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oblique dull purplish postmedial band obsolete towards costa; the 
costa and cilia tinged with dull purple. Hind wing with faint 
traces of postmedial and submarginal lines, which are more prom1- 
nent and tinged with red on underside. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khasis. vp. 32 millim. 
3963. Rhodostrophia herbicolens, Buti. P. Z. 8.1883, p.173; C.& S. 
no. 8670. 
Dull ochreous, irrorated and suffused with brown; the frons 
brown ; vertex of head white. Fore wing with narrow diffused 
antemedial brown band ; a cell-speck ; broad diffused medial band ; 
a waved submarginal line with diffused brown beyond it. Hind 
wing with cell-speck ; medial line and sinuous submarginal line 
usually with pinkish-brown suffusion beyond it. ; 
A small male has the fore wing almost uniformly suffused with 
fuscous. 
Hab. N.W. Himalayas. Exp. 30-34 millin. 
3964. Rhodostrophia similata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 264; C. § S. 
no. 3675. 
Q. Differs from herbicolens in being grey-brown without the 
ochreous tinge; the bands with a slight pink tinge; the post- 
medial band of hind wing obsolete, except towards inner margin ; 
no dark suffusion beyond the submarginal line of either wing. 
Hab. Sikhim; Khasis. xp. 34 millim. 
3965. Rhodostrophia hematozona, n. sp. 
¢. Differs from herbicolens in the ground-colour being brownish 
ochreous ; the frons and collar crimson. Fore wing with the base 
suffused with crimson ; the postmedial and marginal bands crimson 
and further apart; no discocellular speck on either wing. Hind 
wing yellow, with the postmedial and submarginal bands only 
developed on inner area; cilia of both wings crimson. _ 
Hab. Chumbi Valley, Sikhim (Elwes). Eup. 34 millim. Type 
in coll. Druce. 
3966. Rhodostrophia inconspicua, Buti. P. Z. S.1886, p. 391; C.§S. 
no. 3671. 
Brown, with a pink tinge; frons brown. Fore wing with 
nearly straight antemedial line; both wings with cell-speck and 
broad postmedial band, the area beyond it more suffused with pink. 
Underside with a postmedial line. 
The markings may be pink and prominent or indistinct. 
Hab. Afghanistan; N.W. Himalayas. vp. 35 millim. 
3967. Rhodostrophia borealis, Swinh. P. Z.S. 1889, p. 427, pl. 44, fig. 8. 
$. Dull ochreous, suffused with fuscous. Fore wing with a 
pinkish tinge; hind wing paler. Fore wing with traces of an 
