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fasciaque nigricantibus, linea rufescente angiilosa ; litura 

 discali lineisque duabus exterioribus parallelis angulosis 

 fuscis, spatio adhuc exteriore rufescente linea contigua recta 

 obliqua flava fusco-marginata, spatio marginali viridescente 

 ochraceo lineam rufescente-fuscam includente. 

 Var. Male. — Yellow, ochraceous or bright red beneath, except 

 the exterior part of the wings. Head and forepart of the thorax 

 reddish-brown. Antennae black. Fore-wings blackish along the 

 basal part of the costa ; a blackish band near the base, almost con- 

 tiguous to a more exterior reddish zigzag line ; a brown discal point 

 beyond which there are two parallel zigzag brown lines; these are 

 contiguous to a reddish space, which is concisely limited by a 

 straight, oblique, yellow brown-bordered line ; marginal space 

 greenish-ochraceous, containing a dilated reddish-brown line. 

 Hind-wings with the above markings partly or wholly obliterated, 

 with the exception of the yellow line, which has a rosy-red band 

 on its inner side. 

 Hindostan. 



Genus Tagora, Walk. 

 This new species is nearly allied to T. amcena. Dreata gemi- 

 nata is a Tagora. 



Tagora trigulta. 

 Mas. — Pallide flava, antennis late pectinatis, alis lineis quinque 

 nigricantibus denticulatis parallelis, 4^ guttulari, linea recta 

 obliqua nigricante, alis posticis abdomen longe superantibus. 

 Male. — Pale yellow, or primrose colour. Antennae broadly 

 pectinated. Wings ample, with five denticulated parallel blackish 

 lines; a straight oblique blackish line between the 3rd and 4th 

 lines, but not parallel to them ; the lines are most distinct on the 

 underside; the 4th is guttular, and is represented above on the 

 fore-wings by three black dots, exterior border convex ; interior 

 angle rounded. Hind-wings extending much beyond the ab- 

 domen. 



Length of the body 10 lines ; of the wings 28 lines. 

 Hindostan. 



Fam. SATURNIIDiE. 



Genus Antheecea, Hubn. 



Anthercea Jlavivitta. 



Fcem. — Sub-purpurascente albida, capitis lateribus palpisque tes- 



taceis, thorace fascia flava antice fusco-marginata, alis ex parte 



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