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284. Pheosia pulcherrima, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865. p. 814, pi. 43, fig. 4 ; 



C. $■ S. no. 1160. 

 Hupodonta corticalis, Butl. A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 475. 



Head and collar red-brown ; thorax and abdomen reddish 

 ochreous. Fore wing pale brown, suffused in parts with red- 

 brown and fuscous, the inner area ochreous except at outer angle ; 

 a large medial patch of fuscous suffusion from costa to vein 2 ; 

 three indistinct dentate postmedial curved lines ; a red-brown line, 

 followed by an ochreous line, and a dark grey band with a black 

 line on it on outer margin. Hind wing fuscous ; an ochreous 

 patch with dark and red-brown lines on it at anal angle. Under- 

 side fuscous ; hind wing with a postmedial curved line. 



Hab. Japan ; Sikhim. Exp'., S 56, § 64 millim. 



285. Pheosia excurvata, n. sp. 



S . Head and thorax grizzled brown and grey ; abdomen pale 

 fuscous. Fore wing pale brown, with a slight vinous tinge and 

 fuscous suffusion ; a black streak along median nervure from the 

 base ; an indistinct waved antemedial line ; black streaks in the 

 end of cell and on the nervules beyond it ; two postmedial lines 

 very highly excurved below the costa, the inner line indistinct. 

 Hind wing pale fuscous ; cilia of both wings chequered pale and 

 dark. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 50 millim. Type in coll. Knyvett. 



286. Pheosia grisea, Swinh. Cat. Het. Mus. Oxon. hied. 



S . Head, thorax, and abdomen brownish grey. Fore wing 

 with an indistinct dark subbasal line ; a spot on the costa before 

 the middle ; medial and postmedial lines, the latter bent inwards 

 at vein 3 ; two curved oblique submarginal lines, far apart at costa. 

 approaching each other towards inner margin. Hind wing white, 

 with a brownish-grey patch at anal angle. 



Hab. " 1ST. India." Exp. 48 millim. 



287. Pheosia strigata, Moore, Lep. Aik. p. 68, pi. iii, fig. 13 ; C. # 8. 

 no. 1204. 



Head and thorax grey ; frons and a streak on vertex of thorax 

 blackish ; antennae fulvous. Fore wing longitudinally marked pale 

 and dark chestnut-brown ; a basal grey patch ; short costal grey 

 streaks before the apex, with a dark curved fascia from them to the 

 apex ; a waved marginal brown line. Hind wing white ; the costa 

 brownish ; a large black spot speckled with grey on outer margin 

 near anal angle. 



Hab. JST.E. Bengal ; Canara. Exp., 6 66, $ 76 millim. 



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