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crenulate black postmedial line with white points on its teeth ; an irregularly 

 sinuous subterminal line with the area beyond it deeper red-brown, Hindwing 

 pale brown suffused with fuscous to the indistinct postmedial crenulate line 

 which has some white points on it ; an irregularly sinuous subterminal line 

 with the area before it pale purplish grey, beyond it red-brown ; both wings 

 with terminal series of small ochreous spots with black stri^ on their inner 

 side. Underside greyish irr orated with fuscous with black cell spots and 

 medial andpostmedial lines. 



Halitat.—^imlak (Pilcher). Exp. 36 mill. Type— In B. M. 



2785a. AviTrA INSIGNANS, n.sp. 



$. Head and thorax brown ; abdomen grey-brown. Forewing brown 

 suffused with purplish grey, the basal area brown ; two indistinct fine oblique 

 antemedial lines ; a diffused medial line not reaching costa ; an obscure 

 discoidal lunule ; two fine sinuous indistinct postmedial lines followed by a 

 diffused band not reaching costa ; a waved subterminal line and some 

 diffused brown on termen, Hindwing fuscous. Underside grey with an 

 ochreous' tinge ; forewing fuscous except the costal and terminal areas • hind- 

 wing with slight discoidal lunule. 



Habitat. — Khdsis. Exp. 48 mill. Type — In Coll., Elwea. 



27856. AVITTA PASTEA, n, sp. 



$. Head and thorax dark-brown, the scales pencilled with pale brown • 

 palpi paler ; tarsi with ochreous rings ; abdomen black-brown, Forewing dark 

 red-brown, finely irrorated with grey forming a large patch on costal area 

 from end of cell to apex ; two obscure waved antemedial lines incurved 

 below cell ; a nearly straiglit medial line ; a discoidal spot ; two minutely 

 dentate postmedial and a subterminal line. Hindwing blackish with a bluish 

 tinge, the cilia grey. Underside grey with discoidal lunules and curved 

 postmedial lines. 



Habitat.— ^ikhim, 1800' (Dudgeon) ; Margharita, Assam (Doherty). Exp. 46 

 mill. Type— In B. M. 



2889a. Talapa acypera, n. sp. 



Forewing with the outer margin very acutely angled at vein 4, 



^. Head, tegulse and base of patagia and meso-thorax pinkish grey-brown • 

 the rest of thorax dark rufous ; abdomen pinkish grey. Forewing pale irro- 

 rated with brown ; an oblique antemedial pink line defined by rufous on outer 

 side and with diffused rufous beyond it ; dark points in cell and on discocel- 

 lulars ; a curved slightly sinuous postmedial pink line defined by a fine rufous 

 line on inner side and with diffused rufous beyond it ; an oblique streak from 

 apex with an oblique rufous line from below its extremity to toinus • a 

 slight series of terminal points. Hindwing ochreous suffused with fuscous 

 with traces of medial ,and postmedial lines ; underside with discoidal black 

 spot. 



Habitat,— Khisia, Exp, 40 mill. Type— In B, M. 



