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Habitat. — Kashmir, Goorais Valley ( Leech ). Exp. 30 mill. Type. — In 

 B. M. 



3786a, EuPiTHECiA euficorpus, Warr. Nov, Zool. lY,, p. 230. 



$ Head and thorax grey, palpi and frons blackish ; abdomen grey, the 

 dorsum rufous except first segment. Forewing grey, the inner half suffused 

 with pinkish ; five diffused fuscous patches on costa ; numerous indistinct 

 pale waved lines ; some dark specks on median nervure and veins beyond 

 lower angle of cell; the outer area more rufous, with the pale waved sub- 

 marginal line more distinct and some slight dark streaks towards apex. Hind- 

 wing grey with numerous very indistinct waved fuscous lines ; both wings 

 with marginal series of black striae. 



Habitat. ^-Khk^h. Exp. 20 mill. 



37885. EuPiTHECiA OBLONaATA, Thnbg. Diss. Ent. I., p. 14, f . 12 (1784). 

 Staud. Cat. Lep. Pal., p, 308, 



White ; head, thorax and abdomen partially suffused with pale brown and 

 fuscous; tarsi banded with brown. Forewing with three brownish spots on 

 basal part of costa ; traces of a subbasal line ; an indistinct antemedial line 

 angled inwards in submedian fold ; some brown marks on medial part of 

 inner margin ; a black discoidal lunule ; three postmedial fuscous lines angled 

 outwards below costa and minutely waved, below vein 4 only represented by 

 some black points on the veins ; terminal area pale brown with a dentate 

 white subterminal line expanding into a patch at costa ; cilia chequered brown 

 and white. Hindwing with two antemedial brown marks on inner margin ; a 

 discoidal point ; a double postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4, 

 then incurved ; terminal area brown with dentate white subterminal line ; a 

 terminal series of black striae and series of black points on the cilia. 



Habitat. — Europe; Western and Central Asia ; Persia: Kashmir, Scinde 

 Valley. Exp. 28 mill. 



Larva — Meyr. Brit, Lep,, p. 189, 



Green or ochreous : dorsal line and a series of five tridentate marks dull 

 red orange, darker green or absent. Food-plant, flowers and seeds of 

 UmhellifercB and Compositcp., etc. 



3789a. EUPITHECIA theemosakia-. n. sp, 



9 Head and thorax white mixed with pale rufous and grey-green ; tarsi 

 banded with fuscous ; abdomen grey and fuscous, Forewing white suffused 

 with rufous except on basal area and costal area to the postmedial line ; a 

 subbasal black line angled below costa, then oblique ; two antemedial lines 

 angled below costa, then oblique and incurved in submedian fold ; two medial 

 lines angled below costa, then oblique and excurved in submedian fold ; 

 medial part of costa with fuscous patches at the linos ; a large black discoidal 

 spot • the postmedial line excurved from below costa to vein 5 and defined 

 by white on outer side, then oblique and represented by short black streaks 

 on the veins ; an irregularly dentate white subterminal line slightly defined 

 by fuscous on inner side ; a fine terminal line ; cilia chequered white and fus- 

 cous. Hindwing whitish, the inner and terminal areas suffused with fuscous ; 



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