136 KOCXUIDiE. 



with the cilia intersected with white beyond them. Underside of 

 fore wing black-brown, an oblique j^ellowish medial band from 

 costa to submedian fold, an obliquely curved postmedial white band, 

 some whitish at apex, and the cilia chequered with white; hind 

 wing as above, but the postmedial area white from costa to discal 

 fold and the marks on termen white. 



Hah. E. SiBBEiA, Amurland, type t d , $ , Jionmtlii, in Coll. 

 Piingeler, Ussuri ; W. China, Chang-yang (Pratt), 1 c5' type 

 ham2)Son{. Exp. 68 millim. 



7254. Catocala tapestrina. 



Catocala tapestrina, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 166, pi. v. f. 13 (1882) : Hmpsn. 

 Moths Ind. ii. p. 440. 



5 . Head and thorax red-brown with some white scales, the 

 tegulse near tips and prothorax with slight white lines, the patagia 

 with some black on outer edge ; palpi with some white at base ; 

 lower part of frons white; antennae with the basal joint "white in 

 front ; pectus and legs grey-white, the latter irrorated with brown ; 

 abdomen reddish brown, the ventral surface grey-white. Fore 

 wing red-brown mixed with purplish grey and suffused in parts with 

 black-brown ; the veins and submedian fold with greyish streaks ; 

 subbasal line black defined on each side by whitish, waved, from 

 costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line black defined on inner 

 side by white, oblique, waved ; reniform black-brown with greenish- 

 grey annulus except above, its outer edge dentate, some black- 

 brown suffusion beyond its lower extremity ; a whitish spot defined 

 by black and constricted at middle below end of cell ; postmedial 

 line black defined on outer side by white, bent outwards below 

 costa, then oblique and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and 

 below vein 6, then inwardly oblique and dentate; subterminal line 

 white, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6 where it is met 

 by an oblique dark shade from termen below apex, then with red- 

 brown spots on its outer edge ; a series of black striae before termen 

 defined on outer side by white ; cilia with fine whitish lines at base 

 and middle. Hind wing orange-yellow, the basal and inner areas 

 suffused with brown leaving only slight yellow marks before the 

 medial black band, which is oblique and irregular to vein 2, then 

 bent inwards to inner margin, its outer edge angled outwards at 

 vein 5 ; terminal area black, wide towards costa, its inner edge 

 sinuous and excurved at middle and submedian fold ; a small apical 

 ■yellow patch followed by a terminal series of points in the inter- 

 spaces. Underside of fore wing blackish brown, a yellowish patch 

 at base, an ohliqi^e yellowish medial band from costa to submedian 

 fold and whitish postmedial band dilated below costa and oblique to 

 vein 4, some whitish at apex, the cilia with waved white line at 

 base ; hind wing as above but the basal and inner areas yellow 

 slightly tinged with brown, a black discoidal point, cilia white at base. 



Hah. Pro; JAB, Simla {Harford), 1 $ ; Sikhim. Exp. 72-78 

 millim. 



