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This species differs from nigribasalis in the green suffusion on the 

 hasal two-thirds of the forewing, the position of the pale hand on the 

 same wing, and the ahsence of any markings on the hindwing. The 

 white undersurface of the abdomen and the blue lnnnles on the under- 

 surface of the hindwing are also distinctive marks. 



Habitat. — Daunat Range, Tenasserim (Hauxwell). Exp. 36 mill. 

 Type — In coll., Dudgeon. 



ACANTHOPSYCHE (METJSA) THEIVORA, 11. sp. 



Characteristics. — Fore tibia with a spine : veins lb. and lc. of the 

 forewing anastomosing. Out of four examples in the Indian Museum 

 collection two have a veinlet from beyond the juncture of veins la and 

 lb. towards the inner margin and two are without a trace of this veinlet : 

 veinlets in the cells of both wings with long forks : a bar between 

 veins 7 and 8 of the hindwing. 



$. Head, thorax, abdomen and both wings uniform fuscous. 

 Larval case composed of fragments and whole leaves attached to a 

 rather soft case. The food plant is said to be tea. 



Habitat. — Sikhim. Exp. 30-33 mill. Type — Tn the Indian Museum 

 collection. 



This species has been identified in the Indian Museum collection , 



one specimen said to be by Sir Geo. Hampson, 

 as Amatissa consorta, Tempi., but this is a pal- 

 pable error as both in form and neuration it is 

 widely distinct from that species. The neura- 

 tion best corresponds to lhat of the subgenus 

 Metisa of Acanthapsyche, but it will be seen 

 from the above description that it is not quite 

 normal. Both wings have vein 6 present and 



Acanthopsyche (Metisa) thei- ° 



vom. Dudgeon. 4 and 5 from a point. 



The absence or presence of a single veinlet from lb. towards the 

 inner margin in the forewing appears to be a character of not even 

 specific value. 



Owing to the wrong identification of most of the insects of this 

 family in the Indian Museum collection, considerable confusion has 

 been caused in publications referring to them as agricultural pests. 

 Names seem to have been attached to specimens utterly regardless of 

 whether they were even genericaUy correct. Incredible as it may 

 seem, one describer has given a name' to an insect of which only the 



