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Hindostan. 



« — c. North China. From Mr. Fortune's collection. 



d. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



4. Astura Obrinusalis. 



Foem. Lutea ; palpi ascendentes ; tibice anticce apice nigra; ; 

 tarsi anlici nigra fasciati ; alee anticm guttis tribus cosialibus 

 unique discali nigris. 



Female. Luteous, paler beneath. Palpi ascending; third 

 joint minute, conical, not more than one-fourth of the length of the 

 second. Abdomen extending some distance beyond the hind 

 wings. Fore tibiae black towards the tips ; fore tarsi with black 

 bands. Fore wings with three black costal dots, and with one black 

 discal dot ; first costal dot very near the base. Length of the body 

 5 lines ; of the wings* 10 lines. 



a. Punjaub. Presented by General Hearsay. 



5. Astura? Clioalis. 



Foem. Testacea ; palpi lati, ascendentes, extus nigri ; abdomen 

 alas posticas perpaullo sv per ans, guttis duabus basalibus nigris ; 

 alee lineis nigris ex parte luteis, linea submarginali undulata 

 e punctis nigris ; anticce punctis tribus basalibus nigris, linea 

 interiore nigra postice lutea. Var. /3. — Thoracis latera antica 

 nigra ; al& lineis f us cis fere continuis, punctis submarginali- 

 bus valde elongatis ; antica; linea basali nigra, lunula discali 

 fusca, linea media fusca luteaque postice conspicua. 



Female. Testaceous. Palpi broad, ascending, black on the 

 outer side, except towards the tips. Abdomen extending very little 

 beyond the hind wings, with a black dot on each side near the base. 

 Wings with black markings; exterior line very widely interrupted 

 in the middle as to the black hue, but continued in an indistinct 

 luteous line, as are also some of the other markings; submarginal 

 line undulating, composed of points; fringe whitish exteriorly. 

 Fore wings with three dots near the base, and with an interior line 

 which is luteous towards the interior border. Var. /3. — Thorax 

 black on each side in front. Wings with the exterior line brown, 

 almost continuous, black by the costa of the fore wings ; points of 

 the submarginal line much elongated. Fore wings with a black 



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