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bars ; tarsi with slight pale rings ; ahdomen pale rufous. Fore 

 wing bright red-brown, the ante- and postmedial areas grey-Avhite 

 except towards costa ; subbasal line double filled in with white, waved, 

 from costa to sabmedian fold ; antemedial line double filled in with 

 white, waved, oblique from costa to submedian fold ; elaviform 

 moderate, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform defined by black, 

 the former round, the latter with its centre defined by blackish with 

 some white in centre and white spots on its outer edge ; an indistinct 

 slightly waved medial line, oblique from costa to median nervure ; 

 jjostmedial line black defined by white on outer side, bent out- 

 wards below costa, then dentate and produced to white points on 

 the veins, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, some white points 

 beyond it on costa ; subterminal line whitish towards costa, then 

 only defined by the contrast between the postmedial and terminal 

 areas, angled outwards at vein 7, excurved at middle and angled 

 inwards at discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of small 

 black lunules ; cilia with a fine pale line at base. Hind wing 

 ochreous uniformly suff'used with reddish brown ; a faint discoidal 

 point and curved postmedial line ; the underside whitish tinged 

 with rufous, a dark discoidal spot, sinuous postmedial line, and 

 terminal series of black lunules. 



Hah. W. CumA, Chia-kou-ho {Pratt), 1 d" type, Pu-tsu-faiig, 

 1 d', 1 $ ; Punjab, KuIq, Sultanpur {Youmi), 1 $, Subatlni 

 (Harford)^ 1 § ; Sikhim Tibet, Yatong {Uohson), 1 J. JLrp. 

 cS8-44 millim. 



^980. Trachea rubrirena. 



Maniestra rubrirena, Treit. Schmett. Eur v. 2, p. 159 (1825) ; Fit. Beitr. 



pi. 98. f. 2, Geyer. Eur. Schmett., Noct. f. 826; Herr.-Schaif. Eur. Schmett., 



Noct. f. 57 ; Staud. Cut. Lep. pal. p. 173 

 Hadena feisthamelii, Boisd. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1833, p. 375, pi. 14. f. 1 ; 



id. Icones, pi. 84. f. 6; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. 226, pi. 21. f. 2. 

 Hadena hercynice, Staud. Oat. Lep. Eur. p. 100 (1871). 



Head and thorax black-brown with a few white hairs, the meta- 

 thoracic crest bright rufous ; tarsi black with pale rings ; abdomen 

 reddish brown with some grey at base. Fore wing black-brown 

 mixed with some rufous ; subbasal line double tilled in with 

 whitish, waved, from costa to submedian fold ; antemedial line 

 double filled in with some rufous, waved, obli(]ue from costa to 

 submedian fold ; elaviform small, defined by black ; orbicular and 

 reniform large, pale rufous defined by black, the former irregularly 

 rounded ; a diff"ased black medial shade ; postmedial line black 

 defined by pale rufous on outer side and with whitish spot at costa, 

 bent outwards below costa, then dentate and produced to white 

 points on the veins, excurved to vein 4, then oblique and incurved 

 in submedian interspace, some Avhite points beyond it on costa ; 

 subterminal line pale rufous, defined on inner side by dentate black 

 marks, at submedian fold extending to postmedial line, angled 

 outwards at vein 7 and dentate at veins 4, 3 ; a terminal series of 

 small black lunules ; cilia black at base, pale rufous at tips. Hind 

 wing whitish tinged with reddish brown, the veins and terminal 



