242 BOARMIID^. 



Genus ALCIS. 



Aids, Curtis, Brit. Ent. iii. fol. 113 (1825) ; id. Guide, p. 157 (18.29); Stephens, Catal. B. Ins. ii. 



p. 124; id. Illust. Haust. iii. p. 184 (1831). 

 Deileptenia (part), Hiibn. Verz. p. 316. 

 Boarmia (part), Treit. 



Male. Fore wing elongate, triangular ; exterior margin uneven ; cell fully half the 

 length ; first subcostal at one eighth, second and third contiguous, third trifid, sixth from 

 end of cell ; discocellular concave, outwardly oblique, radial from middle ; the middle 

 median near end of cell, lower at two fifths : hind wing rather long, apex very convex, 

 exterior margin scalloped ; cell more than half; first subcostal near end; discocellular bent 

 in the middle ; the middle median near end of cell, lower at one third. Body long, extend- 

 ing beyond hind wings, slender ; antennge long, broadly bi])ectinated to near tip, the branches 

 finely ciliated ; palpi ascending to vertex, clothed with long lax hairy scales in front, third 

 joint very short, thick, obtusely conical ; legs long, squamous ; fore tarsi very long ; hind 

 tibise very long, stout, sheathing a basal tuft of fine long hairs beneath, hind tarsi less than 

 half its length ; tibial spurs short. 



Type A. repandaria. 



Alois vagans, n. sp. (Plate VIII. fig. IG.) 



Pale ochreous-browu, partly olivaceous-whitish about the disk ; numerously covered 

 with slender brown transverse strigae : fore wing crossed by an antemedial darker brown 

 duplex zigzag line, and a similar pale-centred recurved denticulated postniedial line, beyond 

 which is a pale zigzug submarginal line, and a marginal row of black points ; a pale-centred 

 oval spot at end of cell : hind w'ing whitish along the costa ; an ill-defined darker brown 

 lunular spot at end of cell, discal pale-bordered denticulated line, submarginal white zigzag 

 line, and blackish marginal points. Body brown-speckled ; front of head, palpi, and bands 

 on fore legs dark brown. Underside whitish, marked with brown strigaj ; a darker brown 

 submarginal band, with whitish marginal patches on the fore wing. 



Expanse 2^ inches. 



Hah. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



Alcis sikkima, n. sp. 



Male. Olivaceous umber-brown. Wings very sparsely flecked with short slender 

 transverse strigae : fore wing crossed by an inwardly-oblique waved duplex diffused blackish 

 antemedial line, and a duplex postniedial sinuous pale-centred line, beyond which is an 

 incomplete pale-bordered sinuous fascia and marginal lunular line ; between the two lines 

 is a recurved line encompassing a large oval spot at end of cell : hind wing with a blackish- 

 speckled inner line, a lunule at end of cell, a whitish lunular-bordered sinuous discal line, 

 incomplete pale-bordered submarginal sinuous fascia, and marginal black lunular line. 

 Thorax with black bands ; palpi at the side and legs with black bands. 



Expanse 2f inches. 



Ilab. Darjiling. In coll. Dr. Staudinger. 



