( 297 ) 



?. Not dissected. Di'e|ier in tint than <?, black mavkinajs more prominent. 

 Hab. Central, Eastern, and North China ; Japan. 



In the Tring Museum 4 c?'^ from Kiusliiu, ami (iifu (Y. .Nawa), and between 

 Shanghai and Kinkiang. 



2.VJ. Parum porphyria. 



*Dtijiliiiux(i porjihtjiiK Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 640 (1877) (Darjiling ; — coll. Atkinson, now 

 coll. Staudinger) ; Moore, Dfscr. Lep. Ath. p. 7 (1879); Cot. & Swinh., Cal. Mutlix Iml. i. 

 p. 27. n. 152 (1887) (Darjiling) ; Kirby, Cut. Lep. Ifet. i. p. 704. n. 4 (18St2) ; Hamps., in Blanf., 

 Fauna Brit. Iml, .MutJi^ i. p. 73. n. 98. fig. 44 (cJ) (181)2) (Sikbim) ; Dud;., ./»»™. Bwnbtni 

 y. H. Soc. xi. p. 407. D. 98 (1898) (Sikbim, 1800 ft., Balasua valley, at light). 



S ?. Head with high broad crest of scales. Antenna thinner tliau in c(ill/\(/i//(i, 

 paljius larger. Pilifer prolonged, resembling a tooth-brush (PI. LXII. f. A). 

 Retinatnlum and frenulum normal. Proximal pair of spurs absent from hindtibia. 

 Abdominal tergites with the underscales mostly long spiniform, but very weak, 

 spines at the edges also prolonged, not strong, scarcely different from pointed 

 scales. Tenth abdominal tergite long, slender, triangular, gradually narrowing to 

 a point and curving downwards (PI. XXIV. f. 12) ; sternite similar to that of 

 colUgata, but without granules. Clasper as in eolligata ; harpe pointed distad, 

 slightly curved mesiad, surface somewhat concave, edge irregularly sinuate 

 (PI. XXXIII. f. 11). Penis-sheath (PI. XXX. f. 47) with tlic apical edge bent 

 proximad and produced into a denticulated lobe on one side. 



? . Eighth abdominal tergite mesially less strongly chitinised than at tlie sides. 

 Vaginal plate without special armature, lateral edges of orifice somewhat raised 

 (PI. XVII. f. 4). 



Hab. North India : Sikhim. 



In the Tring Museum 1 c?, 2 ? ? from Sikhim (Maudelli), ex coll. Felder. 



LXXV. CYPA.— Typus: decolor. 



Smei-inthus, Walker (non Latreille, 1802), Li.^l L'/i. fns. D. M. viii. p. 25.5 (18,50). 

 Cupa id.. I.e. xxxi. p. 41 (18(54). 



S ? . Tongue very short and weak, fringe long, upper surface with tubercles. 

 Pilifer short, with a large brush of scales ; genal process short, broad. Head 

 small, crested : eye small, lashed. Palpus closely appressed to frons, not projecting, 

 small. Antenna with long end-segment, which bears several bristles at and near 

 tip, three preceding segments small, short, rhombiform in side-view ; c? : strongly 

 compressed, ciliae long ; ? : cylindrical, ciliae not prolonged. Abdominal tergites 

 with weak spines at the edges. Tibiae not spinose ; spurs minute (black), two pairs 

 to hindtibia ; pulvillus and paronychium present, this with two slender lobes at 

 each side. Distal margin of forewing irregularly lobed or at least not even ; R- 

 of hindwing below centre of cell ; SC- and W on a long stalk ; D^ and D^ straight, 

 npper angle of cell <.IU', lower angle obtuse ; costal margin of hindwing straight. 

 t!lasper without friction-scales. 



Early stages not known. 



Hab. India. 



One species. 



