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NYMPIIALID.E. 
Alpheraky describes a male of this species from Tcha-tchi-kou as var. 
fuUescens, " fasciis maculisque fulvescentibus." 
Pararge praeusta. (Plate xi. fig. 5, 6 .) 
Pararge pr<BUsta, Leech, Entomologist, xxiii. p. 188 (1890). 
Male. Fuliginous brown. An angulated and interrupted fulvous band traverses tbe primaries from 
costa to outer angle ; towards apex are two paler fulvous spots, with a black one below them. 
Secondaries have a pale submarginal line, and, in some specimens, there are indications of 
ocelli. Fringes whitish, chequered with black at extremities of nervules. Under surface : — 
Discal area of primaries reddish brown ; fascia as above, but broader and paler ; apical spots 
white, the black one below them is distinctly ringed with pale fulvous, and has a Avhite central 
dot : secondaries greyish, with some marks near the base and two transverse angulated 
central lines reddish brown ; there is a submarginal series of six ocelli, that on the costa is 
the largest, and is preceded by a whitish crescent, the third is the least of the series, and the 
sixth has two white pupils. 
Female. The fascia is broader, there is a fulvous flush on the central area intersected by the first 
median nervule, and the fringes are pale fulvous, but chequered with black as in the male ; 
the black apical spot has a white centre. 
Expanse, S 58 millim., 5 02 millim. 
Closely allied to F. episcopalis, Oberth., but the fascia on primaries is more 
angulated, and fulvous instead of white. The apical spots of episcopalis, 
Avlien present, are white and very small. On the under surface of primaries 
the points of difference are as well defined as above. 
This species appears to be generally distributed in Western China, and 
occurs in the months of June, July, and August. 
Pararge episcopalis. 
Pararye cpucopulis, Obcrtliiir, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1885, p. ccxxvii ; Etud. d^Entom. xi. 
p. 22, pi. iv. fig. 21. (1886). 
Male. Fuliginous brown. Primaries have a fairly broad, slightly curved band, composed of seven 
white spots, all more or less oblong in shape, the fifth and seventh are placed transversely; there 
is a blind ocellus ringed with paler towards apex, and two white spots between it and the costa. 
On the secondaries tliere is an indistinct pale submarginal line bordered inwardly, between 
the nervules, by a blackish shade. Fringe whitish, chequered with tlie ground-colour at 
ends of the veins. Under surface of primaries reddish brown, with fascia as above, but 
broader and less interrupted; the apical ocellus is complete, and there is a smaller one and a 
•wliite 8i)ot bet ween it and tlie costa : secondaries very similar to those oi R pro tisla, Leech, 
but the colour is a trifle darker, tlie central angulated lines are less distinct and placed wider 
apart. 
Female. The fascia of primaries is rather broader, and the costal half is not interrupted ; there is a 
