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fringes grey, distal half grey slightly or moderately tinged with rosy. Kukli (N. W. India), August, 1891; also 

 a series collected by Thompson in the Palearctic Himalayas (without exact locality) in the Leech collection. 



— ab. suffusa a6. wow. has the rosy suffusion spread over the entire forewing. Warren's original $ belonged to .sM//i<.9a. 

 this form, and he supposed the difference to be sexual; but both forms occur in both sexes in the same locality. 



— rhoA&subsp.nov. {7 a.) is slightly narrower- winged, less glossy, the forewing with the costal margin narrowly or rhoda. 

 broadly rosy, the fringes of both wings nearly always strongly rosy above and beneath. Ground-colour rather 

 variable, either like that of vibicaria or darker, olivaceous grey. The red median line as bright as in meonaria; 



in itself thinner than in typical bicolor, biit usually extended, especially in the $, into a red band; the inner and 

 outer lines suppressed in the (^, more or less developed in the $. Hindwing with the lines near together, the 

 inner often tinged with rosy, in any case better developed than the outer. Underside of hindwing with both lines 

 equally developed, rosy, not very thick, in the ^ weak, in the $ stronger. Chitral, Kokser, Goorais Valley, 

 July-September, a short series in the British Museum collection. Except for the shape and the still brighter 

 markings this form (or species) would come quite near to adauctata Stgr. 



R. poliaria/?m295w( la), differs from the more strongly marked forms of ciwerascews in having the edges of poiiaria. 

 the outer band sinuous and dentate. Ground-colour grey to yellow-grey, inner line of forewing well developed, 

 dentate outwards on the veins, outer band of forewing distinct, grey-brown. Hindwing similar but more weakly 

 marked, without the yellow tone of that of bicolor. Discal spot on both wings very distinct. Underside with 

 both the outer lines present, or with the distal one only, the ground-colour rather darker and greyer proximally 

 to the latter, lighter and browner distally. — ab. roseata ab. nov. has the lines, band, fringes, costal edge roscata. 

 of forewing and entire under surface strongly flushed with rose-colour. Both the type form and the aberration 

 were taken by Leech in the Goorais Valley in June and September. 



R. inconspicua differs from all the preceding in its reddish brown ground-colour, which approaches that 

 of staudingeri (3 d). It is smaller and rather broader-winged than the cinerascens group. The inner line of the 

 forewing is gently curved anteriorly, then straighter than in staudingeri, the other two lines on both wings rather 

 nearer together than in that species, on the forewing almost straight, on both wings about parallel with the 

 distal margin. Both wings have a distinct dark discal spot. The under surface is similar or rather more 

 brightly coloured, both wings with a dark discal spot and reddish brown postmedian line. — inconspicua wconspicua. 

 Btlr., which I have seen from Murree, Dharmsala, Kalapani and Thundiani, has the lines on the upper surface 

 very weak, the space between the second and third not appreciably darker than the rest of the wing. — sub- subcon- 

 conspicua form, nov., probably a distinct race, is rather more brightly coloured, has the lines more distinct, ^P**^**- 

 especially the median, and has, as in staudingeri, a distinctly darkened band between the second and third. 

 Afghanistan, Chitral and Goorais Valley, in the British Museum collection. Nearly the same form, only slightly 

 less extreme, occurs occasionally at Murree as an aberration. 



R. staudingeri ^ZpA. (3 d). Quite distinct from all the other species hitherto known. From inconspicua, staudingeri. 

 with which alone it can be compared in colour, it differs in its larger size, fainter discal spots, broader and more 

 sinuous-edged band, scarcely bounded by darker lines, and its almost unmarked under surface. Ferghana 

 to the Hi district. Alpheraky's specimen was taken on 15 May, at an elevation of 3500 m. 



R. glaucofusa Hmpsn. (5 d). Of this very distinct species, described by Hampson as a Dysethia, only glaucofusa. 

 a single example, a 0, is at present known, and as this was taken near Quetta (May, 1904) it falls, strictly 

 speaking, just outside the limits of the Palearctic Region. But I suspect, from its faoies, that it will prove to 

 be a straggler from that region, and desire to call attention to it here, while dealing with most of the genus. 

 It is probably related to cinerascens, but with whiter ground-colour, uniform on both wings, and with stronger, 

 more greenish markings; the green-grey longitudinal patches, leaving broad pale costal area and pale patch 

 behind the median vein as far as second median branch, are characteristic. Underside paler, with discal spots 

 and weak postmedian line. 



R. grumaria Alph. is another rather aberrant species. The narrow wings, especially in the 9, place grumana. 

 it in the same group with poiiaria, etc., but it does not seem to be extremely close to any known species. Antennal 

 pectinations in the ^ rather shorter than in most species of the genus. Forewing very pale brownish grey, 

 somewhat darker-dusted in basal and distal areas and along costa; inner line sharply outangled on the folds, 

 inangled on median vein; discal spot black; outer line rather oblique and sinuous, commencing at costa at 

 about 3 mm from apex, accompanied distally by a narrow dark band and this again by an indistinct pale 

 line. Hindwing still whiter, with a single line midway between the small discal dot and the distal margin. 

 Under surface more tinged with reddish, especially the hindwing; cell-spots and traces of outer line present. $ 

 very narrow- winged, apex of forewing acutely pointed, of hindwing produced but rounded, distal margin of forewing 



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