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pale sericeous yellow : head and collar orange ; antennae with testaceous pectinations ; thorax 

 Drown ; abdomen testaceous. Under surface pale sericeous yellow : primaries with a brown 

 subcostal streak. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 

 North India (Reid). 



Artaxa atomaria. (Plate XC. fig. 2.) 

 Artaxa atomaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 796. n. 3 (1855). 



Primaries above red-brown, speckled with black dots ; costal border ochraceous, diffused ; 

 apex broadly ochreous, with two unequal submarginal black spots ; external border from the 

 second median branch to the angle ochreous : secondaries of a darker brown than the primaries, 

 fringe ochreous : head and two spots at the hind margin of the collar pale yellow ; thorax 

 clay-coloured ; abdomen fuliginous brown. Wings below fuliginous brown, with ochreous 

 borders : body below pale creamy buff. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 



North India; Moulmein (Clerck). 



Artaxa limbata. (Plate XC. fig. 3.) 



Primaries above fuliginous brown, speckled with black dots ; an apical spot, a rounded 

 subapical external spot, and the external border from the second median branch to the angle 

 lemon-yellow : secondaries greyish brown, with a regular cream-coloured external border : 

 head and collar cream-coloured ; remainder of the body blackish, anal tuft ochreous. Primaries 

 below greyish brown, with pale sericeous grey internal border ; external border cream-coloured, 

 with sulphur-yellow fringe : secondaries with the basal half, excepting the costa, greyish brown ; 

 costal margin and external half cream-coloured : body below dark grey ; palpi and legs cream- 

 coloured ; anal tuft ochreous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines. 



Darjiling (Lidderdale) . 



CISPIA, Walk. 



Cispia punctifascia. ((Plate XC. fig. 4.) 



Cispia punctifascia, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. 857. n. 1 (1855). 



<J. Primaries above pale reddish clay-coloured, veins whitish; an angulated oblique 

 central ochreous belt, bounded on each side by series of black spots : secondaries ochreous : 

 body testaceous ; head and collar ochreous ; antennae and palpi dark brown. Under surface 

 ochreous ; wings with an indistinct curved series of clay-coloured spots just beyond the middle. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Silhet (Stainsforth) ; Darjiling (Lidderdale) . 



