( IL'l ) 



Kxiianse of wings : d , 24 nun. : ? , 28 mm. 



Both sexes from the Khasias. 



In one ? the submarginal line of foie\ving.s is distinct, wavy throughout, with 

 (he marginal area beyond it clouded with grey and the marginal line grey; and the 

 hindwing is greyish, with a darker spot at anal angle. 



Subfamily TEPH ROCI.YSTINAE. 



Aetheolepis gen. nov. 



(?. Foreiiniigs : exaggerated, very broad ; costa curved throughout ; ajjox rounded ; 

 hindmai'gin obliquely curved, inner miu-gin straight ; both equal in length. 



Hindwi'iu/s : very small, triangular ; co.<ta arched ; apex strongly rounded ; anal 

 angle rounded, but somewhat i)roduced. 



Forewings clothed with ordinary scales ; hindwings with their base covered with 

 dense papillae ; the central area iride.scent and very finely scaled ; the marginal area 

 clothed witii a mealy efflorescence; no fringe except at anal angle on inner margin. 

 Underside of forewings iridescent on inner half; in the hindwings the whole area 

 except just abo\e the costal vein is clothed with dense overlapping broad square- 

 tipped scales. Palpi fairly long, porrect, rostriform. Antennae simple. 



Neuration of forewings like Chlorodystis, and probably of the hindwings also. 

 Hind tibiae with four .spurs, the median pair very short and near to the end [lair. 



Type : Arlheolepis papulosa sp. nov. 



59. Aetheolepis papillosa sp. nov. 



Foveicinijs : pale green, crusseJ by numerous irregularly wavy fuscous lines; 

 several near base form a darker basal ai-ea ; two from about the middle of co.sta are 

 curved outward round the discal line and form tlie edge of the usual central fascia, 

 while two or three more dose together form a confused subterminal line; a darker 

 shade at anal angle; all the lines thicker and darker on inner margin: fringe 

 gi-eenish. 



IIiii(hi'ini/K : with I 111' pajiillae at base grev-green, the efflorescence along the 

 bindniavgin dull reddish brown. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen greenish. Underside of forewings pinkish cinereous, 

 the inner half pearly ; .scales of hindwings dull brownish. 



Plxpanse of wings : HO mm. 



A few from the Khasias. 



(>u. Chlorodystis nigroviridata sp. nov. 



Foreivings : bright green ; basal patch black ; central fascia with the inner edge 

 broadly curved from costa to middle, thence straight, its outer edge with a conical 

 projection below the upper radial, a blunt elbow on third median, thence running 

 oblique inwards and waved; the whole of the middle of the fascia is overrun by the 

 green ground-colour, so that it appears to consist of two irregular black fasciae, of 

 which the outer isobsolete in its lower half except for the black waved outline ; l)o;h 

 inner and outer margins are finely edged with white ; submarginal line represented 

 by a black costal blotch and two small black spots below it, the rest of the line being 

 faintly white ; fringe rufous grey, chequered with dark grey, and with traces of a 

 dark basal line. 



