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brownish grey, darker along termen; in the type form the oblique line is preceded by broad olive brown 



shading, containing within it a darker more diffuse line; in vigens jBtfr. (72k) the ground colour is paler, more vigens. 



shining whitish, and the dark shadings brown black, with the tour outer linos woll marked; bindwing paler; 



fringe whitish; - in curviferalis Walk. (72 k) tho ground colour is uniform lilac grey; the oblique line curviferalis. 



fine, usually without dark shading before it. West China; tho subspecies vigens Btlr. from Japan; also in 



India, -whence both of Walker's types. 



R. columbaris Btlr. (72 k). Somewhat smaller than abducalis; distinguished by tho outer oblique columbaris. 

 line not being elbowed at vein 4, but straight or scarcely curved; it varies like abducalis, some examples 

 having the dark scaling before the oblique line, and the outer lines dark and well marked, — ab. imitansa6. imitaus. 

 nov. — as in vigens Btlr.; others being uniformly tinged. Japan and Corea. 



R. calammaBtlr. (75b). Forewing pale buff , with two minute blackish dots on discocollular at tho angles calamina. 

 of cell; a subterminal row of minute black dots; fringe brownish, at anal angle white; hindwing creamy 

 white, with a fine black terminal line and row of grey subterminal dots. Recorded from Yokohama, Japan, 

 and Nagasaki, Kiushiu. 



R. morosa Btlr. (75c) Forewing grey brown; lower half of median area yellowor, crossed by an oblique morosa. 

 externally dark-edged snow white stripe, which runs from inner margin to apex; terminal area grey; fringe 

 dark mottled; hindwing sand coloured. Japan, Kiushiu, Corea, Central and Western China. 



R. kengkalis Brem. (72 1). Forewing brownish grey with fine dark dusting; a black dot in cell, from kewjkalis. 

 beneath which a dark oblique inner line runs to inner margin; outer line brown, externally pale-edged, 

 from costa well before apex to middle of inner margin, distinctly flexuous; traces of a dark subterminal 

 line of brown spots between the veins; two dark dots on discocellular; hindwing dull grey; — in ab. bi- bicolor. 

 color ab. nov. (72 1) the inner line is dark and distinct throughout, angled outwards on median vein ; the whole 

 space from base to outer line fuscous, darkening before the line which is red brown; terminal area quite 

 pale lilac grey; the only example from Nanchuen, Szechuen; — in the typical form the outer line is curved 

 inwards to costa well before apex; in ab. obliqualis ab. nov. examples of which come from Ningpo, China, obliqitalis. 

 Nagasaki, Kiushiu and Ichikishiri, Yesso, the line runs obliquely, reaching costa before apex, but not run- 

 rung into apex, as in similalis Leech. Arnurland, China, Corea, Yesso. 



R. similalis Leech (721). Forewing lilac grey; the outer oblique line runs from the apex itself to similalis. 

 middle of inner margin, externally edged with paler ; the preceding space generally more brownish ; the black 

 dots on discocellular conspicuous; subterminal line distinct, formed of blackish spots between the veins; 

 termen and fringe rather darker; hindwing pale brownish grey. Japan. 



R. striga Fldr. (72 1). Forewing bright buff, deeper tinted in $; costal edge white; an oblique silvery slriga. 

 white line from apex to below angle of cell, externally edged by a deep brown line followed by a yellowish 

 brown shade, which meets at an angle the brown upper half of submedian interspace; the submedian fold 

 itself narrowly pale ; inner margin below it olive buff suffused with grey ; a faint wavy subterminal line ; ter- 

 minal line rufous; fringe white, filled with black speckles; hindwing olive brown speckled with grey. Felder's 

 type from India; but Leech records it from Chow-pin-sa, West China; it is found also in the Scinde and 

 Goorais Vallies, Kashmir. 



R. cramboides Btlr. (721, 73 a). Forewing sandy buff sprinkled with fine blackish atoms; a broad cramboides. 

 white oblique streak from apex to vein"l at middle of wing, outwardly edged "with brown, meeting a fine 

 white line along submedian fold from base; a minute dark dot in cell, and another at its end, often ob- 

 literated ; terminal area yellow, containing a dentate oblique subterminal line edged with grey brown, beyond 

 which the termen is whitish; fringe white with two grey lines; before the upper half of the oblique white line 

 the veins are often white or yellowish white ; the inner margin below vein 1 is generally pale grey ; hindwing 

 grey, often with a yellow flush; fringe pale. Japan, Kiushiu, Central and Western China. 



R. albidula spec. nov. (73a). Forewing creamy ochreous, with fine dark speckling ; a diffusely double albidvla. 

 oblique blackish shade from apex to middle of inner margin, the branches there diverging; cell and space 

 preceding the oblique shade to lower end of ceU whitish; a black spot in cell towards base and another 



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