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Ahraxesis metaleucaria ^ \. 



black and white, Hindwing with subbasal line obsolescent towards costa ; a 

 slight discoidal mark ; a medial line excurved beyond cell and incurved 

 below it and connected by a streak on vein 4 with the subterminal line which 

 is angled outwards to the termen at vein 4 and connected with it by a difEused 

 patch at veins 2 and 3, a crenulate terminal line ; cilia chequered with black. 

 Halitat.—TihQi, Yatong (Hobson). Exp. 40 mill. Type— la B. M. 

 3509. Should stand as Erebomokpua compositata, Wlk, XXIV,, 1120 

 nee G-uen. 



Genus Abeaxesis, nov. 

 Type. — A melahucaria. 



Palpi upturned not reaching vertex of head, the second joint fringed wiih 

 long hair, the third short and clothed with long hair ; antennae of male. 



bipectinate with short 

 branches dilated at ex- 

 tremity ; hind tibiae 

 with the medial spurs 

 absent. Forewing with 

 vein 3 from near angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above 

 angle of discocellulars ; 

 6 from upper angle ■ 

 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 11 

 from cell ; no fovea. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 

 obsolete ; 6, 7 stalked ; 8 approximate to cell for about half length of cell, 

 3510a. Abraxesis melaleucaria, n. sp. 



^ Head white ; palpi black ; the second joint fringed with white and black 

 hair ; sides of frons, antennae and a band between their bases black ; tegulse 

 white, black at base ; thorax black and white ; pectus white ; legs white, band- 

 ed with black ; abdomen white with dorsal series of triangular black 

 patches excised in front except on subterminal segment, the patch on anal 

 segment almost linear. Forewing white with numerous black spots coalescing 

 in places into very irregular patches ; some forming a curved antemedial band 

 connected by a very irregular patch with an extremely irregular postmedial 

 band ; others forming a subterminal maculate band expanding as patches to 

 termen below apex and middle. Hindwing white ; a discoidal black spot ; 

 postmedial spots on veins 6,4, 2, 1 ; a subterminal maculate band connected 

 in places with some spots on termen and with some black points near it. 

 Habitat.— Simla., 7,000' (Pilcher). Exp. 54 mill. Type— In B. M. 

 3516, Abraxas sylvata, insert (syn.) Abraxas abrasata, Warr, Nov, Zool. 



v., p, 246. 

 3528. Abraxas poliaria, insert (syn.) Abraxas fumicohr, Warr Nov. Zool. 

 v., p. 247. Melanic aberration with the abdomen 

 and wings entirely suffused with uniform dull 

 brown except at extreme base. 



