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ventral surface white. Fore wing fuscous brown with a leaden 

 grey gloss mixed with some reddish brown and ochreous white ; 

 antemedial line black, slightly bent outwards below costa, then 

 obliquely curved, defined on outer side by a narrow white band ; 

 reniform incompletely defined by black, rather ti'iangular, an 

 oblique whitish band bej'ond it from costa to vein 3 before the 

 postmedial line, which is black defined on outer side at costa by 

 ochreous white, slightly bent outwards below costa, incurved at 

 discal fold, slightly excurved at veins 4, 3, then retracted to lower 

 edge of reniform, then sinuous and slightly defined on inner side 

 by white to inner margin ; some slight white streaks on postmedial 

 part of costa ; subterminal line ochreous white defined on inner 

 side by small somewhat dentate black marks ; a terminal series of 

 small black lunules ; cilia white with some dark brown at tips 



Fig. Ci7.^Leiwa7ii(is sesquistria, J • t- 



below middle and at base at tornus. Hind wing with the basal 

 half pure white, the terminal half black-brown, its inner edge 

 somewhat sinuous and oblique to inner margin towards tornus ; 

 the termen white from apex to vein 5 and with an oblique bar at 

 vein 2 ; cilia white with dark patches at middle and tornus. 

 Underside of fore wing white, an oblique dark discoidal band 

 connected below with the broad postmedial band which is connected 

 with termen by dark patches at apex, middle, and tornus, the rest 

 of termen with dark irroration except a white subterminal bar from 

 costa ; hind wing with dark discoidal point. 



Hal). Armenia; Kieghistan; W. Tuekestan, Turcomania, 

 Merv, 1 c? , Tedschen Oasis (Hanser), 2 $ , Syr Daria, Baigacura 

 (KosJianfschikqf), 1 d , 2 $ ; E. Turkestan, Korla. Usjp. 28-32 

 millim. 



