( 5;!o ■; 



iiiva liiuitcd liy it grey ; a rather sharply defined gTey submarginal band from SO"' 

 to tip of'SM-, nearly straight, not nndnlate. 



cJ. Antenna long. Tenth sternite with jnirallel sides. Process of harpe rather 

 acute distally (PI. XLVllI. f. 23), resembling a hand with the thumb lying against 

 the forefinger and the other fingers curved back- and upwards. Penis-sheath 

 (PI. liV. f. I'.lj : left lobe shorter than in all the other species. 



?. Vaginal plate resembling that of anceus. 



Larva not known. 



TIab. North India ; Japan. 



In the Tring Museum 10 cJc?, 1 ? from : Kumaon ; Knlu ; Sikliira ; Bhutan. 



440. Acosmeryx sericeus. 



*IV,;i„iiipi-liis sm<rii« W:ilker, Lhl Lrp. Iiis. B. M. viii. p. IHl. n. 13 (185(!) (Silhet ; partim ; — 

 JIiis. Brit.) ; Moore, in Horsf. & Moore, 0«(. Lei>. Ins. Miis. E.l.C. i. p. 271. n. Giu (IKfi?) 

 (Silliet ; D.aijiling) ; id., Proc. /.ml. Snr. Lnml. p. G7f) (ISl'.T) (Silhet). 



*.\riixiiiii;/.r inweoiihx Boisduval, f^per. Gen. Lep. Het. i. p. 21G. D. 2 (1875) (Borneo; Pbilipp , 

 N. India ; partim V ;— coll. Charles Oberthur). 



Arcmniei-ti.v senniis, Butler, 7'/vni.s'. /mil. Sur. Loiul. ix. p. ."i44. n. 2 (1877) (Silhet) ; id., Jlliisli: Ti//,. 

 Sjimin. Leji. /Id. IS. M. v. p. 1. t. 7G. f. 2 (1881) ; Cot. & Swinh., Cat. Mnth« Jml i. p. 8. n. 45 

 (1887) (Silhet; Sil<him); Swinh., Cat. Lrp. Het. sMiis. 0.r. i. p. 8. n. .34 (1892) (Assam); Semp., 

 Schmetl. Philqip. ii. p. ;i9:!. n. 2G (189G) (Luzon, vii.). 



AcriKiiierii.r sericca, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Ilet. i. p. 649. n. 7 (1892) (N. India). 



Acnxmeri/x iinrea, Hampson, in Blanf., Famm Brit, liiil , iIoth« i. p. 81. n. 115 (1892) (partim). 



Aco$nteri/i: anreti f. nevicca^ Dudgeon, .A«/r//. Bonibtit/ N. II. Soe. xi. p, 409. n. 115 (1898) (Silchira, 

 Bhutan, 2000 ft., vi. viii.). 



cJ ¥ . Metanotura chocolate-tawny at sides; chestnut-bmwn markings of 



abdominal tergites rather prominent. Forewing, above, much shaded with 



violaceous grey, the brown lines more prominent than in the (ither species ; first 

 discal line heavy, straight from It' to inner margin, anteriorly merged together with 

 an oblique band which reaches distal margin just before hinder angle ; grey sub- 

 marginal band ending at or just beyond It^ ; distal margin dentate. Hindwing: 



an indistinct brown discal line, followed by a likewise indistinct paler band, which is 

 slightly tawny. 



Viu/i'i-Kkle of abdomen, of nearly the whole hindwing, and disc of forewing 

 along marginal band bright tawny ; white scaling at costal margins lictween the 

 lines consj>icuous. 



<S. Antenna shorter than in mtijft, agreeing with those of all the foUnwiiig 

 S])ecies. Tenth sternite (PI. XLIV. f. :l'A) widest in middle. Process of harpc 

 (PI. XIjVIII. f. 2(j) distally more rounded than in /'"//", the ventral ridge higher 

 and not dentate. Left process of penis-sheath broad (PI. LV. f 2il). 



¥ . Not dissected. 



Early stages not known. 



Ihlj. North India to the Philijjpines. 



In the Tring Museum 12 cJc? from : Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Ivhasia Hills. 



447. Acosmeryx omissa spec. nov. 



Arnsnieriir, anrrii, Ilamp&on, in Blanf.. Fniimi liril. huh. Mutli.i i. p. 81. n. 115 (1892) (partim); 

 Dudg., Jouni. /l„nih,i,/ .V. //. .S,),-, xi. p. 409. n. 115 (1898) (partim). 



(J ¥ . Easily confounded with tii'ficinis ; npjx'.rside far more uniform in colonr, 



much less variegated with grey and chestnut. Forewing: antemedian curved 



biinil le^s extended lirown lliiin in .sv/vV-rv^s', the two lines composing it being 



