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LASIOCAMPID.E. 



side : fore wing red-brown, with a pale suffusion beyond the medial 

 and postmedial lines. Hind wing suffused with brown; three 

 indistinct waved pale bands. 



Hab. Sikhim. Exp., S 70, $ 86 millim. 



920. Arguda rectilinea, n. sp. 



c? . Differs from vinata in the palpi being pale ; thorax with a 

 narrow dark streak on vertex ; abdomen not suffused with ferru- 

 ginous. Fore wing with the ante- and postmedial lines dark, in- 

 distinct, and less oblique ; the black speck at end of cell more 

 prominent ; the waved submarginal line very indistinct. Hind 

 wing vinous red-brown, with an indistinct dark medial line which 

 is waved on the underside ; no pale bands below. 



Hab. Bassein, Burma. Exp. 43 millim. Type in coll. Elwes. 



921. Arguda decurtata, Moore, Lep. Atk. p. 79; C. $ S. no. 1476. 



S . Differs from rosea in the colour being browner ; the abdomen 

 pale red-brown ; the antemeclial line more oblique ; the medial 

 line double, the space between it and the postmedial line usually 

 darker than the ground-colour ; the postmedial line outwardly 

 edged with grey. Underside : fore wing with two indistinct post- 

 medial lines, the outer margin suffused with grey ; hind wing with 

 a dark waved antemedial line ; a curved grey medial band ; a 

 lunulate grey postmedial line ; outer margin suffused with grey ; 

 dark lunules on the margin. 

 2- Paler. 

 Hab. Sikhim. Exp., S 52, $ 68 millim. 



922. Arguda albigutta, Wlk. Cat. vi, p. 1419. 



S . Palpi red-brown at sides, white above ; head ochreous ; 

 branches of antennae black ; thorax and abdomen bright red- 

 brown ; abdominal tuft grizzled. Pore wing bright red-brown, 

 the outer area suffused with grey ; a large white spot at end of 

 cell ; curved antemedial and postmedial fine pale lines ; an irre- 

 gular submarginal series of indistinct black spots. Hind wing 

 red-brown, with a yellow tinge. 



2 . Paler ; the palpi white or dark grey above ; fore wing with 

 the white spot absent. 



Hab. Subathu, N.~W. Himalayas ; Australia ; Tasmania. Exp. 

 51 millim. 



Genus SYRASTRENA. 



Syrastrena, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 3884, p. 373. 



Type, S. minor, Moore. 

 Range. Sikhim. 



Palpi very long and broad. Antennae with the branches 

 decreasing to apex. Mid and hind tibiae with minute terminal 



