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lino indistinct, dark, oblique, siuuous, some blackiah beyond it from 

 costa to median nerviire followed by an oblique whitish shade from 

 costa to median nervure ; reniform with dark centre and whitish 

 annulus defined by dark brown, an oblique brown striga above it 

 from costa and a whitish spot defined by blackish below it; post- 

 medial line black with some brownish white before it from costa to 

 vein 5 and beyond it at middle, bent outwards below costa, then 

 oblique, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, then 

 dentate and with obscure dark fascia from it to antemedial line 

 above vein 1 ; subterminal line indistinct, grey defined on outer 

 side by ds.rk brown, waved, oblique from costa to below vein 6; 

 the interspaces of terminal area with black streaks and a series ot 

 points before termen defined on outer side by white. Hind wing 

 blackish brown, the basal and inner areas witli a greyish tinge ; a 

 triangular white medial patch from costa to vein 5, a small post- 

 medial spot in submedian fold and a small apical patch ; cilia 

 white, chequered with brown from vein 6 to 2 and brown towards 

 torn us. Underside of fore wing black-brown, some whitish at 

 base, an oblique white medial patch from below costa to aubmedian 

 fold, a white postmedial band, oblique to vein 4, and obsolescent 

 towards inner margin, some white at apex ; hind wing brown, 

 <he basal and inner areas bluish white streaked with brown, an 

 oblique white ])ostmedial band from costa to vein 4 and patch 

 below vein 2, a small apical patch. 



c5" . Fore wing with the patch in cell, the spot below end of cell 

 and the patch beyond middle of postmedial line ])ure white. 



Hah. Jai'an, Yezo (Pryer), 1^,25 type. Eciy. 52-56 millim. 



7265. Ephesia actaea. 



Caiocala actcBa, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 112. f. 22 (1874). 



Head and thorax fuscous black mixed with some grey-white ; 

 pectus brownish white ; legs strongly irrorated with white, the 

 tarsi black ringed with white; abdomen fuscous brown, the ventral 

 surface brownish white. Fore wing black-brown thickly irrorated 

 with grey- white ; subbasal line black, from costa to submedian 

 fold ; antemedial line double, black, waved, somewhat oblique ; a 

 whitish spot in middle of cell; reniform faintly defined by blackish 

 and with traces of a whitish annulus, a blackish bar above it from 

 costa ; a small rather triangular white spot below end of cell 

 defined by black, with a dark shade from it to inner margin ; post- 

 medial line black, bent outwards below costa, then oblique and 

 slightly sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below vein 5, 

 then dentate and angled outwards in submedian fold, a sinuous 

 blackish shade beyond it and some whitish irroration at middle ; a 

 subterminal series of rather wedge-shaped dark marks ; a crcnulatc 

 blackish line before termen with a series of small white spots 

 beyond it. Hind wing black; an oblique wedge-shaped white 

 patch from middle of costa to vein 2 and a spot below vein 2 ; 



