298 GEOMETRID&. 
white, tinged with orange towards extremity and with paired black 
dorsal and lateral spots. ore wing white, with a patch of raised 
golden-brown scales on inner area at base; two patches at middle 
and a small patch near outer angle; some leaden-grey spots on 
basal area; two irregular medial series ; a submarginal series inter- 
rupted at middle ; confluent spots and strige on margin and a few 
strigze on costa and outer area. Hind wing white, with two leaden 
antemedial spots, one at end of cell, medial and submarginal series, 
the last with the spot on vein 4 small; a marginal series of spots 
and a few strigee on outer area. 
Hab. Sikhim. xp. 64 millim. 
3012. Abraxas fulvosparsa, n. sp. 
Differs from pardaria in the abdomen having large black dorsal 
patches. Fore wing with the basal area orange, spotted with black ; 
a small fulvous spot on vein | before the medial spot. Hind wing 
with no antemedial spots; the inner margin with fulvous spots at 
middle and anal angle; no striz on either wing. 
Hab. Sikhim, 3000 feet (Moller). Exp., 3 58, 2 62 millim. 
Type, ¢ in coll. Elwes, 2 in coll. B. M. 
3513. Abraxas spontaneata, Wik. Cat. xxiv, p. 1120; C. & S. 
no. 374. 
Differs from fulvosparsa in the abdomen having paired dorsal 
patches. ore wing with the black-spotted basal patch small ; two 
large olive fulvous patches occupying the whole inner area except 
at outer angle; two antemedial leaden spots on costa, one on 
median nervure, and a large patch at end of cell; a submarginal 
series of small spots, the spot on costa large ; the outer area wholly 
fuscous, except an irregular patch at middle. Hind wing with 
olive-fulvous spot on middle of inner margin; a leaden spot 
at end of cell; traces of a postmedial series of specks ; a marginal 
maculate band. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khasis. Evp., § 64, 2 66 millim. 
3514. Abraxas fasciata, Swink. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1894, p. 211, pl. ii, 
fig. 11. 
3. Head fuscous, the vertex whitish ; thorax fuscous and white; 
the collar tinged with orange; abdomen orange, with paired dorsal 
black spots; wings white. Fore wing with the greater part of the 
base covered by an olive-fulvous patch ; leaden-grey patches in and 
at end of cell; a broad postmedial grey band curved below costa, 
with a fulvous patch on it at inner margin and a spot inside the 
band; submarginal and marginal series of conjoined grey patches. 
Hind wing with cell-speck ; broad curved grey postmedial band ; 
submarginal and marginal series of conjoined grey patches. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khasis. wp. 50 millim. 
