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suffused with grey ; some dark red-brown irregular marks on basal 

 area ; reniform pale, with a red-brown streak on the discocellulars ; 

 a highly dentate double postmedial line ; a series of indistinct 

 lunulate submarginal marks ; a marginal dark line ; the tuft of 

 scales dark with a black line above it. Hind wing yellow ; the 

 veins black. 



Hah. Kulu ; Sikhim. Exp. 126 millim. 



291. Notodonta moorei. 



Notodonta sikhima, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 68 (nom. praeocc.) ; C. fy S. 

 no. 1192. 



Head and collar grey, the latter fringed with brown ; patagia 

 black ; thorax and abdomen pale brown. Fore wing grey ; basal 

 area dark brown, with a double subbasal waved line, and bounded 

 by a double waved line ; a white blotch on the discocellulars and 

 speck at origin of vein 2 ; three dark postmedial blotches on costa, 

 between veins 4 and 5, and on inner margin, with traces of a 

 waved line before them ; a marginal series of dark spots ; the 

 tuft of scales dark brown. Hind wing grey ; a fuscous post- 

 medial slightly irregular band, with a waved line before it. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp., 6 70, $ 92 millim. 



92. Notodonta sikkima, Moore, P. Z. S. 18G5, p. 812 ; C. «§• 8. 

 no. 1174. 

 Heterocanipa irrorata, Moore, Lep. Ath. p. 60 ; C. 8f S. no. 1170. 



Head, thorax, and fore wing uniformly clothed with light and 

 dark brown, greenish-yellow, and white scales. Pore wing with 

 the veins slightly streaked with black. Abdomen and hind wing 

 pale red-brown ; the former darker at extremity. 



The form irrorata is paler. 



Hob. Sikhim. Exp., S 60, $ 48-56 millim. 



293. Notodonta rufa, n. sp. 



$ . Head and thorax dark red-brown, the collar grizzled ; abdo- 

 men fuscous. Tore wing dark brown ; indistinct ante- and post- 

 medial waved dark lines ; the latter edged with grey at costa ; two 

 dark specks on discocellulars ; irregularly placed dark streaks in 

 the marginal interspaces, slight pale streaks from base below 

 median nervure and on inner margin. Hind wing fuscous, with 

 traces of a medial line. 



Hah. JNaga Hills (Doherty). Exp. 54 millim. Type in coll. 

 Elwes. 



Genus HYPERiESCHRA. 



HyperaBSchra, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) vi, p. 65 (1830). 



Type, H. pallida, Butl. 



Range. Kangra ; Sikhim ; Ceylon ; Singapore. 

 Palpi upturned, fringed with hairs in front ; antennae with 



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