THE MOTHS OF INDIA. 703 



Habitat. — Khasis. Exp. $ 20, $ 24 mm. 



P. 222. Genus Margarochroma. 



Margarochroma, Warr., A.*M. N. H (6), xviii, p. 164 (18y6j. 



Type. — M. pictalis, Warr. 



Range. — A ssam. 



Palpi porrect, extending about one-and-a-half times length of head, 

 the 2nd joint fringed with hair below, the ord well developed, naked and 

 bent downward; maxillary pal])i filiform, frons with a conical prominence, 

 antennae of male ciliated : tibioe with the outer spurs about two- 

 thirds length of inner. Forewing with veins 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell ; 

 7 shortly approximated to 8, 9, 10 near base. Hindvving with veins 

 3, 4, 5 from angle of cell, which is about half the length of wing ; 6, 7 

 from upper angle, 7 anastomosing with 8. 



4702a. Margarochroma pictalis, Warr., A. M. N. H. (6), xviii, 

 p. 165. 



$ . Pale silky straw-colour ; palpi and sides of frons black ; abdomen 



with paired black basal spots, the anal 

 tuft jet-black. Forewing with the basal 



^ area brownish towards the obliquely sin- 



1>C ous an temedial dark line, the area beyond 



,^ , / ,. ^ 1 it grey-brown in the form of a triangle 



Margarochroma pidaks Of.,., , ,. 



with its apex on costa and extending to 



outer angle ; a dark-edged orbicular spot in cell and a black lunule on 

 discocellulars ; a black spot on middle of inner margin ; a fine dark 

 postmedial line curved froui costa to vein 2, then strongly dentate, with 

 traces of another line beyond it. Hindwing with the basal area suf- 

 fused with grey, the disk with ferruginous, and with an orange spot 

 beyond lower angle of cell ; traces of a sinuous submarginal line. 



Habitat. — Khasis. Exp. 22 mm. 



4719a. Luma ornatalis, Leech, Entom., xxii, p. 71, pi. 4, f. 12. 



$. Pure white ; a black spot on anal tuft. Forewing with black 

 spot at liase of costa ; a straight slightly oblique antemedial black line ; 

 a prominent discocellular spot, and spot below origin of vein 2; both 

 wings with slightly curved postmedial line and fine submarginal and 

 marginal lines. Hindwing with discocellular spot produced towards 

 inner margin as a short line. 



Habitat. — China, Khasis. Exp. 20 mm. 



