C :i!)(i ) 



4>. Simotricha con versa sp. uov. 



Like S. lucinela Bntler, but tlie liiiuhviiigs (if the c? above have the space front 

 near costa to snbmediaii fold for two-thirds of the length of the wing clothed with 

 smooth appressed blackisli scales ; the underside of the forewiugs bearing a corre- 

 sponding bed of deep brown scales, extending from middle of cell to snbmedian vein, 

 limited outwardly by the outer edge of the central fascia. 



Expanse of wings : 10 mm. 



One S from the Khasias, July 1896. 



SuBFAMttY DEILINIINAE. 

 4it. Eugnesia intensa >p. nov. 



Forewings : yellow, blotched and striated with orange-red, but so overspread 

 with smoky brown and tawny that only a subcostal patch from base to end of cell, 

 the subcostal edge of second line, and the extreme himlmargin arc left lighter: costa 

 dark metallic grey-brown, with fine yellowish and dark striae : tlie three ordinary 

 lines are visible, more clearly towards costa, by tho denticnlations being filled up 

 with deeper black-brown; cell-spot small, black: fringe mottled yellow and brown- 

 black, with a distinct black basal line. 



Hindicimis : wholly brown-black, except the edge of the second line, whicii 

 below costa forms a single yellow lunnlar blotch : some obscure fulvous jiatches 

 along the extreme hindmargin; fringe as in forewings. 



Underside washed with dull fnlvons: both wings with a broad smoky fnscons- 

 marginal fascia, preceded by a slightly jialer yellowish shade. Face and vertex 

 yellow : palpi tawny : collar and shoulders metallic grey-brown; thorax yellow; 

 abdomen black-brown, with anal segment and small dorsal spots ochreous. 



Expanse of wings : 42 mm. 



One c? from S. Celebes, August and September 1801 (W. Doherty). 



50. Syntaracta limitata sji. no v. 



Forewings: straw-colour, speckled with ferruginous: costal area above sub- 

 costal vein dark grey-brown, with fuscous striae, the extreme edge paler; first line 

 at one-third, oblir^ne and interrupted, dull ferruginous; outer line at three-fourths, 

 fuscous brown, oliliijne and slightly angled on the median, its outer edge subdentate 

 on the veins; snbmarginal line rusty brown, interrupted, witli a brown blotch beyond 

 it at vein 6; the area between veins 3 and 4 brown throughout; marginal line thick, 

 dark brown; fringe straw-colour, chequered with brown at the ends of the veins; 

 cell-sjiot lilack -brown. 



llindiringii : similar, with a brown-black mark close to base. 



Underside duller; the markings thicker and greyer. Face and palpi ferruginous; 

 thorax and abdomen like wings. 



Expanse of wings : 34 mm. 



One i from Omei Shan, W. China, 18U2. 



SuiUAMii.v Al'.HAXINAE. 

 •I I. Abraxas semitmrpis sp. uov. 

 Forewings: white, but the ground-colour is almost entirely obscured by a 

 snft'nsion of brown-grey, caused by the usual spots and blotches becoming blurred 



