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by a series of dentate dark marks slightly defined on outer 
side by white, excurved below vein 7, angled outwards above 
and below vein 4, then incurved ; a waved dark terminal 
line and fine whitish line at base of cilia. Hind wing whitish 
suffused with reddish brown, the costal area paler ; a fine 
brown terminal line ; cilia chequered whitish and brown. 
Underside white suffused and irrorated with reddish brown 
except on inner areas ; hind wing Avith brown discoidal bar. 
Hab. Punjab, Jubbulpur, 1 $ type. Exp. 34 millim. 
Genus SAVARA. 
Savant, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soe., Zool. vi. p. 184 (1S(52). 
Pseudogonitis, Hnipsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 412 (1894) 
Type. 
contmria. Walk. 
brunnea, Moore. 
Savara catortha, n. sp. 
$. Head and thorax red-brown with a slight greyish tinge ; 
antennae red-brown ringed with whitish towards base ; palpi 
chocolate-brown irrorated with white and white in front ; 
pectus whitish ; legs chocolate-brown irrorated with white, 
the tarsi ringed with white, the spurs ringed dark brown and 
white ; abdomen pale reddish brown. Fore wing red-brown 
glossed with grey ; antemedial line indistinct, dark brown 
with slight white points on it towards costa, oblique, waved ; 
a white point defined by dark brown in middle of cell ; a 
curved brown discoidal bar with white points on its outer 
side at angles of cell ; postmedial line dark brown defined 
on outer side by rather diffused white, the brown obsolete 
towards costa, then with points on its outer side, almost 
straight and erect, some white points beyond it on costa ; a 
subterminal series of small blackish spots, incurved to vein 0 
where it is angled outwards, then incurved and slightly 
excurved at middle, some bluish white suffusion beyond it 
from apex to vein 6 ; cilia chocolate-brown. Hind wing 
grey-brown with a reddish tinge ; the cilia rufous, white at 
tips. Underside of fore wing with the costal and terminal 
areas irrorated rufous and white, the disk with some purplish 
red suffusion, the postmedial area suffused with grey on inner 
half and the terminal area with red-brown from below apex 
to vein 4, postmedial line fuscous defined on outer side by 
white, excurved to vein 5, then incurved, a sinuous subterminal 
series of fuscous spots ; hind wing white irrorated with rufous, 
a blackish postmedial line interrupted at the veins and strongly 
excurved at middle. 
Hab. Be. N. Guinea, Port Moresby, 1 $ ; New Georgia 
(Meek), 1 $ type. Exp. 40 millim. 
