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basal area of fore wing chestnut, with the white subbasal line 
crossing it and no golden suffusion; the outer edge of the ante- 
medial brazen band conjoined to the postmedial band below costa, 
and leaving below that a very irregular medial chestnut band; the 
margin chestnut at outer angle. Hind wing whitish, with four 
pale waved bands on outer area. 
Hab. Sikhim, 10,000 feet (Hlwes). Hap. 32 millim. Type in 
/_coll. Elwes. — 
[ 3667. Cidaria decurrens, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 276; C. §& S. no. 8876, 2, 
Rufous ; head and thorax with a white stripe ; abdomen whitish. 
Fore wing with an oblique white subbasal line; four other lines 
on basal half, angled below cell, complicated by other lines and 
streaks, and all running into a large pale yellow patch, which 
occupies the area near outer angle, into which also run five other 
lines on the outer half, the line nearest the margin being crossed 
by a line from apex; on the yellow patch is a red patch with 
yellow spots on it; the veins of outer area streaked with white ; 
a fine marginal white line and three black spots towards outer 
angle. Hind wing very pale brown, with traces of pale post- 
medial and submarginal curved lines. 
_ Hab. Japan; Nynee Tal; Khasis. Ewp., g 30, 9 34 millim. 
fies 
{ .3668. Cidaria cervinaria, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 664; C & S. 
no. 3848. 2 
Cidaria multifaria, Swink. P. Z. S. 1889, p. 429, pl. 44, fig. 9. a 
Head and thorax purplish; the head, collar, and patagia with 
ochreous-edged black spots; abdomen fuscous. Fore wing with 
complicated pale purplish and black markings; the base purplish, 
with a subbasal series of black specks ; two almost conjoined irre- 
gular black antemedial patches; the antemedial band purplish, 
with a series of small black spots on it; the medial area black, 
broad at costa, narrow at inner margin; the median nervure and 
base of vein 4 streaked with ochreous in the form multifaria; a 
medial Y-shaped purplish mark from costa to lower angle of cell ; 
the outer area purplish, with sinuous outer edge and indistinct 
sinuous lines on it; the submarginal line with highly irregular 
black patch on its costal portion, and some black specks above inner 
margin; an apical black spot. Hind wing pale fuscous, with in- 
distinct waved postmedial and submarginal lines. Underside greyish 
fuscous, with dentate postmedial line; hind wing with cell-spot. 
The male is more purplish in colour: one form has the hind 
wing angled at vein 3; the inner margin of hind wing and under- 
side of abdomen with tufts of hair—the Sikhim race with the tutt 
on vein 1 dark and from near base, the Khasi race with it ochreous 
and extending to outer margin of hind wing; another Khasi form 
has the outer margin of hind wing rounded, no tufts on inner 
margin of hind wing or abdomen, the tufts on vein 1 from near 
base and ochreous. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khdsis. Ewp., ¢ 36, 2 44 millim. 
