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grey; the median area and outer margin, sometimes the basal area also, suffused with olive fuscous; lines 
black and distinct, the outer and submarginal lunulate; claviform stigma black; the two upper stigmata large, 
white-ringed, and outlined with black, their centre grey; space between outer and submarginal lines generally 
pale; hindwing dull fuscous, with a pale patch at margin on submedian fold. Described from Kashmir 
this species is also found in the Punjab, being recorded from Murree, Simla, Dalhousie, and Thundiani. 
10. Genus: HaileilU Schrank. 
Tongue fully developed; frons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment hairy be¬ 
low, the third short; antennae of ^ ciliated; thorax and dorsum slightly crested; pectus and tibiae clothed 
with long hair; abdomen with woolly hair at base and lateral fringes of hair towards extremity; forewing 
rather narrow, elongate; the apex produced, the termen obliquely curved and crenulate. Type H. reticu¬ 
lata Vill. 
H. dissectus Walk. (= crucifer Fldr .) (d 9 g, $ Vol. 3, pi. 19 g). Forewing dark olive brown with an dissectus. 
undertone of red; lines fine, ochreous white, strongly tinged with rosy; the inner and outer lines with a 
fine black centre; claviform stigma large, black; orbicular and reniform conversely oblique, with pale 
lateral edges; the outer edge of reniform conspicuous; au oblique apical streak pinkish ochreous; sub¬ 
marginal line ochreous; veins all pinkish ochreous; hindwing fuscous. Originally described from Sikkim, 
N. India, this species is also found in Ceylon and is recorded from the Philippines; in the palaearctic 
region it occurs in Japan and China. 
11. Genus; Hypobaratlira Hmps. 
Differs from Barathra Him. in the abdomen having a crest at base only, and in the outer margins 
of wings being non-crenulate, the foretibia with a claw at extremity on outer side. Type H. icte- 
rias Ev. 
H. repetita Btlr. (Vol. 3, pi. 20 c). Eorewing rufous or ochreous grey, freckled with brown; veins repetita. 
dark-streaked; claviform stigma indistinct; the round orbicular and the reniform fuscous, ringed with 
grey; submarginal line pale, preceded by dentate rufous marks; hindwing rufous fuscous, paler towards base. Oc¬ 
curs in the Punjab, N. W. India; -—- the form found at Yatong, Chumbi Valley, Tibet, and in Sikkim, 
— ab. laetlor ab. nov. (9 h) is brighter and more uniformly ferruginous. laetior. 
12. Genus: I^asiestra Hmps. 
Tongue developed; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment long-haired below, the third 
smooth; head, thorax, and tibiae clothed with rough hairs; veins 6, 7 of hindwing shortly stalked; eyes 
overhung by long cilia, as well as being hairy themselves, an ^unusual characteristic in this subfamily. 
Type L. phoca Moeschl. 
S e c t. II. Antennae of <$ ciliated only. (Sect. I is not represented in Indo-oriental 
regions). 
L. elwesi Hmps. (Vol. 3, pi. 20 e). Forewing violaceous grey dusted with black; the median area elwesi. 
wholly blackish; the lines blackish, indistinct, except the submarginal; stigmata grey, partly outlined Avith 
black; hindwing fuscous brown, with traces of outer line and cellspot. Found in Sikkim and Bhutan, 
N. India; also at Yatong, Tibet. 
13. Genus: Tiraeola Moore. 
Tongue well-developed; frons smooth; palpi upturned, the second segment thickly scaled, the third 
short, oblique; antennae of <$ ciliated; thorax and dorsum with slight crests; forewing narrow and 
elongate; the apex somewhat produced and the termen oblique, crenulate; in the hindwing the cell is shortened, 
vein 2 rising from near lower angle; 3, 4 stalked; 6, 7 shortly stalked; the lower half of cell an space 
beyond as far as base of 3, 4, hyaline, without scales in both sexes. Type T. plagiata Walk. 
T. plagiata Walk. (= plagifera Walk., spectabilis Walk., grandirena H. Sch.) (9 h). Forewing greyish plagiata 
ochreous or fuscous, thickly freckled with darker, sometimes much suffused with broAVn or fuscous, in 
other cases rufous brown throughout, and then generally with the speckling slight or absent; submarginal 
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