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PAROLIGIA. By W. Warren. 
crests on segments 2 and 3; forewing broad, the apex and termen rounded; a slight tooth of scales at 
tornus; no areole, veins 7, 8, 9, 10 being all stalked together; in the hindwing veins 6, 7 are shortly 
stalked. Type A. ruber Hmps. 
ruber. A. ruber Hmps. (16c). Forewing dull dark fuscous on a paler ground; the lines black, the i nn er 
curved, the outer excurved and denticulate, conversely edged with pale; a faintly paler patch on inner 
margin before middle, ochreous grey or brown; subterminal line indistinct, indicated by difference of tint 
between terminal area and the darker shade preceding it, followed on costa only by a pale spot; orbi¬ 
cular stigma a dark dot; reniform a short vertical bar, followed by some grey scales, which, when 
the insect is fresh, assume the form of a narrow 8; hindwing paler fuscous; the type form is obscurely 
nigrala. marked, and uniform in coloration; in a darker form, — ab. nigrata ab. nov. (16c), — the basal area and 
costal half of median area are black, with the pale patch on inner margin and the edging of the lines 
clearer. Khasia and Naga Hills, Assam. 
examplata. A. examplata spec. nov. (16 c). Much larger than ruber Hmps., expanding 35 mm as against 28 mm 
but, like that species, varying in ground colour; that which corresponds to the type form of ruber is 
dull grey brown, with the white edging of the lines broader and clearer, extending also along the inner 
side of the outer line, which below the middle is marked with black spots at the veins; the subterminal 
line paler throughout; the orbicular stigma a white dot in a black ring; the reniform with the dark 
bar sinuous and oblique, followed by whitish scales; terminal line dark, interrupted by pale dots at the 
vein-ends; hindwing pale dirty grey, with signs of a cloudy dark middle line; the fringe paler; its 
aterrima. darker form, which may be separated as ab. aterrima ab. nov. (16c), has the basal and costal half of 
median area black, and all the rest much darker fuscous; the lines and their white edging largely devel¬ 
oped; the patch on inner margin ochreous brown; the hindwing darker grey, with grey cell spot and 
middle line, and the fringe even darker grey with the tips pale; head and thorax blackish, or blackish 
fuscous, the dorsum fuscous; underside of both wings dull fuscous, with darker cellspots and outer hues. 
Also from the Khasia Hills, captured at the same as ruber. 
discrepans. A. ( ?) discrepans Walk. Forewing greyish fuscous; with grey dashes on the veins, and a short 
broad oblique streak dotted with fuscous; the lines denticulate; the terminal lunules black; the reni¬ 
form stigma very large, with pale outline; hindwing cupreous, with the basal area grey; antennae pec¬ 
tinated in both sexes, more shortly in $. Ceylon. Type in Layard Collection, ? lost. Of doubtful position 
in the absence of the type; placed here as agreeing in the bipectinated antennae of both sexes. 
13. Genus: l*aroligia gen. nov. 
Differs from Oligia Hbn. in the palpi being smoother and more slender, obliquely porrect upwards, 
the third segment short; thorax and dorsum slightly crested; neuration normal; forewing elongate, with the 
stigmata large and well-developed. Type P. pallidisca Moore. 
Sect. I. Fore wing of with bed of large scales in cell on underside. 
ptyophora. P. ptyophora Hmps. Forewing greyish redbrown, with fuscous suffusion in basal and ter¬ 
minal areas and along inner margin; lines blackish; the inner oblique and slightly waved, preceded 
by short black streaks in cell, on submedian fold, and above inner margin; outer shortly bent outwards 
below costa, denticulate, excurved to vein 4, then oblique to submedian fold; subterminal obscure, followed 
by a pale grey sinuous band to vein 6, a spot at middle, and an oblique striga at tornus; orbicular 
and reniform stigmata brownish, partly defined by black and open above; the former oblique and elliptical 
with slight dark centre; the latter with fuscous at centre, extending well below median vein and angled 
inwards along it to touch the orbicular; median shade black and distinct above middle, waved below; 
atbimixta. fringe blackish; hindwing brownish white, whitish along costa; — in ab. albimixta ab. nov. (= ab. 1 , Hmps.) 
there is a patch of white scales at end of cell and below it. Occurs in the Punjab and Sikkim. 
nadgani. P. nadgani Hmps. (16c). Forewing red brown and grey, suffused with dark fuscous except on 
median area; the lines black and distinct; subbasal line oblique to vein 1; inner line oblique and waved; 
outer double, the inner arm distinct only at costa, minutely waved, excurved above and incurved below 
vein 4; subterminal black, irregularly dentate, followed by grey shading at costa, middle, and tornus; 
some small black lunules along termen; claviform stigma a diffuse brown mark; orbicular and reniform 
defined by brown; the former round; the latter dilated below median vein, with a dark spot in lower 
lobe; hindwing fuscous brown. Nilgiri Hills, Madras. Described from a $ only; its proper place is there¬ 
fore doubtful. 
Sect. II. Fore wing of G with no bed of scales in cell beneath. 
