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white spots. It flies by day in thick jungle, and numbers may be seen 
at the proper season flitting in and out of paar on the banks of the 
Ché Chhu and other Daling streams. 
Family LYMANTRIDA, 
Genus Oreyra, Ochs. 
960. O. postica, W1k. 
Sikhim and Bhutan, up to 5,000 feet. I have taken the male 
commonly at low elevations in February, June, July and September. 
The larva feeds, among other plants, on rose trees. 
960a. O. nucula, Swinh. 
Sikhim, 1,800 feet. 1 took one male of this at Punkabaree in - 
November. Itis probably a rare species, as I have not seen another, 
Genus Aroa, WIk. 
971. A. pyrrhochroma, Wlk. 
Sikhim and Bhutan, 3,000 feet. I have three males taken in 
August. The width of the border of the hindwing is variable. (I 
have taken this at 3,000 feet below Mongpoo in May.—Z. J. FE.) 
973. A. atrella, Hmpsn. 
Sikhim and Bhutan, 2,500 to 3,000 feet. Occurs rarely in July and 
August, — 
, Genus Lax, Steph. 
982. L. exclamationis, Koll. 
Sikhim. I have not seen this from this locality. It is a common | 
species in the Kangra Valley, Punjab. (Ihave it from Méller’s -and 
Gammie’s collections.—H. J. E.) 
984. L, litura, Wik. 
Sikhim (Hampson) ; Bhutan, 2,500 feet. I have a male of a.species 
which has a narrower forewing than L. exclamationis, Koll. The palpi, 
head and thorax are fiery orange, the legs pale yellow ; the forewing 
is dark brown and the hindwing black, both unmarked. It may be a 
new species. I took itin September. It resembles Hampson’s figure 
of Creatonotus ( Phragmatobia ) fumipennis, Hmpsn., even in the ‘shape 
of the wings, but vein 8 of the hindwing does not rise out of 7 but is . 
conver ged towards it before the middle of the cell. 
985. L. venosa, Moore. — 
ahi: I have not seen this. (Neither have I from: Sikbim.— . 
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