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Proboscis fully developed ; palpi porrect not reaching beyond the frons 



which is somewhat promi- 

 nent ; antennae of male ciliat- 

 ed ; hind tibiae with the medial 

 spurs absent. Forewing with 

 vein 3 from well before angle 

 of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 

 Gymnasura taprobana £ \. 6 from below upper angle ; 



7 # 8'9 stalked ; 7 from beyond 9 ; ltcll free ; male with a small postmedial tuft 

 of scales below costa. Hindwing with vein 3-4 on a long stalk, 5 from angle ; 

 6*7 stalked ; 8 from towards end of cell ; wings thinly scaled. 



In the type species from Australia of which the female only is known vein 

 11 of forewing anastomoses slightly with 12 and veins 3*4 of the hindwing are 

 from the cell. 

 1419a. Gymnasura taprobana, Hmpsn. A.M.X.H. (7) VIII, p. 184 (1901). 

 £. Ochreous ; abdomen whitish above except anal tuft. Forewing with a 

 fuscous sub-basal spot on costa ; an ill-defined antemedial line excurved below 

 costa and not reaching inner margin ; an oblique medial line diffused inwards to 

 the antemedial line at middle and slightly angled inwards in the submedian 

 fold ; two points on discocellulars ; postmedial, subterminal and terminal series 

 of points. Hindwing with the subcostal area tinged with fuscous ; faint traces 

 of a diffused medial line : a discoidal spot ; the termen tinged with fuscous. 

 Habitat.— Ceylon, Matele (Pole). Exp. 18 mill. 



1426c. Asura dasara insert (syn.) Amra unihdata, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) 

 XI, p. 501 (1902). 



1429a. Asura obliquilinea, Swinh. A. M. N. H. (7) VII, p. 467 (1901) 

 (PI. D. f. 19). 



9 . Head and thorax orange yellow ; vertex of head and shoulders with 

 black points ; abdomen greyish dorsally. Forwing orange-yellow ; a black 

 point at base ; an antemedial series of fuscous points, excurvfd below costa, 

 then oblique and with points before it above and below median nervure : a 

 medial line, oblique from costa to above vein 1. then bent outwards; a black 

 discoidal point ; the postmedial line highly and irregularly dentate ; a sub- 

 terminal series of black points, the one on vein 4 nearer termen. Hindwing 

 pale yellow. 



Habitat. — Assam, Jaintia Hills, Exp. 28 mill. 

 1439a. Asura disticha transfer to Stigmatophora. 



Nolin.e. 

 1534ft. Nola bracuystria. n. sp. (PI. D. f. 16.) 



£. Antenna? pectinate. Head and thorax grey mixed with brown ; palpi 

 blackish at sides ; tarsi banded with black ; abdomen brownish grey. Fore- 

 wing grey irrorated with fuscous ; very obscure brownish patches at base and 

 middle of costa ; an indistinct oblique brown antimedial line from cell to 

 inner margin ; au oblique medial line with a black point on it below costa and 



