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defined by blackish, an oblique blackish bar above it from costa and 

 son?e dark suffusion beyond and below it; a small pale spot defined by 

 blackish below end of cell, with a sinuous line from it to inner margin • 

 })OStmedial line black, slightly defined on outer side by whitish, bent 

 outwards below costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards 

 above vein 5, then inwardly oblique and waved ; subterminal line 

 very indistinct, greyish defined on outer side by blackish, dentate, 

 oblique from oosta to below vein 7 ; a series of black strise before 

 termen. Hind wing scarlet, the hair on inner margin brownish ; a 

 narrow black medial band, oblique from costa to submedian fold, then 

 bent inwards to vein 1, somewhat dilated below costa and at 

 middle; terminal area black, narrowing to tornus, its inner edge 

 incurved at veins 2 and 1 and excurved at submedian fold ; the 

 termen with slight reddish marks from apex to vein 2 ; cilia 

 white, chequered with fuscous between veins 6 and 2, fuscous 

 towards tornus. Underside of fore wing white, an oblique blackish 

 shade from costa before middle to the obliqjaely curved black medial 

 band with sinuous edges at submedian fold, terminal area black, its 

 inner edge curved and slightly angled outwards 9,t submedi.qin fold, 

 the apex whitish ; hind wing as above, but the basal costal area and 

 postmedial area to vein 6, the median nervure and veins rising from 

 it white. 



Ab. 1, Head, thoraxj and fore wing grey-fuscous with hardjy a 

 trace of bj-owu apd much more strongly irrorated with black. — ■ 

 Kashmir. 



llah. KASHMIR, 1 S , Eajaori {Leecfi), 1 c? ; Bbloochistais;, Gyval 

 {SwlnliQe), 1 (S type_. Exii, 82-8(3 millira. 



7229. Catocala fiiseinupta, n. sp, (Plate GXCVIII. fig. 8.) 



Head and thorax grey mixed with brown and fuscous ; pectus 

 whitish ; tarsi black ringed with white ; abdomen grey tinged with 

 red-brown, the ventral surface white. Fore wing grey tinged in 

 parts with red-brown and irrorated with fuscous ; subbasal line 

 indistinct, dark, sinuous, from costa to submedian fold; antemedial 

 line indistinct, double, filled in with white at inner maj-gin, oblique, 

 sinuous ; reniform obscurely defined by red-brown, an oblique dark 

 bar above it from costa and sopje dark suft'nsion beyond and beloAv 

 it; a small whitish spot definejj by fuscous below end of cell with a 

 sinuous dark shade from it to inner margin ; postmedial line dark, 

 defined on outer side by whitish on inner half, bent outwards below 

 costa, then obliquely downcurved, angled outwards above vein 5, then 

 inwardly oblique and dentate, a rufous shade beyond it except on 

 inner area ■ subterminal line indistinct, grey defined on outer side 

 by fuscous, dentate, oblique from costa to below vein 7; a series of 

 blackish striae before termen 5 cilia brown and whitish with a slight 

 dark line through them. Hind wdng scarlet, the hair on inner 

 margin brownish ; a black medial band, oblique from costa to 

 submedian fold, then bent inwards to vein 1 where it terminates, 



YQL. XII. 1 



