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small discoidal lunule defined by blackish ; a punctiform postmedial line bent 

 outwards between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below end of cell ; a terminal 

 series of black stria; ; cilia fuscous. Hindwing whitish tinged with brownish 

 ochreous : a punctiform dark postmedial line bent outwards between veins 5 and 

 2, then almost obsolete, retracted to below angle of cell and sinuous to above 

 tornus ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia tinged with fuscous from apex to vein 2. 



Habitat.— Sikhim, 1800' (Dudgeon). Exp. 22 mill. Type in B. M. 



4941&. Nacoleia nigricostalis, n. sp. (Plate E., f. 36.) 



ft. Rufous ; palpi and frons black, the former whitish at base ; fore tibia? 

 at extremity and mid tibia? at base and the tarsi blackish ; abdomen ventrally 

 whitish. Forewing with the costa narrowly black ; antemedial line represented 

 by some blackish scales between cell and inner margin ; traces of a punctiform 

 postmedial line, slightly excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted ; a 

 terminal series of black points. Hindwing with traces of a punctiform post- 

 medial line excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted ; a terminal series of 

 black points ; the underside pale with the postmedial line more distinct and 

 minutely dentate. 



Habitat.— Burma, Moulmein, Exp. 28 mill. Type in B. M. 



4972a. Sylepta straminea, Butl., A. M. N. H. (4), xvi, p. 416 (1875). 



Pale yellow ; palpi white, fulvous at tips ; shoulders fulvous ; fore femora 

 fulvous at extremity, the tibiae with fuscous bands. Forewing with the costal 

 aiea tinged with fulvous : a fuscous antemedial line oblique from costa to 

 submedian fold and with slight spot beyond it in cell ; a discoidal spot ; post- 

 medial line excurved between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below angle of 

 cell and oblique to inner margin ; a terminal series of fuscous stria? ; a fuscous 

 line at base of cilia. Hindwing with oblique discoidal bar ; the postmedial 

 line excurved between veins 5 and 2. then retracted to below angle of cell and 

 oblique to inner margin ; a terminal series of fuscous stria? ; a fuscous line at 

 base of cilia. 



Habitat.— -Natal ; Ceylon, Uva (Alston). Exp. 26 mill. 



4981y. Sylepta distinguenda, Herring, Stett. Ent. Zeit., lxii, p. 77 (1901); 

 id. lxiv., pi. l,f. 16. 



Pale straw yellow ; head and tegula? tinged with orange ; palpi with patch 

 on 2nd joint, pectus, legs and abdomen whitish. Forewing with the costal 

 area tinged with orange ; an obliquely curved antemedial dark line ; a point in 

 middle of cell and discoidal lunule ; postmedial line obliquely incurved from 

 costa to vein 4 where it is bent outwards, at vein 2 retracted to lower angle of 

 cell, then again excurved ; terminal area suffused with brown narrowing to 

 tornus. Hindwing with oblique discoidal striga ; postmedial line bent outwards 

 and oblique between veins 5 and 2, then retracted to below angle of cell and 

 oblique to tornus ; terminal area suffused with brown, narrowing to tornus; cilia 

 white with a fine dark line at base. 



Habitat.— Assam, Khasis ; Sumatra. Exp. 30 mill. 



5004«. Lyoropia shevaroyalis, n. sp. (Plate E., f. 46.) 



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