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wliitish tinged with bvown. Fore witig white suffused and striated 

 with rufous and purple-brown, the inner area witli more white; 

 a dark brown patch on costa at the antemedial line, which is black, 

 sinuous, bent inwards to inner margin and giving off at median 

 nervure an oblique black line formed of raised scales to middle of 

 inner margiu ; orbicular and reniform round with tufts of red-brown 

 scales in centres, the former faintly defined by broAvn, the latter 

 defined by black; postmedial line very indistinctly double, bent 



Fig. 125. — Gadlrtha i)iexacta, rj'. 



outwards below costa, then minutely Avaved, at vein 2 bent inwards 

 to lower edge of reniform and angled outwards at vein 1, a fuscous 

 patch beyond it on costa; subterminal line indistinc^, Avhitish, 

 Avaved : a terminal series of small black spots and short streak in 

 extremity of submedian fold. Hind W'ing whitish suffused Avith 

 red-brown especially on terminal area ; cilia ochreous white; the 

 underside white slightly tinged with brown, a small discoidai spot, 

 diffused subterminal shade, and lunulate terminal line. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing more uniform greyish ; hind Aving uniform 

 fuscous brown. — China, Formosa. 



Ab. 2. Similar, but fore wing suffused with purple-brown, the 

 tornal area grey-white from middle of termen to middle of inner 

 margin. — Bikhim, Assam, Singapore. 



Ab. 3. Similar, but hind wing ochreous Avhite, the terminal area 

 suffused with fuscous brown narrowing to a point at tornus. — 

 iS[. Guinea. 



Hab^ Centk. China, Chusan Is. {J. J. WaVcer), 1 5 , Hongkong 

 (Bowring, Betton), 2 $ , Ichang(i¥r5. Pratt), 1 $ ; W. Chii^a, Chang-, 

 yang {Pratt), 1 $ ; Formosa (Nobson), 3 $ ; Sikhim (Mbller), 

 3 2 ; Assam {Badgley), 1 ? ; " N. India" (James), 1 $ ; 

 BuKMA, Moulmcin (67e)-A;), 1 d" , I ? t^ype and type imj^ingens; 

 Singapore (Ridley, Wood-Jones), 2 J , 2 $ ; Bokneo, Sarawak 

 {Wallace), 2 2 ;" Br. N. Guinea, Dinawa {Pratt), 2 $ , Mafalu 

 {Pratt), 1 $ , Mt. Kebea {Pratt), 1 $ , Babooni {Pratt), 1 $ . 

 Px2). 48-58 millim. 



