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black, the terminal area somewhat deeper rufous ; a small rather diffused black 

 discoidal spot, and two obliquely placed postmedial points below costa. Hind- 

 wing pale ochreous, the terminal area tinged with rufous. 

 Habitat. — Burma, Karen Hills, Thandsung. Esrp. 22 mill. 



Genus. Lophopalpia. Type. 



Lophopalpia, Hmpsn. Trans. Ent. Soc, 1896, p. 526 ... ... pavperalis. 



Palpi porrect, extending about the length of head, the 2nd joint fringed w r ith 

 long hair below extending to end of 3rd joint, which is bent sharply down at an 

 angle ; maxillary palpi filiform ; proboscis minute ; frons with a sharp tuft; 

 antenna? of male ciliated ; tibiae fringed with hair on outer side ; claspers and 



anal tuft large. Forewing with the 



costa arched at base, then nearly 



straight ; male with a glandular 



swelling at base of costa below, 



fringed with long hair; vein 3 from 



near angle of cell ; 4-5 from angle : 



Lophopalpia pauperalis. g | 6 from upper angle ; 7- 8- 9- 10 



stalked ; 11 from cell. Hindwing with vein 3 from near angle of cell ; 4*5 from 



angle ; 6*7 shortly stalked; 7 anastomosing with 8. 



4579. /. Lophopalpia pauperalis, Leech. Entom. xxii, p. 70, pi. iv, f. 11 

 (1889). 



Head and tegulaa red-brown ; patagia and thorax dark brown with a leaden 

 gloss ; abdomen ochreous grey, dorsally suffused with dark-brown. Forewine- 

 glossy rufous with some dark irroration and striation, the area below the cell 

 and vein 4 greyer ; traces of an erect antemedial line ; postmedial line rather 

 diffused, incurved from costa to submedian fold, then excurved, the rufous on 

 its outer side running down to a point at submedian fold ; a deep rufous termi- 

 nal line ; cilia rufous, greyish towards tornus. Hindwing pale silky ochreous 

 with some dark irroration and striation between the cell and the vein 4 and 

 submedian fold ; a fine deep rufous terminal line ; cilia with slight brown line 

 near base : the underside pale ochreous, the costa tinged with rufous, a faint 

 curved postmedial line. 



Habitat— J apan ; Assam, Khasis ; Pulo Laut. Exp. 26 mill. 



4595. b. Paractenia desertalis, n. sp. (Plate E, f. 31.) 



Antennae of male ciliated ; forewing with vein 7 from beyond 9. 



$ Head, thorax and forewing pale ochreous ; abdomen and hindwing 

 ochreous white ; fore tibiae at extremity and tarsi tinged with fuscous : pectus; 

 coxae and base of abdomen below tinged with pale pink. 



9 • Forewing with slight fuscous discoidal spot, the medial part of costa 

 with series of slight dark streaks, traces of a pale postmedial line oblique below 

 vein 4. 



Habitat.— Beloochistan, Quetta (Nurse). Exp. 14-20 mill. Type in B. M. 



4601. Bostra marginata, insert Arripana indicator, Wlk. Journ. Linn 

 Soc. vii, p. 74 (1864), which has precedence. 



