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Pingasa venusta ^^l>. no\ . 



Forewings with the central space, which is much constricted, white, dustod 

 especially along the costa and inner margin with ochreous olive scales ; basal area and 

 broad marginal field olive yellow, tinged with cinereous and with delicate transverse 

 dark striae ; the jellow tint being condensed along the veins, which are almost 

 orange; two transverse lines, very distinct, black; the first at one-third slightly 

 curved and nearly vertical, forming a single tooth inwards above the inner margin ; 

 second, before two-thirds, curving inwards, and twice as near the first on inner margin 

 as on costa ; bluntly toothed externally ; subterminal line indicated only by a row of 

 strong teeth ; the space between it and the second line greyer than the space beyond 

 it to the hi-ndmargin, which is clearer yellow, except at anal angle, where there is a 

 greyish patch ; fringes yellowish, with a dark spot at base between tlie denticulations. 

 Hindwings with no white central space, the basal two-thirds being entirely sufi'used 

 with coarse olive and whitish scales ; second line blackish, distinctly denticulate, but 

 not nearly so strongly expressed as in the forewing. Head, face, antennae, thorax, 

 and abdomen concolorous with the yellow ground colour of wings. Underside pure 

 white, the basal area largely and evenly suffused with dull yellow ; a broad black sul> 

 marginal fascia, not touching hindmargin exce])t ojiposite the cell of the forewings ; 

 cell spot of the forewings large, iiTegularly lunular, showing faintly on the upperside ; 

 cell spot of hindwings small, faintlv visilile above. 



Two c? c? from Sikkim, one larger than the other. 



Expanse of wings : 40 to 50 mm. 



Subfamily GEOMETKINAE. 

 lotaphora gen. nov. 

 Forewings ample, elongate ; costa faintly curved ; apex rounded ; hindmargin 

 rather strongly curved ; anal angle rounded off. Hindwings rather long ; hindmargin 

 well rounded, waved ; antennae in c? shortly jiectinate for three-foiu-ths ; in ? thick, 

 simple, minutely subserrulate ; palpi short, hardly reaching in front of face, which is 

 rounded ; tongue present. Neuration normal ; discocellulars both angulated, the lower 

 arm very oblique. 



Type : lotaphora iridicolor Butler (Panaethia). 



Calleremites gen. nov. 



Forewings with costa nearly straight, becoming slightly convex towards apex ; 

 hindmargin evenly and rather oblitjuely curved ; inner margin somewhat convex. 

 Hindwings, with hindmargin well roun<led, the anal angle produced ; inner margin 

 straight; both wings beneath, with the basal area clothed with short fmry scaling ; 

 palpi stout, ascending, ponect ; third joint bent forward, short, and obtuse ; tongue 

 present ; face rounded, slightly protuberant ; antennae {S ) quite simple. Neuration : 

 discocellular of forewings angulated; that of hindwings running throughout obliquely 

 inwards ; cell two-fifths of the length of the wing ; fir.st median nervule at two-thirds, 

 second and third from the lower end of cell ; lower radial of forewings from slightly 

 above the centre of the discocellular; upper radial from top angle of cell; fifth 

 subcostal out of the common stem of the last four at one-third, running into 

 hindmargin some way below apex. In tlie hindwings the costal cmves away from 

 the subcostals, which are shortly stalked. 



Type : C. suhornata .sp. nov. 



