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PSEUDERASTRIA; OLIGIA. By W. Warren. 
and running vertically to inner margin, with black streaks from it to termen below veins 4 and 2; 
subterminal interrupted, marked by an oblique dark streak before it on costa, and showing pale from 
submedian fold to inner margin; claviform stigma a slight black streak; orbicular and reniform large, the 
whitish annuli slightly defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at middle; median 
shade forming a diffuse black bar from costa to reniform; on vein 1 a diffused black streak, joining inner 
and outer lines; hindwing greyish, with fuscous suffusion. Punjab, N. India. 
albipuncta. P. albipuncta Hmps. Forewing reddish ochreous, suffused in middle and towards termen 
with dark brownish fuscous, the base, the disc, and costal area externally remaining pale-; inner line black, 
obliquely sinuous to submedian fold, then oblique inwards; outer line obscurely double, filled in with 
reddish, bent out, as usual, beneath costa, then denticulate, incurved below vein 4, with a prominent 
white point on vein 1 and smaller white points on 2, 3, and 4; subterminal line rufous ochreous, inter¬ 
rupted; fringe rufous; claviform stigma diffusely black, acutely pointed; orbicular and reniform with fuscous 
centres and rufous annuli, partially black-edged, separated by an oblique dark bar from costa; hind¬ 
wing grey with brown suffusion towards termen. The species, of which the type was described from Sikkim, 
is recorded also from W. China. 
excurvata. P. excurvata Hmps. Forewing pale ochreous, in places tinged with rufous; the basal area 
and a quadrate patch beyond cell dark brown; the basal patch edged by inner line, which is uniformly 
curved, at first inwards to middle then outwards to middle of inner margin, where it is followed by 
a curved brown fascia; outer line double, indistinct, filled in with pale, excurved to vein 3 near termen; 
subterminal line white, waved, close to termen; the apex and a triangular patch on termen below it 
blackish; orbicular stigma small and round, with some brown scales at centre and a faint white an¬ 
nulus; reniform with centre brown ringed with pale, constricted at middle, joined by a dark shade from 
costa; hindwing brownish grey, with a purplish tinge. Also from Sikkim; the type a $. 
14. Genus: Psemlerastria Hmps. 
Tongue fully developed; Irons smooth; palpi obliquely upturned, the second segment long, the third 
porrect; antennae of ciliated; metathorax with a slight crest; tibiae slightly haired; foreAving broad, 
with normal neuration; <$ with a fovea in cell before middle covered by a valve of scales from median 
nervure on upperside. Type Ps. larentica Hmps. 
larentica. Ps. larentica Hmps. Fore wing fuscous grey, irrorated with black and purplish pink; the 
terminal area largely pink-suffused; inner line oblique and Avaved, black, but indistinct; outer line exter¬ 
nally grey-edged, blackish, bent outwards beloAv costa, then denticulate, incurved beloAv vein 4; subterminal 
black, Avith pink suffusion on each side; terminal black lunules tipped Avith pink; fringe black with a 
pale basal line; orbicular stigma a minute reddish spot, round, ringed Avith black, widely separated from 
the reniform, Avhich is narroAv and constricted at middle, its centre red with some dark at each end, 
the annulus pale defined by black; hindAving fuscous; an obscurely marked denticulate outer line edged 
externally Avith greyish; terminal line dark preceded by pale lunules; fringe with pale dots at base. Re¬ 
corded from the Naga Hills, Assam, and Bhutan. 
15. Genus: Olivia Him. 
Tongue present; frons smooth; palpi upturned, short, the second segment broad, Avell fringed \\dth 
hair in front; antennae of ciliated; thorax and dorsum with slight crests. Larva feeding in the stems 
and roots of grasses in spring, emerging in summer. A Palaearctic genus of small species, only one for 
certain ( dinawa is of doubtful position) occurring in the Indo-Oriental region. Type 0. strigilis Cl. 
albirivula. 0. albirivufa Hmps. (16 d). ForeAving with costal area, the median area from costa to submedian 
fold, and the terminal area bright rufous or rufous brown; the inner margin, a band before inner line, and 
another beyond outer line, neither reaching costa, bluish white or grey; a spot at extreme base rufous, 
folloAved by the white, red-edged subbasal line; inner line double, filled in with white, outcurved to sub¬ 
median fold, then obsolescent; outer line double, rufous, filled in AAdth Avhite, bent outwards beloAv costa, 
then vertical, and oblique below vein 4, lunulate dentate, the teeth often strongly marked on veins; sub¬ 
terminal line defined only by the difference in shade between the rufous terminal area and the blue grey 
outer band; claviform stigma bright reddish; orbicular obscure, small and round; reniform with inner edge 
red, the middle pale rufous, and outer edge Avhite; the median area beloAv cell is often deeper broAA'n 
red; the terminal area on each fold has dark patches; veins towards termen often pale; fringe rufous marked 
perrufa. with blackish and chequered Avith pale; hindwing shining pale grey; — in the ab. perrufa, ab. nov. (16 d) 
the Avhole forewing is suffused Avith rufous and all the dark markings are distinct and conspicuous; in ab. 
