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thorax with three black-brown stripes ; abdomen crimson, with 

 some brown on the vertex of basal segments, lateral crimson tufts 

 and anal dark tuft with two small crimson tufts ; femora striped 

 with crimson. Fore wing ochreous ; some short black basal streaks ; 

 antemedial, medial, postmedial, and submarginal angulated black 

 bands ; a patch on discocellulars and marginal band. Hind wing 

 crimson ; a broad antemedial black band ; a large patch at end of 

 cell, with a narrow curved band from it to inner margin ; a sub- 

 marginal band broken towards anal angle ; a marginal line. 

 Cilia of both wings ochreous. 



2 . Some specimens have the abdomen crimson, with black spots 

 on vertex and lateral bands ; the bands of both wings much re- 

 duced in width, those of the fore wing highly angulated ; the 

 marginal line of hind wing absent. 



In others the head and abdomen are black, the latter ringed 

 with crimson ; fore wing with the bands very broad, the antemedial 

 and medial bands conjoined ; hind wing with the basal area black, 

 the bands broad, the marginal line present. 



Hah. Kashmir. Exp. 41-48 millim. 



*1204. Arctia ? tibetica, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 101, fig. 12; C. $ S. 

 no. 754. 



Head and thorax red-brown ; collar crimson ; abdomen dark 

 red-brown, with the sides crimson and extremity ochreous. Fore 

 wing red-brown, the basal area darkest ; a yellow streak from the 

 base below median nervure. Hind wing crimson ; the basal and 

 costal areas black ; a streak along base of inner margin ; black 

 streaks along veins 1 and 2 to the submarginal series of blotches ; 

 a spot at centre of cell and another at middle of outer margin. 



Hah. Ladak. Exp. 28 millim. 



*1205. Arctia? parvula, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. 100, fig. 24; C. $ S. 

 no. 752. 



S . Head crimson ; thorax and abdomen pale brown, the latter 

 with white segmental rings. Fore wing pale brown, with a black 

 mark at base extending along inner margin to middle ; basal two- 

 thirds of costa pink ; a black spot at end of cell ; an obsolescent 

 curved postmedial band. Hind wing crimson, the base black, a 

 fascia extending from it to a submarginal band with waved edges ; 

 a black spot at end of cell. Cilia of both wings pink. 



Hah. " Himalayas." Exp. 28 millim. 



1206. Arctia ricini, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 583; Moore, Lep. Ceyl ii, 

 pi. 106, figs. 2,2 a, b (larva) ; C. 8f S. no. 780. 

 Phalaena zerah, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv, pi. 397, fig. G. 

 Alope ocellifera, Wlk. Cat. iii, p. 620. 

 Alope clavatus, Bwinh. P. Z. 8. 1885, p. 295 ; C. $ S. no. 778. 



Head and thorax dark grey-brown ; collar fringed with crimson 

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