﻿Heterocera 
  from 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hills. 
  493 
  

  

  pale 
  line 
  is 
  bordered 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  is 
  obsolete 
  on 
  upper 
  portion 
  

   of 
  hind 
  wing 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  submarginal 
  row 
  of 
  small 
  black 
  spear-shaped 
  

   marks, 
  outwardly 
  pale-edged, 
  these 
  being 
  also 
  obsolete 
  on 
  upper 
  

   portion 
  of 
  hind 
  wings 
  ; 
  a 
  pale 
  ante-ciliar]y 
  line 
  and 
  brown 
  cilia, 
  

   with 
  pale 
  tips 
  and 
  pale 
  patches 
  opposite 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  

   veins. 
  Under 
  side 
  pale 
  chocolate-grey, 
  densely 
  irrorated 
  in 
  parts 
  

   with 
  brown 
  ; 
  a 
  brown 
  point 
  at 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  cell, 
  indications 
  of 
  

   central 
  and 
  submarginal 
  bands, 
  cilia 
  as 
  above. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  

   h% 
  in. 
  

  

  Twelve 
  specimens. 
  

  

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   CiDARiA, 
  Treit., 
  Schm., 
  vi., 
  2, 
  242 
  (1828). 
  

  

  36. 
  Cidaria 
  fecunda, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  <y 
  . 
  Greenish 
  brown, 
  top 
  of 
  head 
  pinkish 
  grey, 
  abdomen 
  suffused 
  

   with 
  this 
  colour 
  on 
  its 
  lower 
  portions. 
  Fore 
  wings 
  with 
  the 
  ground 
  

   colour 
  pinkish 
  giey, 
  krorated 
  and 
  suffused 
  in 
  parts 
  with 
  greenish 
  

   grey, 
  making 
  the 
  coloration 
  variable 
  in 
  many 
  specimens 
  ; 
  the 
  wing 
  

   crossed 
  by 
  four 
  brown 
  bands, 
  subbasal, 
  ante-medial, 
  post-medial, 
  

   and 
  submarginal 
  ; 
  these 
  bands 
  are 
  margined 
  by 
  blackish 
  sinuous 
  

   lines, 
  which 
  are 
  dentated 
  in 
  places 
  ; 
  all 
  curve 
  outwardly, 
  the 
  third 
  

   band 
  deeply 
  above 
  its 
  centre 
  ; 
  marginal 
  line 
  black 
  ; 
  cilia 
  pinkish 
  

   grey, 
  with 
  a 
  pale 
  brown 
  band, 
  and 
  with 
  brown 
  patches 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  veins. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  pale 
  grey, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   pinkish, 
  with 
  a 
  submarginal 
  grey 
  band 
  composed 
  of 
  two 
  inwardly 
  

   dentated 
  lines, 
  and 
  with 
  some 
  faint 
  sinuous 
  Hues 
  in 
  the 
  interior 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  wing, 
  which 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  are 
  not 
  visible, 
  

   except 
  on 
  the 
  abdominal 
  margin 
  ; 
  marginal 
  hne 
  black, 
  cilia 
  as 
  in 
  

   fore 
  wings. 
  Under 
  side 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  pale 
  pinkish 
  grey, 
  with 
  some 
  

   distinct 
  sinuous 
  brown 
  lines 
  forming 
  broad 
  discal 
  and 
  marginal 
  

   bands 
  ; 
  legs 
  with 
  brown 
  above 
  ; 
  tarsi 
  with 
  pinkish 
  grey 
  bands 
  on 
  

   the 
  brown 
  portions. 
  Expanse 
  of 
  wings, 
  1^^ 
  in. 
  

  

  In 
  great 
  numbers; 
  all 
  males. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  species, 
  difficult 
  to 
  describe, 
  and 
  must 
  

   be 
  very 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  Khasia 
  Hills, 
  many 
  hundreds 
  

   having 
  come 
  in 
  one 
  batch. 
  

  

  37. 
  Cidaria 
  scortea, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  Greenish 
  grey 
  ; 
  palpi 
  covered 
  with 
  black 
  hairs 
  ; 
  body 
  and 
  

   fore 
  wings 
  irrorated 
  with 
  brown, 
  densely 
  packed 
  on 
  the 
  fore 
  wino-s 
  

   into 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  broad 
  transverse 
  bands, 
  the 
  central 
  the 
  most 
  

  

  