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flattened oval grey spots is preceded on the costa by a single larger 

 one, and terminates on the inner margin in a large irregular blotch 

 of fulvous and bluish grey ; hind margin with a series of grey 

 lunules, preceded by a few scattered grey dots, which sometimes 

 coalesce a little below the centre into a small marginal blotch. 

 Hind wings white, with grey marginal lunules ; a fulvous and grey 

 blotch at the anal angle, like that on the fore wing, and a sub- 

 marginal row of small grey dots, one on each vein ; sometimes there 

 is a faint central fascia, most pronounced on either margin. Head, 

 thorax, and abdomen yellow, spotted with black. 



Expanse of wings 38-40 millim. 



A pair from Thundiani and Kala Pani, March and April, 1887. 



The species is intermediate between A. ulmata and A, jmsilla, 

 Butler, from Japan ; smaller than ulmata, and paler than both. 



144. Abraxas DiVERSi COLOR, sp. n. (Nos. 119, 123.) 



Fore wings grey, with a faint ochreous tinge in certain lights, 

 thickly dusted with fine black atoms, the costa itself with fine black 

 streaks ; a blackish curved line before the middle, and a black ser- 

 rated, and slightly curved line beyond the middle, both darkest at 

 their extremities ; a dark spot on the costa between them appears to 

 be the commencement of a faint ochreous central line, which ap- 

 proaches the outer line on the inner margin ; a black linear central 

 spot ; submarginal line edged internally with dark, and externally 

 with whitish ; towards the costa with four blackish blotches inter- 

 nally and a white border externally ; a series of marginal black dots ; 

 fringes paler. Hind wings pale fuscous, with faint indications of two 

 curved hues, one in the centre, the other submargiual : the latter edged 

 with paler, and containing three darker patches, one at each angle 

 and one in the middle ; fringes whitish. Head, thorax, and abdomen 

 grey. 



Underside : fore wing dull smoky fuscous, darker towards the hind 

 margin ; the costa dotted black and ochreous ; the central line show- 

 ing dark, and the submarginal ochreous : hind wing ochreous, 

 speckled with darker, with the central band distinct, and the sub- 

 marginal scarcely visible. 



Expanse of wings 38 millim. 



One male and two females, from Thundiani, August 15, 1886. 



Unlike any other Abraxas, but agreeing both in neuration and the 

 structure of the palpi and antennae. 



145. LiGDIA COCTATA. (No. 58.) 



Ligdia coctata, Gn. Phal. ii. p. 210. 



Melanijjpe restituta, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxv. p. 129". 



One female and one male, from Kali Pani and Campbellpore ; the 

 latter caught July 16, 1886, the former April 28, 1887. 



Doubtfully distinct from the European L. adustata. Guenee says, 

 " fore wings more elongated, and produced at the apex, the outer 

 margin straight, the fascia less marbled ; hind wings with the onter 

 margiu less bent, and the fascia more evenly dentate." 



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