COSMIA. 509 



inwardly oblique ; postmedial line rufous, bent outwards below 

 costa, oblique to above vein 6, tben imvardly oblique and sinuous ; 

 subterminal line rufous, forming a diffused oblique bar from costa, 

 then indistinct, dentate, slightlj^ angled outwards at vein 7 and 

 excurved at middle ; a rufous terminal line ; cilia brownish, at 

 tips. Hind wing very pale yellow with indistinct postmedial line 

 and diffused subterminal band ; the underside whiter, the costal 

 and terminal areas irrorated with rufous, the postmedial line more 

 distinct. 



Hah. W. Turkestan, Turkomania, 1 c^" , Issyk Kul. Exi). 32 

 raillim. 



2736. Cosmia melonina. (Plate CVII. fig. 18.) 



Xestia melonina, Butl. 111. Het. B. M. vii. p. 57, pi. 128. f. 7 (1889) ; 

 Hiupsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 170. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen orange-yellow mixed with red ; 

 palpi red at sides ; tegulae with diff'used medial red line ; patagia 

 with red bars ; tarsi red ringed with yellow. Fore wing orange- 

 yellow slightly irrorated with red, the veins red ; subbasal line 

 nearly straight from costa to submedian fold, a red spot beyond it 

 on costa and an aunulus in submedian interspace ; antemedial line 

 angled inwards on median nervure and outwards in submedian 

 fold ; orbicular and reniform large, defined by red, the former 

 rather elliptical, open above and below; a diffused rufous medial 

 line, slightly incurved below costa, angled outwards on median 

 nervure, then oblique ; postmedial line defined by clear yellow on 

 outer side, angled outwards below costa, then slightly waved, 

 somewhat incurved at discal fold and strongly below vein i ; the 

 outei' part of postmedial area rather darker ; subterminal line dark 

 brown defined by yellow on outer side, oblique and slightly sinuous; 

 a fine waved terminal line ; cilia yellow with fine brown line near 

 tips. Hind wing pale yellow, the inner area tinged with red, a 

 sinuous medial line and diffused subterminal band except towards 

 costa ; the underside yellow, the costal area irrorated with red, 

 a dark discoidal spot, a diffused red bar from middle of costa, 

 sinuous postmedial line and dittused subterminal band. 



Rah. Kashmir, Jalauri Pass {McArthur), 1 J; Pui^rJAB, Dharm- 

 sala {Hocking), 2 (5 , 2 $ , type. Exjy. 42 millim. 



2737. Cosmia distigmata, n. sp. (Plate CVII. fig. 19.) 



5 . Head and thorax orange-yellow largely mixed with red ; 

 tegulse edged with brown behind ; abdomen reddish ochreous 

 dorsally suffused with brown. Fore wing orange-yellow suffused 

 and irrorated with red, the veins brown ; a curved red subbasal 

 line from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line excurved below 

 costa, bent inwards in cell, angled outwards in submedian fold, 

 inwards on vein 1, then excurved to inner margin ; claviform 

 defined"by red at extremity only, very large ; orbicular and reniform 

 yellow defined by red and with some red in centres, the former 



