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Show 1888.] FROM THE HIMALAYAS. 393 spots: hind wing cinereous-white. Thorax black-spotted; palpi brown ; legs with blackish bands. Expanse, 8 jV' 2 f\ hich. Hab. Dharmsala (Hocking); N.W. India (Leitner). In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. Taken at sugar. JEMENE INCONSTANS, n. sp. Male. Fore wing very pale brownish-ochreous, crossed by an antemedial and a postmedial very indistinct dusky sinuous line, both lines with two medially-disposed black spots, the upper spot at end of the cell on the latter being the largest; on the costal margin are three or four indistinct spots, and on the outer margin is a row of regularly-disposed small linear spots; a dusky zigzag fascia crosses the disk: hind wing ochreous-white. Thorax pale brownish-ochreous ; palpi and abdomen pale ochreous ; legs brownish-ochreous. Expanse y-j inch. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. RCESELIA SCRIPTA, n. Sp. Male. Allied to R. confusalis: fore wing pinkish-grey, basal area slightly brown-speckled ; crossed by two contiguous inwardly-oblique antemedial black lines, and two recurved postmedial lines, followed by a submarginal series of black spots, of which the upper and lower spot is large, the others small and dentate ; the area between the medial lines traversed by a zigzag black line : hind wing and abdomen pale pinkish-cinereous. Thorax, palpi, and legs above, and antennae greyish-brown. Expanse, o* T V hich. Hab. Dharmsala. In coll. British Museum. RcESELIA FRATERNA, n. Sp. Female. Near to R. cuculatella: fore wing comparatively narrower ; the antemedial blackish-speckled transverse line more angular and broader at the costal end, the postmedial line also more irregularly sinuous : hind wing cinereous-white, underside much paler. Thorax grey; palpi and legs brownish above ; tarsi with pale bands. Expanse T 8-j inch. Hab. Kullu. In coll. British Museum. RffiSELIA ANGULATA, n. Sp. Near B. cristulalis: fore wing greyish-white, sparsely brown-speckled ; crossed by a prominent blackish antemedial curved outwardly-angulated band, a postmedial pale-bordered sinuous line, and a similar submarginal line, the postmedial line preceded by a broad costal patch : hind wing and abdomen cinereous-grey. Thorax white, crossed by a blackish band ; palpi and legs brownish; tarsi with pale bands. Expanse, 8 TV> ? T92 m c n* Hab. Dharmsala (Hocking) ; N . W . India (Leitner). In coll. British Museum and F. Moore. |