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B, Postmedial line straight, not pale edged, arising from costa 
long before the apex and ending just beyond the middle of 
the inner margin. 
a. Disco-cellular spot round and distinct. Ground- 
colour grey. 
a’. Grey suffused with brownish on the basal 
portion as far as just before the origin 
of the postmedial line at the costa, and 
just before the middle of the inner 
margin. Hwp. @ 31-39, @ 40-43 
millim. 
b', Pale grey, with a suffused indistinct darker 
irregular fascia from before the middle 
of the inner margin, angled outwards 
below vein 2, and bent in towards the 
origin of the vein ; a dark cloudy mark 
beyond the postmedial line between 
veins 2 and 5. Lap. @ only, 48-50 
millim, 
6. Disco-cellular spot minute or absent. Red-brown 
throughout, with a diffused fuscous fascia from 
before the middle of the inner margin to beyond 
the middle of the costa. Huxp. g only, 40-42 
millim. 
The form A seems to be the typical one, and was bred from a 
quantity of cocoons sent me by Mr. Geo. Murray, late of Rungamutiee 
Estate in the Western Dooars. The larva had done a considerable 
amount of harm to the tea, and many thousands of larve and pupe 
were destroyed on this garden alone in 1894. The cocoon, which 
was found in the ground, was dark brown in colour and nearly 
round, and was so much like a tea seed in appearance that it 
might easily be overlooked in searching for it. The specimens 
sent me all emerged in August. I have three males and two females 
in my collection. Form B. a.a'. | have taken in Sikhim and Bhutan 
from 1,800 to 3,009 feet. I have four males and four females showing 
no variation ; this was identified as T. cervina, Moore, by Hampson, it 
occurs in May, August and September, Form B. a.b. Ihave three 
