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___ Semalugens is a rather thickly-spotted form, with the orange on 
the band almost obsolete. 
Hab. Kumaun; Sikhim. Eyzp., g 40, 2 43 millim. 
3525, Abraxas alpestris, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 394, pl. 30, fig. 15. 
Differs from picaria in the fore wing being slightly yellower and 
without orange on the bands, which are more prominent. Hind 
wing with the basal two-thirds slightly spotted ; a prominent cell- 
spot and curved postmedial band. 
Hab, Sikhim, 10,000 feet. vp. 30 millim. 
7 3526. Abraxas irrorata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 652; C. § S. no. 3734. 
Pale yellow, irrorated with black; abdomen with a dorsal and 
two pairs of lateral black spots. Fore wing with traces of orange 
antemedial band angled in cell, and oblique dark medial and post- 
medial bands. Hind wing paler, in some specimens with hardly 
any specks; a spot at end of cell and indistinct postmedial series 
of specks, with some orange at inner margin, 
Hab. Kumaun; Sikhim. wp. 42 millim. 
3027. Abraxas luteolaria, Swinh. P. Z. 8.1889, p. 430; Hmpsn. Til. 
Het. viii, pl. 152, fie. 3. 
Abraxas germana, Swinh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, p. 148. 
Differs from irrorata in being much brighter yellow and more 
thickly irrorated with black; fore wing with no antemedial orange 
band; the ante- and postmedial dark bands and the postmedial 
band of hind wing prominent in luteolaria, obsolescent in germana. 
One specimen is much suffused with fuscous. 
Hab. Nilgiri plateau. Hap. 50 millim. 
3528. Abraxas poliaria, Swink. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 431; Himpsn. Til. 
Het. viii, pl. 152, fig. 5. 
Abraxas crocearia, Hmpsn. Ill. Het. viii, p. 116, pl. 152, figs. 8, 17. 
Ground-colour orange, almost entirely suffused with fuscous in 
the form poliaria in both sexes; in crocearia the orange is more 
developed, and becomes the dominant colour in the female. Fore 
wing with indistinct spot at end of cell; medial and submarginal 
lines, the latter sometimes crenulate. Hind wing with traces of 
medial and submarginal lines, strongly developed in the female 
crocearia. 
Hab. Nilgiri plateau. Exp., § 46, 2 46-52 millim. 
3529. Abraxas diaphana, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 398. 
Differs from irrorata in the wings being entirely suffused with 
fuscous, so that there is hardly a trace of the yellow ground- 
colour on the markings. 
Hab. Sikhim, 13,000 feet. Hap. 40 millim. 
