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cellulars, which are angled; 6, 7 stalked; 8 anastomosing with 7 
to near end of cell. 3 
In the typical section the antenne of male are bipectinated with 
short branches. 
Sncr. II. Antenne of male minutely serrate and fasciculate. 
3832. Venusia sikkimensis, Elwes, P. Z. S. 1893, p. 365. 
Pinkish grey ; abdomen with some fuscous on basal segment. 
Fore wing with a curved subbasal line; four slightly waved lines 
on antemedial area, which is 
pinkish; a speck at end of cell; 
a postmedial sinuous series of 
specks; the outer area pink, 
with five sinuous lines on it, 
and some fuscous on veins 3 and 
pos 4; a marginal series of dark 
Venusia Sis Gu. wus specks. Hind wing white, with 
speck at» end of cell; a medial 
line, and three waved lines on outer area, often almost obsolete ; 
a marginal series of specks. Underside whitish ; both wings with 
cell-speck ; postmedial line and two indistinct lines on outer area. 
Hab. Sikhim, 10,000 feet. Hap. 54 millim. 
3833. Venusia lilacina, Warr. P. Z. S. 1893, p. 364, pl. 32, fig. 4. 
Differs from sikkimensis in having no pink suffusion on ante- 
medial and outer areas of fore wing; the subbasal and four ante- 
medial lines less prominent; the cell-speck almost obsolete; the 
1st postmedial line prominent from costa to vein 4, where it is 
angled, and has slight orange suffusion beyond it ; the other three 
lines of outer area obsolescent and waved. Abdomen with no 
fuscous at base. 
Hab. Sikhim, 10,000 feet. Hap. 30 millim. 
3834. Venusia obliquisigna, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 278; C. § S. no. 3863. 
g. Greyish white, slightly irrorated with fuscous; the frons 
rufous. Fore wing with waved subbasal line, followed by three 
less distinct lines ; a double waved antemedial line, the outer line 
black, with a prominent oblique black line on it from costa to lower 
angle of cell, and sending a tooth in interno-median interspace to 
the 3rd and most prominent of the four waved postmedial lines, 
which are produced to angles below veins 3 and 4, this 3rd line 
being prominently black from costa to vein 3, and with a large 
bright chestnut patch beyond its costal half extending almost to the 
outer margin; three waved submarginal lmes bent out almost to 
the margin between veins 2 and 4. Hind wing whiter, with in- 
distinct waved postmedial liae and three submarginal lines. 
Hab. Sikbim. wp. 26 millim. 
