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in submedian fold, inwards on vein 1, then excurved to inner margin; 

 claviform denned by red at extremity only, very large ; orbicular and reniform 

 yellow defined by red and with some red in centres, the former round, the 

 latter with two small white spots at its lower extremity beyond lower angle 

 of cell ; an indistinct dark medial shade, oblique from costa to reniform, in- 

 wardly oblique below the cell, postmedial line brown, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely dentate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique, a diffused 

 oblique fuscous bar beyond it from costa to discal fold, with slight yellow 

 points at costa ; subterminal line red defined by yellow on outer side, dentate, 

 slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a fine waved 

 brown terminal line ; cilia yellow intersected by brown at the veins and 

 with a diffused brown line through them. Hindwing yellow suffused with 

 brown, leaving the costal area, a patch in end of cell, and the termen and 

 cilia yellow ; the underside pale yellow, the costal area tinged and irrorated 

 with red, the inner half tinged with brown, an indistinct sinuous post- 

 medial line. 



Habitat. — Punjab, Kulu, Sultanpur. Exp. 44 mill. 



1592. COSMIA ALP.OSIGNATA. 



1592«. Cosmia approximata, Hmpsn., Cat. Lep. Phal. B. M., vi., p. 511, 

 pi. 107, f. 22 (1906). 



Head and thorax rufous ; pectus clothed with whitish hair ; abdomen 

 ochreous dorsally suffused with brown. Forewing rufous with very slight 

 darker irroration, the veins brown ; subbasal line rufous, slightly curved, 

 from costa to submedial fold, the antemedial line rising from costa just 

 beyond it, very oblique, slightly excurved below costa and above inner 

 margin ; claviform large, faintly defined by rufous, orbicular and reniform 

 large, defined by rufous, the former oblique elliptical ; a rufous medial 

 shade, oblique below costa and joining the antemedial line at inner margin; 

 postmedial line excurved below costa, then oblique, very slightly incurved 

 below vein 8 ; the postmedial area slightly suffused with brown ; subtermi- 

 nal line dentate, slightly angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at 

 middle ; a fine waved terminal line ; cilia with a fine brown line through 

 them. Hindwing pale yellow, the inner area suffused with brown; a faint 

 slightly curved postmedial line and traces of a diffused subterminal band ; 

 the underside with the costal area slightly tinged with rufous, a discoidal 

 point and slight sinuous postmedial line. 



Habitat. — Kashmir, Dugi Pass, Jalauri Pass, Dana. Exp. 36 mill. 



Sub-family Acp^onyctin^. 



Proboscis usually fully developed, often aborted or absent; palpi 

 usually short, upturned or porrect, the 3rd joint sometimes long and 

 dilated at extremity; frons sometimes with rounded prominence with 

 corneous plate below it, or with corneous processes of various forms; 



