INDIAN MJCR0-LEP1D0PTERA. 637 



Vein 9 of forewings is sometimes stalked with 7 ; this character occurs 

 exceptionally in callidora, but is normal in some of the following species. In 

 hindwings 6 and 7 are sometimes approximated only. 



JEolanthes dicrcea, n. sp. 



ft. 20-22 mm. Head and thorax whitish-yellowish mixed with ferruginous- 

 ochreous. Palpi yellow-whitish, second joint except apex, and a median band 

 of terminal joint ferruginous-yellow irrorated with dark fuscous. Antennae and 

 abdomen whitish-ochreous. Forewings suboblong, costa anteriorly moderately, 

 posteriorly slightly arched, roughened with projecting scales before middle, 

 apex obtuse, termen slightly rounded, rather oblique ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; 

 white, towards costa irregularly suffused with pale yellowish ; basal third of 

 costa ferruginous-yellow ; a ferruginous subcostal dash before middle ; an 

 elongate patch of yellow suffusion in middle of disc ; a reddish-brown dorsal 

 patch extending from base to near tornus, and reaching nearly half across wing, 

 containing a triangular dark reddish-brown dorsal spot at f , partially whitish- 

 edged ; a ferruginous-yellow suffusion along posterior half of costa, with a 

 black mark beneath it near apex ; veins 5 and 6 marked with reddish-brown 

 lines becoming blackish posteriorly, vein 4 less distinctly lined with brownish ; 

 between veins 5-7 two light ferruginous-brown streaks, sometimes partially 

 yellowish-suffused, between 4 and 5 a yellowish streak, and on tornus a deep 

 yellow elongate patch ; a fine blackish line along termen : cilia whitish-yellow- 

 ish, on costa yellow-ferruginous. Hindwings grey, apex sometimes suffused 

 with whitish-yellowish ; cilia whitish-yellowish, suffused with light grey except 

 round apex. 



Khasis, in November and April , two specimens. 



sEolanlhes siplionias, n. sp. 



ft $ . 22-29 mm. Head and thorax pale ochreous mixed with brownish, 

 face whitish. Palpi whitish, second joint except apex, and a median band of 

 terminal joint yellowish, irrorated witb ferruginous-brown. Antennas 'whitish- 

 ochreous. Abdomen whitish-yellowish, in 9 greyish-suffused. Forewings 

 formed as in dicrcea ; 8 and 9 out of 7 ; whitish ; a fine oblique ferruginous 

 line from | of costa to upper margin of cell ; a ferruginous line beneath 

 posterior half of costa ; posterior margin of cell and veins 3-9 marked with 

 fine ferruginous-brown lines ; a ferruginous-brown patch along dorsum from 

 base, terminating in a triangular spot before tornus, of which first half is dark 

 ferruginous-brown edged anteriorly with whitish and posteriorly with black 

 second half dark fuscous ; a fine blackish terminal "line : cilia yellow- 

 whitish, sometimes with one or two faint ferruginous lines. Hindwings in ft 

 pale ochreous-yellowish, dorsal half suffused with pale greyish, in $ light 

 grey ; cilia yellow-whitish, in ft greyish -tinged. 



Simla, in July ; nine specimens. A ft from Koni, Burma, in October 

 (Manders), has base of forewings tinged with bright ferruginous, disc yellowish- 

 tinged, subcostal ferruginous line obsolete, posterior margin of cell marked with 

 a curved dark ferruginous mark enclosing a fine white lunule, and followed by an 

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