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Show 1893.] SPECIES OF MOTHS FROM INDIA. 421 parallel to the hind margin, one in the centre, the other halfway to the hind margin ; central spot indistinct, absorbed by the central line ; underside brownish cinereous, with the 2 lines distinct. Head, thorax, and abdomen smoky brown. One 2 > rather smaller than P. separata. Hab. Upper Assam. I was at first inclined to refer this to P. separata as a dark variety, but the differences, especially on the underside, appear too great. [A single specimen from Margarita, Upper Assam, was taken by Doherty in M a y . -H. J. EJ] ALOIS NIGRALBATA, sp. n. 3 2 • Fore wings white, thickly dusted with irregular dark grey atoms, which become confluent towards the base and hind margin, and render those parts altogether dark ; a dark blackish linear cell-spot with a darkish costal blotch above it, sometimes uniting with it; subterminal line whitish, denticulated, traversing the dark field of the hind margin, and edged internally by a blackish denticulated line; no other line visible. Hind wings the same, with the base scarcely darker, with the subterminal line similar, and a trace along the abdominal margin of the commencement of a geminated dark central band. Underside like upper, but generally duller. Head, thorax, and abdomen cinereous. Expanse of wings 30 millim. Hab. Sikkim. This species comes near A. granitaria, Moore, but the groundcolour is whiter and the shading darker; it also approaches admis-saria, Guen., but is without any of the brownish and ochreous tints of that species, besides being much paler. [Taken by myself at Tonglo in July and as high as 12,000 feet on the Nepal frontier of Sikkim.-H. J. E.~] ALOIS SUBNITIDA, sp. n. 2 • Fore wings glossy, pale grey, dusted with darker grey and ochreous scales ; transverse lines indistinctly expressed, being more or less interrupted ; base, costa, inner and hind margins darker, more diffused with dark grey; disk paler; basal line hardly distinguishable ; in middle of costa a blackish blotch enclosing the dark cell-spot, a double dark spot obliquely below it, and a similar one on the inner margin, the three representing a central shade, running parallel to the hind margin; a denticulated blackish outer Une, more distinct on the inner margin, where it is edged with ochreous scales; space beyond to the hind margin dark grey, with an irregularly sinuous pale subterminal line ; fringes mottled light and dark grey, with a row of black spots at the base between the veins. Hind wings like fore wings, with a dark transverse line near base, distinct only on inner margin ; a small black cell-spot followed by two dark denticulated lines, the latter clearly edged with pale grey. Head, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous grey. |
