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tegulse and patagia with some yellow ; legs brownish ; abdomen 

 orange-yellow, with dorsal, subdorsal, sublateral, and ventral series 

 of black spots or dorsal bands. Fore wing black ; a small ante- 

 medial white spot below costa sometimes present ; a medial spot 

 below costa, an oblique bar across cell, and a rounded spot below 

 vein 2 ; postmedial spots on each side of veins 3 and 6, sometimes 

 with a small spot below costa ; a subterminal spot above vein 2, and 



Fig, 126. — Nio(sa longipennis, ^ . i- (From Moths Ind. vol. ii.) 



sometimes four points between vein 4 and costa, and a point above 

 vein 1. Hind wing orange- yellow with some black at base, two 

 spots on middle of costa ; two large conjoined medial spots between 

 cell and inner margin ; a large discoidal lunule ; the apical area 

 black, with irregular inner edge and a white subapical spot ; two 

 large black subterminal spots between vein 3 and tornus, the upper 

 connected with termen. 



Hah. W. China, Chang- jang, 2 d* , 2 $, Ichang, 1 d* , Washan, 

 1 $ (Pratt), Wa-ssu-kou, 1 $ , Omei-Shan, 1 c? , 1 $ , Moupin 

 (Kricheldorff), 1 c? , 1 5 ; Kumaof ; -Sikhim, 1 c5" , 1 $ (Lidderdale) ; 

 Assam, Sylhet, 1 S type. E.vp. 58-70 millim. 



Genus PREPARCTIA, nov. 



Type, P. mirifica. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect, extending about the length of 

 head ; antennee of female serrate ; tibise with the spurs moderate. Fore wing 

 with -vein 3 from before angle of cell ; 4, 5 from angle ; 6 from upper angle ; 

 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked ; 11 free. Hind wing with veins 3 and 5 from close to angle 

 of cell ; 6, 7 from upper angle ; 8 from middle of cell. 



1633. Preparctia mirifica. 



Chelonia mirifica, Oberth. Et, Ent. xvi. p. 8, pi. 1, f. 7 (1892). 



$ . Head black ; thorax pale buff, with broad black stripes on 

 patagia and vertex ; pectus and legs black, the femora scarlet 

 above ; abdomen scarlet above, with short dorsal black bands, the 

 ventral surface black. Fore wing pale buff ; a subbasal black spot 

 on costa ; an antemedial spot conjoined to an irregular streak in 

 cell ; an oblique patch below the cell ; a very oblique medial band 

 forking at median nervure and enclosing a lunulate discoidal spot 



