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NOCXUID^. 



lunules ; hind wing with incurved postmedial series of three white 

 spots and subterminal series of three lunules. 



2 . Hind wing with the medial line excurved beyond lower 

 angle of cell, a postmedial series of lunulate spots and a subterminal 

 series with the spots below veins 7 and 4 displaced outwards and 

 with series of irregular spots before it; the underside with post- 

 medial series of seven white spots, the spots below veins 7 and 4 

 displaced outwards, and subterminal series of seven lunules. 



Hah. Japan ; C. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 $ ; W. CniNA, T.i- 

 chien-lu {Pratt), I c? ; Punjab, Simla {Harford), 1 S, Kasauli 

 {Barrow), 1 S , 2 $, Dharmsala {Hocking), 1 S -, Jubbulpore 

 {F. Butler), 1 c? ; Nepal, 1 d' ; Sikhim {Potherhif/ham), 1 $; 

 Assam, Silhct {Bach/letj), 1 c5" , 2 § ; Ganjam, 1 $ ; Bombay, 2 $ ; 

 Madras, Malabar, 1 c? , Coorg, 1 J , Nilgiris {Hampson), 1 c? , 1 $ , 

 Shevaroys, 1 S •, Cetlon {Templeton), Id", I5 ; IJp. Burma 

 {Wood), 1 2 ; S. Burma {Carpenter), 1 $ , Tenasserim {Bingham), 

 1 $ ; Tavoy, 1 S . Exp. 128-154 millim. 



Sect. III. Hind wing of male with the neuration normal. 



A. Hind legs of male with the tibiae above and below except at base and the 

 1st joint of tarans above fringed with long hair. 



7408. Nyctipao atavistis, n. sp. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen dark brown. Fore wing dark 

 brown; antemedial line blackish, bent inwards below submedian 

 fold and excurved at vein 1 ; a large inverted comma-shaped 

 discoidal mark defined by blackish, with blue-white scales beyond it 

 on outer side and below, its centre defined by whitish on inner side ; 

 postmedial line blackish, arising below the costa, sinuous, bent 

 inwards below vein 3 ; an obliquely incurved series of three white 

 spots from below the costa to above vein 6, the lowest larger, before 

 the subterminal series of small blackish spots in the interspaces, 

 incurved at vein 5 and below vein 3, the spots towards costa with 

 white points on their inner side. Hind wing dark brown ; an in- 

 distinct sinuous dark antemedial line ; two faint dark bars at end 

 of cell ; an indistinct oblique slightly sinuous dark medial line ; a 

 subterminal series of faint dark spots in the interspaces, incurved 

 at discal fold. Underside grey-brown ; fore wing with curved 

 postmedial line, a faint sinuous dark line arising from the three 

 white spots with a minute white spot on it below vein 4, subterminal 

 and terminal series of small white and blackish lunules ; hind wing 

 with dark postmedial line and subterminal and terminal series of 

 small white and blackish lunules. 



Hah. Uganda, Entebbe {Neave), 1 S type. Exp. 82 millim. 



