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middle, its inner edge straight ; medial line arising at upper 

 extremity of reniform, excurved to veia 4, then indistinctly double, 

 oblique, slightly waved ; a triangular blackish patch beyond the 

 reniform before the postmedial line, which is represented hy a white 

 striga from costa, a black line between veins 6 and 4, angled outwards 

 at vein 5, and a black bar at inner margin, otherwise almost obsolete, 

 faint traces of another curved waved line beyond it; a quadrate black- 

 brown patch, with pale points at costa, on costal area before the 

 subterminal line, which is very indistinct, pale faintly defined on 

 inner side by brown, oblique to vein 7, then minutely waved and 

 angled outwards at vein 4 ; a terminal series of black points ; cilia 



Fig. 30. — Fhlegetonia delatrix, (^ . {. 



red-brown. Hind wing fuscoas brown, the interspaces greyish 

 towards base ; some black striae on veins 2 and 1 towards termen 

 and a faint whitish line from vein 3 to tornus ; cilia red-brown 

 with a fine pale line at base ; the underside grey suffused and 

 irrorated with red-brown except on inner area, a black discoidal 

 spot, indistinct curved waved medial line and double crenulate 

 postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Ab. 1. plusioides. Fore wing somewhat greyer with the lines 

 more prominent. 



Ab. 2. palliatrix. Pore wing paler, the lines more prominent 

 especially the two postmedial lines, the reniform with rufous centre 

 and without black ])atch beyond it. 



Hah. Punjab, Simla {Harford), 1 c? , 1 $, Deyra Dhiiu, 1 5 ; 

 SiKHiM (MoUer), 2 c? , 1 $ ; Assam, Kbasis, 1 2 '-, BoMBAr 

 (SwinJioe), 1 2 ■> Canara (Ward), 1 $ ; Madras, Nilgiris, 1 $, 

 Coimbatore (Walhoiise), 1 c? type jylusioides, Palnis {Cami^hell), 

 1 (S ; Tkavancoee, Pirmad (i'''6r(/'ifs5on), 1 2 '■> Ceylon (Templefon), 

 1 c5' , 1 5 type ludatrix ; Btjkma, Moulmein (OlarJc), 1 § tj'pe 

 infida ; Singapoee {Ridley, Lewis), 8 c? , 6 5 ; Boeneo, Sarawak 

 ( Wallace), types t 6 opposita and suhocellata in Mus. Oxon. ; Java 

 (Horsfield), 7 c? , 5 $ type, and type paUiatrLv; Christmas I. 

 (Andrewes), 2 $ ; DuTCif N. Guinea, Kapaur {Doherty), 1 $ ,; 

 Queensland, Townsville (Dodd), 1 c? , Brisbane (Turner), 1 (^ , 

 1 2 • Exp. 30-38. millim. 



Larva. Green, paler at sides, subdorsal line slender, whitish ; a 

 lateral series of small spots. 



Fup)a in a slight cocoon under leaves and excrement. 



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