■21-1 ANTICLEA: MESOLEUCA; TRICHOPLITES. By L. B. Prout. 



(intickala. G. ('!) anticleata Moore is still niore aberrant in structure, thoiigh soiiiewhat like a laige suhfalcata in 



markiiigs: but until I have seen inore specimens. and ])articularly the ,^, I do not feel inclined to create a genus 

 for it. Both wings witli the teiinen cienulate, forewing with the excision even more pronouneed than in stib- 

 fidcata; a r e o 1 e simple: hindwing with the 3rd discocelhdar strongly oblique, but without an appreciable 

 angle at the origin of the 2nd radial. Palpus characteristically Gonanticlea. at least 2i'^. "Forewing with ,sul)- 

 basal. double anteniedial and medial slightly waved lines. the la.st become treble below [behind] vein 4; a post- 

 medial line from the costa to vein 4. Hindwing unmarked exeept for a dark marginal line" (Hampson, who 

 — deceived by Moore's describing it a.s an Endropial — apparently did not examine the structure and morely 

 transferred it, together with "Endropia" hasipuncta Moore, to Leptomiza). We hope to obtain, for one of our 

 .supplementary plates. a figure of the unique type, a Darjiling $. 



19. Genus: Aiiticiea Stejjh. 



This genus — or generic name, type species derivata Schiff. — has been scarcely at all recognized by 

 recent systematists, though Pierce revived it, on account of some differences (in the genitalia) from Earophila 

 (type badiata Schiff.), with which it has mueh in common; both belong to the "calcar^'-bearing grouj) of genera, 

 but not to the Xanfhorhoe division, which bears coremata on the 7th segment. From Earophila it differs in the 

 non-crenulate hindwing, but this is rarely of generic importance. Face rounded, without tuft. Palpus rather 

 short. Antenna simple. Hindwing elongate. with discocellular.s biangulate. In Vol. 4 (p. 243) I left it with 

 the comprehensive Coenotephria, which should have involved supplanting my name by Stephen.s's, but it 

 seems somewhat isolated (see Suppl.-Vol. 4. p. 144). Its occnrrence in the Indo-Australian Region is quite problem- 

 atical. 

 canaliculata A. canaüculata Warr. (27 d). De.scribed in this genus but of quite uncertain affinities and as Hampson 's 



transference to Dysstroma. is inacceptable I quote it here. Face, antenna, venation, etc., as in the genotype, 

 palpus rather less short, scaling less glossy. iSikkim, very rare. I figure a large o form Vrianatong. Tibet. 



20. Genus: Mesoleuca //6w. 



(See Vol. i, p. 25:3.) 



Another small group for which it is not easy to give a rigid taxonomic differentiation. Evidently related 

 to Anticlea, agreeing in most restpects, but with denser scaling, hindwing not elongate, discocellulars less bi- 

 angulate, i. e. the 2nd radial originating considerably nearer to the cell-fold. (renotype: albiciUata L. In its 

 most restricted sense it is purely Holarctic. but if it embraces also mandschnricata Brem. the two species dealt 

 with below must lokewdse be referred here. 



hunuciilaria. M. bimaculana Leech (Vol. 4. pl. 7 f). Evidently related to mandschuricata (Vol. 4. pl. 10 b). similar in 



shape, dark basal and midcostal blotches and form of the white subterminal line, but larger, predominantly 

 brown instead of whitish. W. China, the type from Ta-tsien-lu. 



cosilimnn,!- M. costipatinan'a Moore {21 d). Still nearer to mandschnricata, agrrecing in size, or smaller, but with 



''"'• the brown colouring of biniacularia, which may be a giant form of it. Distal margins, especially of hindwing, 

 somewdiat more sinuous than in mandschuricata; basal patch not or scarcely indented ; outer white line slender. 

 very near termen; median band scarcely defined. Sikkim (type). W. China and Formosa. 



21. Genus: Trielioplites Warr. 



(See Suppl.-Vol. 1. p. 158.) 



Face nearly smooth, rounded. Palpus short or quite moderate. Antenna simple. Forewing with areole 

 double ; in the ^ on the imderside with a ridge of hair or uniformly appressed-haired ; in the q 9 also, so far as 

 known, mixed with hair beneath. Hindwing with discocellulars biangulate or simjjle. A small genus, belonging 

 almost exclusively to the N. E. Himalayas and the mountains of W. China, (lenotype; ciipirenria Moore. 



A. Section : Forewing o f ,^ beneath w i t h o u t d e f i n i t e r i d g e o f h a i r. 



lalcrilidfd. T. lateritiata Moore (= cupreiformis Hmps., M. S.) (27 d). Moore's type, in the Berlin Museum, is an 



aberrant V, with rather more mottling. the white subterminal spots browner, less conspicuous, but probably 

 belongs with the .-^S which have been thus identified. Sikkim. Very similar to cuprearia excejit in the (^ sexual 

 characters; antemedian line more curved. Discocellulars biangulate. 



lalifdsriaria. T. latifascian'a Leech (Vol. 4, pl. 13 c). Founded on a $ from Wa-shan. in which the discocellulars are 



not at all biangulate, but as a few q,^ with them biangulate are exceedingly similar to it, it is just possible that 

 the character may h :re vary. A somewhat paler i^ from "W. China"' (with the space betMeen basal and median 



