512 NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAJE XXIV. 1917. 



. undersized through breeding — has been erronecuslj' described and figured by 

 Hampson {Faun. Ind. Moths iii. 462. f. 208) as delphiaria. 



44. Problepsis paredra spec. nov. 



tJ, 35 mm. Head black, the palpus pale beneath. Antenna darkened ; 

 pectinations rather stout, very little longer than the \\idest diameter of shaft, 

 ■with moderate fascicles of cilia. Collar and thorax white ; abdomen partly 

 infuscated above, remaining white at the ends of the segments. Fore and 

 middle legs partly darkened. 



Foreu'ing white, with costal edge narrowly smoky ; markings siniilar to 

 those of vulgaris Butl., but with the ocellated patch considerably broader (at 



M-R' nearly 3o mm.), the contained black marks behind R' longer. Hind- 



loing with the ocellated patch more swollen posteriorly than in indgaris, and 

 with the contained silvery markings mixed with blackish ; a slight brownish 

 anterior extension of this patch ; the spot at middle of abdominal margin fairly 

 strong. 



Underside with the ocellated patches more strongly marked in dark smcky 

 than in vulgaris. 



Szechuan, 1910 (B. M. Barry). Type in coll. L. B. Prout. 



Apart from the shape of the markings, this species is at once distinguishable 

 from vulgaris by the darker, more shortly pectinate antenna. I should have 

 liked to unite it with encircota Prout (Seitz, Macrolep. iv. 50. t. 7 b), but the 

 pectinations are not quite short enough, the ocellated patch- — though nearly as 

 broad — is not nearly round enough, being somewhat flattencel and even a little 

 concave on its proximal side and with a shght concavity between the radials 

 on its distal side, and is black-edged proximally, as in vulgaris. 



45. Problepsis appollinaria candidior subsp. nov. 



cj ?. Purer white than a. appollinaria Guen. {Spec. Gen. Lip. x. 13), ocellus 

 of forewing more obUquely placed (more produced distally about R' and R-), 

 containing near its distal margin two oblique black marks, the posterior one 

 from R- nearly to R', thicker than the single black mark of a. appollinaria, the 

 anterior one in front of R^ thickening elistally so as to become confluent with 

 the posterior. 



Madura district, South India, March — June 1906 (W. H. Campbell), type <J 

 and another in coll. Tring Museum ; Palni Hills (W. H. Campbell), a $ in coll. 

 L. B. Prout. Also a worn $ from Ladak (Stohczka) from the Felder 

 collection. 



As the cJ hindtarsus scarcely appears quite so short as in appollinaria (about 

 one-fourth tibia, against scarcely over one-fifth), it is possible that this may 

 prove a distinct species. 



46. Scopola aetheomorpha spec. nov. 



(J, 17 mm. Face black. Palpus black, pale beneath. Antennal ciliation 

 long. Crown and antenna, body and legs coloured as wings, the foreleg (except 

 tarsus) darkened on inner side ; hindtibia moderately thick, fringed on upper- 

 side ; tarsus over two-thirds length of tibia. 



Forewing rather broad, costa arched distally, termen with a rather deep 



