184 CTMATOPHOBID^. 



more irregular : the orbicular and reniform spots formed by black 

 streaks with a few orauge scales round them, the area below them 



S re F- 



The form dubia is without the white speck at base of fore wing, 



the innermost of the three lines is obsolescent, and another is deve- 

 loped outside them, so that the series becomes medial ; the orbicular 

 and reniform spots less prominent and without grey suffusion below 

 them ; the lines of outer area obsolescent. Some specimens have 

 the medial area of fore wing suffused with fuscous. 

 Hab. Kangra, Punjab. Eocp. 36 millim. 



339. Polyploca cuprina, Moore, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 331, pi. 37, fig. 3 : 



C. §• S. no. 1644. 



Head and thorax grey-brown ; abdomen paler. Fore wing grey- 

 brown with a faint greenish tinge ; indistinct double ante- and 

 postmedial curved and waved lines, and traces of other waved single 

 lines ; a dark streak on the discocellulars, with a black spot inside 

 it ; a waved submarginal pale line. Hind wing pale fuscous. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 38 millim. 



340. Polyploca albicosta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 45 ; C. §■ S. no. 1626. 



c? . Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen paler. Fore wing 

 dark brown ; the costal area suffused with white and greenish at 

 base ; numerous transverse waved dark lines, of which the most 

 distinct are one antemedial and one postmedial ; orbicular and 

 reniform spots large and confluent, their upper portions outlined 

 with black ; an oblique black apical streak ; a lunulate marginal 

 line. Hind wing pale fuscous, with slightly darker medial and 

 broad marginal bands. 



The race from the N.W. Himalayas has the palpi and basal joint 

 of antennas pink ; the collar fringed with pink ; fore wing with the 

 costal area suffused with pinkish white ; the orbicular and reniform 

 spots on a diffused yellow patch. 



Hab. Simla; Sikhim. Exp. 48-50 millim. 



341. Polyploca- albibasis, n. sp. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen grey, slightly tinged with rufous. 

 Fore wing with the costa much arched at base and the apex very 

 acute ; silvery grey ; the base white ; a whitish fascia along the 

 costa from one-fifth from base to apex ; waved ante- and post- 

 medial dark lines and submarginal series of white specks. Hind 

 wing pale fuscous, the outer area darker. 



S . In specimens from Simla the ground-colour of the fore 

 wing is greenish : a fine white submarginal line is present, and the 

 hind wing is pale ochreous. 



Hab. Simla ; Sikhim. Exp. 68 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



