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the middle by a small pale yellow spot ; an interno-median streak extending to the end of the 

 cell, and a quadrate spot beyond the cell pale yellow ; secondaries with a broad streak below 

 the median vein and a large spot at the end of the cell yellow : body above bluish grey, 

 antennae steel-blue, sides of head and thorax and margins of abdominal segments orange. 

 Wings below paler than above, the yellow streaks and spots confluent ; pectus brown, the legs 

 yellow, venter yellow. Expanse of wings 9 lines. 

 Almora, North India (Boys) . 



Artona zebraica. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 9.) 

 Artona zebraica, Butler, Joum. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xii. p. 356. n. 2 (1876). 



Nearly allied to A. walkeri, but smaller, the colour paler, and the spots and patches on 

 the wings smaller, bands and streaks on the body more slender, those on the abdomen trigonal ; 

 abdomen below nearly white. Expanse of wings 8 lines. 



Almora, North India (Boys) . 



Artona confusa. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 10.) 

 Artona confusa, Butler, Journ, Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xii. p. 357. n. 7 (1876). 



Nearly allied to A. walkeri, but with the abdomen ochreous, terminating in a broad black 

 band ; anus fringed with ochreous hairs ; spots towards the apex of primaries connected, 

 forming a large reniform spot ; secondaries sometimes without the subcostal black dash. Ex- 

 panse of wings 1 inch. 



North India. 



NOTIOPTEEA, Butt. 



Notioptera dolosa. (Plate LXXXIV. fig. 11.) 



Syntomis dolosa, Walker, Cat. Lep. Ret. vii. p. 1594. n. 44 (1856). 



Wings deep purplish brown, primaries crossed in the middle by three oval white spots ; 

 four spots in pairs, the upper pair small, beyond the cell : secondaries with pale costal area ; 

 two small whitish spots on the median interspaces : thorax deep blue ; abdomen dark green ; 

 body below apparently black. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 



North India. 



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