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RHODOSTROPHIA. By L. B. Proltt. 
rhodospania. 
anomala. 
inconspicua. 
subconspi- 
cua. 
anchotera. 
herbicolens. 
muricolor. 
subrufa. 
tristrigalis. 
peregrina. 
olivacea. 
inaffectata. 
pulverearia. 
Rh. rhodospania Prout (Supp.-Vol. 4, pi. 3 i). Proximal spur of hindtibia exceptionally short. Somewhat 
less narrow-winged than borealis , slightly more olive-tinged than cinerascens, a rosy colour showing only on the 
costa of the forewing and on the fringes; both wings with strong cell-dot and postmedian line, that of the fore¬ 
wing sinuous, and a dusky terminal shade. Beluchistan: Khan Mehterzai, 7000 feet, 1 <$. 
Rh. anomala Warr. (— araearia Hmps.) (15 b) is the type of Hampson's genus Leptosidia, but is certainly 
a Rhodostrophia ; he compared it with our Section B and thus found a venational difference, while the slender 
build, thin scaling and other slight distinctions further misled him. Easily known by these characters and the 
zigzag lines. Warren's originals came from the Felder collection and no locality was published; they were 
probably collected at high altitudes in Ladak or the Karakoram Mountains; the type of araearia is from Narkun- 
dah, other known examples from Gurais Valley and Thundiani (Kashmir) and from Kangra (Punjab). 
Rh. inconspicua Butl. (15 b) lias nearly the markings of the non-banded aberrations of tabidaria (Vol. 4, 
pi. 2 k), but is much smaller, much less brightly coloured, the 2 outer lines less approximated, the hindwing 
somewhat paler and weaker-marked than the forewing. Punjab (the type from Murree), Kashmir and Afghani¬ 
stan. - ab. subconspicua Prout (Supp.-Vol. 4, pi. 3 i) is brighter and more banded, thus still more like a dwarf 
tabidaria or calabra ab. punctaria. 
B. Section ( Delocharis). 2nd subcostal of forewing stalked. 
Rh. anchotera Prout (Supp.-Vol. 4, pi. 4a) resembles acidaria Stgr. (Vol. 4, pi. 3d) except in the 3 
spurred $ hindtibia; cell of forewing a trifle shorter, antemedian less sharply angled near the costa, postmedian 
with its outer line or shade more diffuse, as also the subterminal, while the termen shows no suffusion; hindwing 
paler, cell-dot minute, postmedian shade faint, subterminal less sinuous. Szechuan: S. of Muli, 8850 feet; only 
the type known. 
Rh. herbicolens Butl. (15 b). Recalls the Palaearctic acidaria (Vol. 4. pi. 3 cl) in miniature, but with a 
darker and more extended terminal shade on the forewing and with only 3 spurs on the hindtibia. Distributed 
in N. W. India, the type from Solun. 
Rh. muricolor Warr. (15 c). Hindwing and underside nearly as in herbicolens or rather more weakly 
marked, the hindwing with slightly greyer suffusions, the underside with a more ochreous tinge than in most 
herbicolens ; forewing above dark-suffused throughout. Simla (loc. typ.), together with herbicolens , of which it 
may possibly be a dimorph; Kumaon, not rare. 
Rh. subrufa Warr. (15 c), founded on a single £ from Simla, can hardly be an ab. of the preceding, though 
certainly near. The pectinations are perhaps rather shorter, the hindwing is rounder, the colour different, etc. 
Rh. tristrigalis Butl. (15 c). Central line double or (through the filling in of the interspace) forming 
a band, antemedian well developed, curved, subterminal neither dentate nor punctiform. Underside with the 
ground-colour somewhat brighter, markings somewhat less strong. N. W. India (the type from Dharmsala) 
and Bhotan. 
Rh. peregrina Roll. (= rara Butl.) (15 c). Near tristrigalis , the antemedian line weaker or obsolescent, 
especially on the hindwing, the central band not divisible into 2 lines, the subterminal dentate or puncti - 
for m. Described from Masuri, not altogether rare in N. W. India. 
Rh. olivacea Warr. (15 c) is similar to peregrina but larger, the forewing more falcate, the subterminal 
slightly sinuate posteriorly. Both wings beneath in part bright ochraceous, the forewing, however, with an 
extensive, though not sharply defined pale posterior area, which commences narrowly near the base, but widens 
so as to reach the median vein about the end of the cell and in the distal part of the wing is bounded anteriorly 
by the 3rd radial or even extends as far as the 2nd. Described from Sikkim, known also from Burma. 
Rh. inaffectata sp. n. (15 c). Close to olivacea, possibly even a seasonal form of it. Forewing, at least 
in the $. more acuminate still, paler, its colour above not ochreous but very light brown, sometimes (especially 
in the <$) with a tinge of fawn-colour, the hindwing above more whitish; antemedian of forewing generally less 
slight; subterminal dots developed into sharp points or teeth, on the pale patch of the forewing beneath scarcely 
weakened (in olivacea much weakened). Darjiling, the typical series in the Tring Museum (Pilcher), dated 
March 1889. 
Rh. pulverearia Hmps. (15 d), from Simla, is very like a “miniature edition” of the preceding or still 
paler, but its shape is cpiite different (more as a slightly longwinged peregrina) , the 1st line weak, the subterminal 
punctiform but not sinuous. 
