ; abdomen fuscous mixed with ochreous. 

 Forewing black-brown and pinkish-brown suffused in parts with green ; a 

 green spot at base of costa ; a short green subbasal line ; an irregularly waved 

 antemedial green line with black line on its outer edge ; a series of small 

 green spots on terminal half of costa ; the orbicular .and reniform large, brown- 

 centred, ringed with green and edged with black ; the latter with pale patch 



