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XVIII. A catalogue of the Pyralidina ofSikkim collected by 

 Henry J. Elwes and the late Otto Moller. By Pieter 

 C. T. Snellen, Hon. F.E.S., with notes by H. J. 

 Elwes, F.L.S. 



[Read April 2nc"l, 1890.] 

 Plates XIX. & XX. 



PYEALIDINA, Lederer. 

 (Wien. Ent. Monatschr., vii., p. 243, &c.). 



D, PYRALIDID^, Led. 

 Genus Paravetta, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 814. 



1. Paravetta discinota. 



Paravetta discinota, Moore, P. Z. S., 1865, p. 814, 

 pi. xliii., f. 3, ? ; S. & C, No. 1158. 



In the genus Paravetta, which belongs to the Pyrali- 

 dina, vein 8 of hind wings is free, the ocelli are wanting, 

 the maxillary palpi short but distinct, filiform, the tongue 

 spiral, the labial palpi short, porrect, pilose. For other 

 characters see Moore, I. c. 



Sikkim; Moller. 



[Darjeeling; Elwes. Taken at light from June to 

 September. The plate, which represents a female, is 

 not a correct one, the colours being less distinct than 

 they are represented. A nearly allied and perhaps 

 identical species is found on the Naga Hills. — H. J. E.] 



2. Paravetta Sikkima. 



Paravetta Sikkima, Moore, Descr. Indian Lep. Atk., 

 p. 70 a^; S. & C, No. 1159. 



This species does not so much differ from Discinota by 

 the smaller size as by the different markings and the 

 much more angular hind margin of the fore wings. 



[This latter point is not constant in my specimens, 

 but the much darker colour will easily distinguish it. 

 The female is also in my collection, and is like the male, 



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