PANACRA. 309 



Fore wing sinuate below apex, slightly scalloped like hind 

 wing ; fringe prominently dotted with blackish- brown ; 

 a bundle of fine discal lines, first and second fused to a band, 

 ending at a spot at costal margin, the other three thin but 

 sharply marked, extended to costal margin but faint in front, 

 and nearly straight up to SC 5 , then curved costad like the others. 

 Pale band of hind wing not broader than the brown (double) 

 border of the wing, often a mere line which does not reach 

 costad beyond R 3 . Underside : basal two-thirds of fore 

 wing and greater part of hind wing dark brown. First discal 

 line of fore wing broad, ending at a costal patch situated 

 partly within subcostal fork ; a large brown submarginal 

 patch extended proximad along R 2 to first discal line ; a con- 

 spicuous blackish-brown spot near hind angle behind M 2 . 

 Brown border of hind wing dilated before middle and merged 

 together with the brown basi-discal area, costal edge, abdominal 

 margin and a narrow submarginal band, which stops at R 3 , 

 clayish-ochraceous speckled with tawny and brown ; three 

 more or less dentate discal lines, second and third distinct, 

 first the heaviest. Expanse : £ 58-68 mm., $ 67 mm. 



<$. Tenth segment similar to that of automedon. Clasper 

 strongly convex dorsally beyond middle ; friction-scales large, 

 asymmetrical, obliquely rounded-truncate, four or five 

 in number ; harpe (fig. 76 G) ending in a stout process spatulate 

 in dorsal aspect. Penis-sheath : right process as in automedon, 

 rather narrower and less truncate ; left process also broad, 

 much more proximal, apex obliquely rounded, heavily dentate. 



Hob. E. Himalayas (Sikkim ; Khasi Hills). Rare, 2 and 

 early stages unknown. 



102 a. Panacra metallica anfracta Gehlen. (Fig. 78, ^ ; PI. IV, 

 fig. 8, larva; PI. XIV, figs. 12, 13, larva). 



Panacra metallica anfracta, Gehlen, 1930, p. 258, figs. 1, 2 (<$) 

 (Simla). 



Gehlen distinguishes this subspecies as follows : — 



<£. Smaller than metallica. Length of fore wing 28 mm 

 Wings narrower. 



Upperside much darker than in m. metallica. Fore wing : 

 discal lines not so straight, being curved distad in front, 

 basad behind, so that line 1 is brought very near end of cell, 

 causing the space between line 1 and the outermost ante- 

 medial line to be narrower than in m. metallica. The two 

 light apical spots or patches are smaller, the lower one being- 

 more proximal. On hind wing the light line is shortened, 

 darker and not broader than the dark terminal area. 



Underside more contrasted, the dark shades darker ; 

 especially is the basal half of fore wing so dark as to be indis- 

 tinguishable from the first discal line. The light parts have 



