LAREN'l'lA. By L. 15. l'uufT. 2fi;5 



less far forward. the blackisli (lots betweon tliis ;ui(l tlio hhit'-w liitisli Icrminal ono scarr-elv over develoiK'd. 

 iSzeclmaii aiid the adjacciit ])art of Tilnn. 



0. leucocypta Ihups. (-de). Murh smaller tlian du plicitii. nai rnwer-winfied. tlio dark inarkings less /<•»,■<»•(//,/<(. 

 intense, the double band fused iiito a single large pateh. wliich is cxtcndcd to iiear the l)ase (but ill-defined 

 proximally), the divided white liiie outside tlie postiiiedian nairowcd; celldot siiiall. ringod with white. Ciidda- 

 pah : Horsleykhonda. 35()t» feet. tlie type j unii|ue. 



0. fissiferata Walk. (== intenuixta Walt.) (2t'> 1') is tiie only kiiown South liidiau specie.'^ uitii tlie uii- /i.Wcm/«. 

 niistakable OiihoJiihn habitns. Palpus rough beneath. Pectiuatious nioderate. W'iiig.s glos.sy. pnstiiiediau of 

 forewiug shaped nearly as in sonie ot'the xhnilaria group. sinus at th(> iadi;ds not very deep. apical dash and ])!'()- 

 xinial-subtcnninal shade develoj)ed. Botli w ings beneath with celldot and indistinct postmedian. Nilgiris. scarce. 



B. cJ an t e n n a s i ni ]) 1 e o r c; i 1 i a t e. 



0. propinguata KoU. (Suppl.-Vol. 4, pl. 7 i) may be regarded as the ty))e of a veiy natural group. or propiiuiutilti. 

 jiciiiaps genns, consisting of liroad-l)anded, genei'ally rather dai'k spi'cies witli not very elongate eü.sta of hind- 

 wing, distal area of forewing weakly niarked. but very generally witli very eharaoteristie apieal markings con- 

 sisting of a short dash or triangle folhiwcd (soniewhat more jiroximally) beiiind the r)th subcostal by a .second 

 one. which is occasionally. thoiigii seldoni. confluent with the apical. 'iVpical propingiintd was described Crom 

 Masini and reaches Kashmir and Kuniaon. epigrypa vuhsp. iior. (:i(> f). .\pex of ibrewing appreeiably more cpir/ri/p^'- 



fixlcate, the charaeteristic ajiical dark niarks obsolete; on the «hole tlie median band is less dark. but this varics. 

 Sikkim. the type froni Darjiling in the Tring Museum. Perhap.^ this and some at least of the other "subspeeies" 

 {see Suppl.-Vol. 4. p. 79) should rank as species. — superlata Pruiit ( euchora H'cv/) (2(> f). Known at once siipfrlnlii. 

 by its larger size and relatively broade:; wings: definitely browner (less dark). the postmedian line on an average 

 with less strong central projeetion: apex intermediate in sha]ie between the two preeeding. the - black marks 

 developsd. Luzun. 



0. corioidea Bastclh. (20 f). In colour nearest stipprlata. apex more fah^ate. the two black marks «anting; mriiudcd. 

 distinguisliable at a glanee from all tiie propitti/iidla forms by the straight ])ostmedian line of the forewing. 

 Formosa. 



0. dicaea Front (Suppl.-Vol. 4. ])l.Sa) also has the postmedian straight or almost straight. l)nt rlinini. 

 the cüloration and wing-shape of p. pro piiiij natu (or ])erhaps the forewing slightly broader still), the black marks 

 in the apex developed. Szechuan. 



0. exacra Wehrli (Suppl.-Vol. 4. pl. 8 a) differs from dicaea in that the distal edge of the median band crarra. 

 forms an outward angulation in the middle and that the distal area of the Ibrewing is white in its proximal 

 part, grey-brownish in its distal. Szechuan: Kunkala-shan; also a series from Tupakö. near Mupin. 7400 feet 

 (H. Stevens). 



0. extrastrenua Wehrli (Suppl.-Vol. 4. pl. 8 a) ditfers from botli the jueceding in the mucli narrower tj-iraslrnina. 

 distal area of the forewing. In colouring it nearly approaches exacra. of whic'li it may be a local uHKÜfication. 

 but the postmedian line is only weakly curved outward, not angled. Foundctl on .'5 jj fi-om Tse-ku. 



0. euthygramma Wehrli (Su])])l.-Vol. 4. pl. 8 a) is very like on diminutive corioidea. notably on tho cutliyrirum- 

 straiglit postmedian line of the forewing. Face with a projecting cones of scales; palpus a little longer than '""• 



in most of the group. Distributcd in ('hina. Shanghai to Szechuan. 



0. latifusata Walk. {= latifuscata Walk, index, naemata Feld.) (2() g J . $). Walker"s type from "Hindo- /»/(/».w/«. 

 stan" and Feedeks from Narkundah are both 5 and this sex. in the name-typical race from the N. W. Hima- 

 layas, ia ut once recognizable by the sharply white distal area. There is. however, very pronounced sexual 

 dimorphism in this race and the ö 'las nearly the coloration oi propin(jHat<i . The nu^dian band has not. however. 

 the conspicuous blackening in its distal part. its central prong outward is a little more prominent and the white 

 line beyond ia double from the costa to the prong. Both sexes. however, sliow an important venational 

 distinction which — if supported by biological characters — should justify its rcmoval i'vom Ortholitha: h i n d - 

 w i n g with d i s e o c e 11 u 1 a r s m a r k e tl 1 y b i a n g u 1 a t e. indecisa Front (Sup])l.-Vol. 4. p. 79). indcci.fd. 

 from Szechuan. has the distal area in the $ less clean white (more tinged with brownish). the prong of the post- 

 median in both aexes considerably less strong. the white line beyond it single. Thus it more nearly a])]iroaches 

 some forms oi propinguata or even exacra. but the discocellulars (though somewhat less extreme) place it with 

 latifusata. $ commonly very large. 



12. Genus: l^nroiiti» 7V. 



(!Sce Vul. l. \). l.'iT; Vol. ll!, p. S.S. i 



Typitied bv the Palaearctic chtraria Hau-., which. so far as I know. Stands somewhat i.solated. this 

 genus has been again extended so as to receive a few other Palaearctic. several African and numerous Indo- 



