EREBOMORPHA.—ABRAXAS, 297 
on costal area; a spot at lower angle of cell, often conjoined to the 
costal patch ; a medial band running out to an angle at vein 3, 
then with some black and yellow marks on it to inner margin of 
hind wing near base; both wings with a submarginal band with 
some spots inside it on costal half of each wing, arising from a 
large patch with white spot on it at apex of fore wing, touching 
the median band at vein 3, and with yellow patches with black 
lunules on them below vein 6 of each wing, on hind wing forming 
a large medial marginal patch and forking towards anal angle; 
some striz on margin of both wings. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khasis. Hep. 74-80 millim. 
Secr. IV. Hind wing with the outer margin excurved 
between veins 6 and 7. 
3010. Erebomorpha metachromata, Wik. Cat. xxiv, p. 1122; Budtl. 
LU et, Vi, ple 1205 fie 1: CL SS. no. 3719: 
Head black, the vertex fulvous ; thorax and abdomen grey, the 
latter orange and black towards extremity. Fore wing white, more 
or less completely covered with grey spots and blotches ; a post- 
medial band with a fulvous line on it slightly curved below costa 
and oblique towards inner margin; a white area on each side of the 
band and on inner part of outerarea. Hind wing white, with grey 
spot on inner area before middle; a spot at end of cell; a broad 
marginal band of yellow blotches with grey edges and black lunules 
on them; a large marginal black spot below vein 7, and white 
marks towards anal angle. 
Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 64 millim. 
Genus ABRAXAS. — 
Abraxas, Leach, Edinb. Encycl. ix, p. 134 (1815). 
Ligdia, Guen. Phal. ii, p. 209 (1857). 
Potera, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 852. 
Heterabraxas, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 416 (1894). 
Omophyseta, Warr. Nov. Zool. p. 414. 
Type, A. grossulataria, Linn., from Europe. 
Range. Palearctic and Oriental regions. 
Palpi porrect and roughly scaled; hind tibie of male dilated 
with a fold containing a tuft of hair. Fore wing with vein 3 from 
before angle of cell; 7,8,9 stalked; 10 and 11 stalked, 11 becoming 
coincident with 12, or apparently absent. Hind wing with vein 
3 from before angle of cell. 
Sror. I. (Heterabraxas). Palpi moderate; antenne bipectinated to 
three-fourths length in both sexes, the branches longest in 
male ; fore wing with a slight scar representing the fovea; 
vein 11 apparently absent. 
3511. Abraxas pardaria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 652; C4. & &. 
no. 3738. 
g. Head black; thorax orange, marked with black ; abdomen 
