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VLl. JUlOi'ALUraYCJlE.— Typus: lycteri.i. 



Miifi-Di/lusKd, Kollar (iioii Ochsenheimer, 1810), in Hugel, Knschmir iv. 2. \t. 4.')8 (1K44). 

 RliiipidoiiKyche Butler, Pror. ZmA. Sor. Loud. p. 23'.t (1875) (type: nyrterh). 



c??. Antenna very thin at base, strongly clubbed, proximal segments scaled 

 also ventrally, no prolonged ciliae in either sex, the antenna of S being like those 

 of ? , only longer and rather more strongly clubbed. 



I lab. India and China. 



( 'losely allied to Macrofilos.-niin. 



Two species. 



'>17. Rhopalopsyche nycteris. 



Macro'jlomi ni/rkris Kollar, iu Hiigul, Kaxchiulr iv. 2. p. 458. t. I'J. f. 5 (I.S44) ; BoiscL, Sper. Gen. 



Lrj). HH. i. p. 342. n. 16 (1875) (Silhet ; Darjiling ; Kashmir ■,= i-olurris). 

 *J/rtfmj//o.s«« mlncris Walker, Lis! Lep. Ins. li. M. viii. p. 94. n. 16 (1856) (Silhet; N. India ; — 



Mus. Brit.). 

 Rlnj/)(iliij)si/rlii' Hi/cliT/s, Butler, Tnins. /Coul. Soc. Loml. \x. p. .523. n. 2 (1877) (Silhet; N. India; 



Barrackpore) ; id., Pi-oc Zoul. Sm: Luiul. p. 378. n. 1)2 (1886) (Murvee ; viii. i.\., common ; 



Campbellpore, .xi.) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Moths Ind. i. p. 2. n. 8 (1887) (Sikhim ; Khasia Hills ; 



Shillong ; Kulu ; etc.) ; Swinh., Cat. Lep. Jlel. Mus. 0.e. i. p. 2. n. 8 (18'.I2) (Silhet) ; Hamps., 



in Blanf., Fmina Brit. Inih, Muths i. p. 111. n. 177. fig. 06 {^) (18'.»2) (Himalayas ; Khasis ; 



Burma) ; Kirby, Cat. Up. Het. i. p. 634. n. 2 (18'.l2) (N. India) ; Leech, Tnnis. Ent. .Soc. Loud. 



p. 2111. n. 75 (1898) (W. China, July) ; Dudg., ./ourn. Bomhaij X. H. Snr. xi. p. 417. n. 177 



(1808) (Sikhim ; Bhutan, 5000—10,000 ft., v. vii.). 



(S ?. Abdominal side-patches and band of hindwing maize-yellow. 



cJ. Tenth abdominal tergite slender, pointed, of the same general form as in 

 Macroglossiim ; sternite rounded at end. Clasper without friction-scales ; harpe 

 slender, pointed, somewhat grooved longitudinally on the upperside. Penis-sheath 

 witli a very long pointed process, curving at least half round the sheath ; base of 

 process jirojecting, with few teeth, proximal and distal edges of process denticulate; 

 internal rods obtuse at end, the longer one clubbed, denticulate at one edge. 



Hab. N.W. and N. India; Burma; China. 



In the Tring Museum 17 <SS, IT ?? from: Kulu; Sabathu ; Allahabad; 

 Sikhim ; Khasia Hills ; Buxa, Bhutan ; Ta-tsien-lu, China ; Loo Choo Is. 



til^. Rhopalopsyche bifasciata. 



*l;l,ni„dupsyrhr bifiiscMla Butler, I'mc. Zuul. Snr. Land. p. 231). n. 3. t. 36. f. 4 (1.S75) (S. India ;— 

 Mus. Brit.) ;"id.. Trans. Ztml. So,: Lund. i.x. p. 523. n. 1 (1877) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Moths 

 Ind. I. p. 2. n. 7 (1887) (S. India) ; Hanjps., lUuslr. Typ. SpecUn. Lep. Het. B. M. viii. p. 1 

 (18111) (Nilgiris, 6000-7(100 ft., i. ii. vi.) ; id., in Blanf., Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths i. p. 112. n. 

 178 (1892) (Nilgiris) ; Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 634. n. 1 (1892) (S. India). 



S ? . Abdominal side-patches and band of hindwing deep chrome ; underside of 

 wings ferruginous tawny. 



Hab. Ceylon and South India. 



In the Tring Museum S cJc?, 1 ? from Ceylon and Sonth India. 



Perhaps not specifically distinct from nycteris. 



