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markings irrorated with silvery scales. Hind wing with traces of 

 antemedial, postmedial, and subinarginal waved dark lines. 



The form ochrea differs in having an orange tinge, and the lines 

 almost obsolete, as are the silvery-white specks at end of cell of 

 both wings. 



In the Nilgiri specimen the apex of fore wing is rather more 

 produced. 



Hah. Sikhim ; Nilgiris. Exp. 34-38 millim. 



735. Drepana sadana, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865, p. 817 ; C. §• S. no. 1242. 



$ . Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow ; frons and antennae 

 brown. Fore wing luteous yellow ; traces of an antemedial waved 

 dark line ; an orange spot in the cell and one at end of it ; a large 

 purplish or red-brown patch beyond the lower angle of cell, with 

 two dark spots on it and some chestnut on its upper edge ; a sub- 

 marginal series of indistinct spots, two below the apex being pro- 

 minent ; a chestnut patch on outer margin below the apex. Hind 

 wing with indistinct antemedial, postmedial, and submarginal 

 waved dark lines. 



The patch of fore wing is very variable in extent, being some- 

 times joined to the marginal patch and occupying the whole outer 

 area except the costa, while sometimes both are almost absent. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp. 40 millim. 



736. Drepana xanthoptera, n. sp. 



3 . Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish yellow. "Wings bright 

 ochreous. Fore wing with a curved red-brown antemedial line ; an 

 oblique line from the costa before the apex to centre of inner margin; 

 a submarginal series of dark specks, the two nearest the apex with 

 white spots inside them ; apex and outer margin suffused with 

 red-brown. Hind wing with ante- and postmedial red-brown lines ; 

 a white speck at end of cell ; a submarginal series of dark specks. 



Hab. Naga Hills, 1500 feet (Doherty) ; Khasi Hills. Exp. 30-36 

 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



737. Drepana ferrea, Hmpsn. III. Het. ix, ined., pi. 160, fig 15. 



5 . Chestnut-brown, with a purplish tinge. Fore wing with 

 indistinct maculate ante- and postmedial fuscous bands ; two white 

 dark-outlined specks at end of cell ; traces of a submarginal series 

 of dark specks ; a dark blotch on outer margin below the apex. 

 Hind wing with the markings similar ; one white speck at end of 

 cell. 



Hab. Ceylon. Exp. 42 millim. 



738. Drepana quadripunctata, Wlk. Joum. Linn. Soc. vi, p. 175. 



Head red-brown ; thorax, abdomen, and wings reddish ochreous, 

 the last with waved ante- and postmedial lines and two black 



