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The variety albicollis has the head, thorax, and abdomen almost 

 pure white; the whole basal area of fore wing pure white; the 

 hind wing white, with broad marginal band ; the female like the 

 male of the typical form. 



Hab. Europe ; N.W. Himalayas ; Campbellpur. Exp. 30 millim. 



2018. Tarache hortensis, Swinh. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 517, pi. 47, fig. 7 : 



C. $ S. no. 1836. 



2 . Differs from the typical form of lucida in the fore wing 

 having the reniform obsolete; no grey-blue scales beyond the sub- 

 marginal line; tbe cilia not white towards outer angle. Hind 

 wing uniform fuscous, the outer area slightly darkest. Underside 

 nearly uniform fuscous. 



Hab. Karachi. Exp. 24 millim. 



2019. Tarache npsilon, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 763; C. $ S. no. 1824. 



2 • Differs from lucida in the costal portion of the medial band 

 of fore wing being obsolete, and replaced by two short fuscous 

 bands from the costa on each side of the large hoop- shaped reni- 

 form spot with black outline ; the submarginal line ill-deiined and 

 with black lunules before it. Hind wing uniform dark fuscous. 

 Underside nearly uniform pale fuscous. 

 Hab. Poona. Exp. 30 millim. 



2020. Tarache opalinoides, Guen. Noct. ii, p. 219 ; C. fy S. no. 1844. 

 Calophasia postica, Wlk. Cat. xxxiii, p. 764 ; C. fy S. no. 1864. 



Differs from the white form of lucida in the dark patches of the 

 fore wing being restricted to a large patch on the outer half of 

 inner margin and to some marks on each side of the costal portion 

 of the submarginal line ; the reniform an incomplete and indistinct 

 black hoop. Hind wing white, with fuscous marginal band. 

 Underside of fore wing fuscous ; hind wing white. 



Hab. Campbellpur; Poona; Nilgiris; Ceylon. Exp. 30 millim. 



2021. Tarache notabilis, Wlk. Cat. xi, p. 669; C. $ S. no. 1823. 



Pure white. Pore wing with a short subbasal black line from 

 the costa and an antemedial costal spot, each having a dark speck 

 below it ; a postmedial costal spot ; a broad irregular dark leaden 

 band from the apex to inner margin beyond middle, and traversed 

 by the lunulate black postmedial line ; a series of submarginal 

 black lunules which are all obscured by white suffusion, except 

 two at the apex and one at outer angle, which last has a rufous 

 lunule inside it ; cilia white, fuscous towards apex and outer angle. 

 Hind wing narrow, with marginal fuscous band, broad at apex ; the 

 cilia white. 



Hab. Simla; Punjab; Calcutta. Exp. 30-38 millim. 



