PEKICALLIA. 355 



pale crimson ; a blackish spot on middle of costa and another at 

 upper angle of cell ; two conjoined spots from before apex to vein 5 

 and a terminal spot on vein 1. 



2 . Hind wing deeper crimson, with a subterminal spot below 

 vein 2 sometimes conjoined to the spot on vein 1. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the white markings considerably reduced. 



ffah. N.W. Himalayas, Sultanpur {McArthur), 2 c^" , Simla 

 {Harford), 1 cT , Murree, 1 $ , Kangra (EocUng), 3 d , 3 $ type. 

 Exp, 38-46 millim. 



1885. Pericallia dentata. 



Aloa dentata, Wlk. iii. 708 (1855) ; Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 23 ; Kirby, 



Oat. Het. p. 248. 

 Aloa Jchandalla, Moore, Lep. E. I. C. p. 361, pi. 9. f. 13 (1859); Kirby, 



Cat. Het. p. 248. 



S . Head and thorax black-brown ; basal joint of antennae crimson; 

 vertex of head and fasciae on tegulse and patagia pinkish white, the 

 tegulse with crimson edge at middle, the patagia with black spots ; 

 femora crimson above ; abdomen crimson above, with dorsal series of 

 short black bands, the ventral surface black. Fore wing black- 

 brown ; a pinkish-white fascia from base below the cell, its upper 

 edge with two teeth extending into the cell, its lower edge dentate 

 near base and below vein 2, where it is bent upwards to the costa 

 before apex ; white patches on termen below apex and at middle. 

 Hind wing white, tinged with pink towards inner margin; the 

 terminal half of costal area black ; a subterminal band from apex to 

 vein 5, a spot on vein 2, and a terminal spot on vein 1. 



2 ' Hind wing crimson, with the markings more developed. 



Hab. Bomb AT (SiuinJioe), 1 (5 , Kandalla, 1 c5' , Canara ( Wcu^d), 2 

 cT , 2 $ , type and type Jchandalla ; Nilgiris {Hampson), 1 cS , 2 2 • 

 Exp. 44-50 millim. 



*1886. Pericallia geometrica. 



Chelonia geometrica, Oberth. Ann. Mus. GenoT. xviii. p. 735, pi. 9. f. 7 

 (1883) ; Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 272. 



(5 . Head and thorax black ; vertex of head, tegulse at front and 

 sides, edges of patagia, and a V-shaped mark on thorax pink ; abdo- 

 men pink. Fore wing black ; some pinkish white at base of inner 

 margin ; a pinkish streak from base of costa to termen at vein 1 ; 

 an almost medial line oblique from costa to median nervure where 

 it is angled, then very oblique to inner margin before middle ; the 

 postmedial line oblique from costa to vein 5 where it is angled, then 

 oblique to the angle of medial line and again angled to termen 

 beyond middle ; the subterminal line oblique from apex to vein 6, 

 below which it is angled outwards to termen, then inwards to angle 

 of postmedial line, then to termen at vein 2 and inwards to the 

 streak. Hind wing whitish, with black spot on middle of costa and 



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