NOVITATES ZOOLOOICAB XXVI. 1919. 115 



Gen. Neotinthia nov. 



Type, N. semihyalina. 



Proboscis fully developed ; palpi obliquely upturned to about middle of 

 frons, rather broadly scaled in front towards base ; frons smooth ; eyes ellipti- 

 cal ; antennae of male with long ciUa, tapering to extremity and not ending in 

 a tuft of hair ; thorax and abdomen smoothly scaled, the anal tuft with large 

 lateral tufts of scales ; fore legs with the coxae clothed with long spatulate 

 scales, the tibiae \vith spinous hair at extremity, the tarsi fringed with scales 

 above, (mid legs wanting), the hind legs with spinous hair at sides of tibiae at 

 middle and extremity, and tufts of long spatulate scales above at middle and 

 extremity, the tarsi with large tuft of scales on 1st joint above and fringe of 

 scales on the other joints. Forewing narrow, the apes rounded ; veins 2 and 3 

 coincident ; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 from the cell and well separated except 7, 8, 9 

 which are from a point. Hindwing with veins 2 and 3 almost from a point ; 4 

 absent ; 5 from angle of cell ; 6 and 7 from upper angle ; 8 concealed in a fold. 



t Neotinthia semihyalina n. sp. 



(J. Head, thorax, and abdomen black -brown, the anal tuft orange-yellow, 

 the palpi white in front, the neck with white behind the eyes ; fore tibiae and 

 tarsi with some rufous, the hind tibiae with the spinous hair rufous, the tuft 

 of scales on 1st joint of tarsi yellow. Forewing hyahne, the veins and margins 

 black -brown, the costal area black -brown, the discoidal bar strong ; some 

 cupreous in, below, and just beyond the cell. Hindwing hyaline, the veins and 

 margins narrowly black -brown. 



Burma, Ahsoon Hamdrow (Bingham), 1 3 type. Exp. 20 mill. 



Gen. Tinthia. 



Type. 



Tinthia Wlk., xxxi. 23 (1864) mripes 



Soronia Moore, A.M.N.H. (4) xt. p. 83 (1877) nee Ericha. Col. 1845 . . . cuprealis 



Geratocorema Hmpsn. Moths Ind. i. p. 200 (1893) postcristata 



(1) * Tinthia postcristata. 

 t CeraiocoreTna postcristatum Hmpsn., Moths Ind. i. p. 200, fig. (1893). 

 Ganjam ; Bombay. 



(2) Tinthia ruficollaris. 



t Pamnthrene ruficollaris Pag., Zoologica, xxix. p. 21. pi. iv. f. 26 (1900). 



Bismarck Arch., New Britain ; D'Butrecasteanz Is. Egum I. in Coll. 

 Rothschild. 



(3) t Tinthia xanthospila n. sp. 

 <J. Head and thorax black-brown with a slight greenish gloss, the palpi, 

 back of head, a ring round neck, tegulae and shoulders orange-yellow ; abdomen 

 with the basal segment orange-yellow (the other segments wanting) ; pectus 

 blue-black ; fore and mid legs orange-yellow with some blue-black on femora 

 and tibiae above, the mid tarsi with the 1st joint blue-black with the extremity 

 orange-yellow, the hind legs with the coxae yellow, the femora blackish above, 

 whitish below, the tibiae orange-yellow, blue-black at extremity, the tarsi blue- 

 black with the spinous hair yellow. Forewing black with a greenish gloss ; 



