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NOTODONTIDJS. 



and 8. Hind wing with veins 6 and 7 stalked ; 8 running close 

 along 7 to towards the end of cell. 



280. Dicramira bimalayana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 400 ; Butl. III. 

 Het. vii, pi. 125, fig. 3 ; C. $ S. no. 1124. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen covered with long brownish-grey 

 hair ; thorax with traces of black spots ; abdomen with smoky 

 black bands and longitudinal streaks on the terminal segments. 



Fig. 96. — Dicranwra himalayana, $ . \. 



Fore wing grey with a basal whitish patch ; a black speck at base ; 

 a series of subbasal black spots ; two highly dentate postmedial 

 indistinct fuscous lines ; a series of marginal spots. Hind wing 

 paler fuscous grey, with a series of marginal spots. 



One female has two prominent black streaks on the thorax ; 

 fore wing with prominent double black antemedial lines, and all 

 the markings stronger. Closely allied to the European erminea, 

 Esp. 



Hub. Dharmsala. Exp., <$ 60, $ 80 millim. 



Genus METASCHALIS, nov. 



Type, 31. disrwpta, Moore. 



Range. Sikhim. 



Palpi porrect, stout and thickly scaled. Antennse bipectinate 

 almost to tips in male, the branches short, the basal joint tufted. 

 Eore wing rather long and narrow : vein 5 from just above centre 

 of discocellulars ; 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 stalked. Hind wing with veins 3 

 and 4 stalked, 5 from the centre of the discocellulars ; 6 and 7 

 stalked ; S running close along 7 at middle of cell. 



281. Metaschalis disrapta, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 62 ; C. $ S. no. 1155. 



c? . Palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen red-brown ; vertex of 

 head and coxae of fore legs cream y white ; tarsi banded with Avhite. 

 Eore whig dark brown ; the costa and area above vein 1 suffused 

 with red-brown; a white spot followed by an orange spot in end 



